Start exploring boards that are of no interest to you, maybe you'll have a better shot at things. Search for the land deprived of merit and weave that board into your own circus of merit dancing monkeys.
Merit isn't my main reason for being here, so I'm only reading boards I value. I do read different boards sometimes, but usually end up getting people banned instead of meriting them.Quote
There should be a more systematic way to track the progress of your application. Simple notices of acknowledgement, review, refusal or delay in processing would be a pleasant implementation. I can see that this would add more work, but the current methods seem to be leaving threads like yours to accumulate thousands of views only to leave us all in suspense.
Agreed. Like I said in the Legendary one day?-thread:Theymos, making me wait is mean and cruel 
I'm wondering if there are any merit sources with a negative trust rating from a DT member.
If I assume all Global Moderators are also merit sources, then yes, it happens.