I saw a one liner post by Lauda which received 50 merits from aTriz, a 7 word post from a user which received 5 merits from Pharmacist and innumerable other similar examples.
Almost everyone on this forum is misusing it.
You do not get to decide for others what they are going to merit, especially not for more notable names. Due to this self-entitled bullshit from account farming buffoons, I am almost never giving out merit to people who need it to rank up (regardless of the "worthiness" of their post).
Also, ranking up doesn't matter to anyone who just wants to contribute to the forum. To which a lot say they do... but still complain about merit.
Evident liars.