One frustrating fact Ive come across is that the lower the rank, the more cases of copy/paste that Ive encountered on a post that seemed fit to be rewarded. That eventually takes its toll, since I dont want to be fooled again by rewarding copy/pasters. My time is limited and I don´t want to waste it having to find out if a post is copied from some article and placed to take credit as if written by the poster.
This is an area where junior members could help. If they reported these plagiarists, then the merit awarders would be less suspicious of posts by junior members.