One may ask: "Why do people think this?"
In my opinion, everything is due to the fact that people are not happy with that their "useful" posts are not awarded, while "similar" posts from other persons receive 20 merit at a time.
I certainly agree that some useful posts go unnoticed, but do not create a scandal from this.
I saw that even the creator of the topic was accused of exchanging Merit with the same creators of the topics like mdayonliner etc. (Although we all know that this is not true.)
Therefore, the whole problem, in my opinion, is due to the resentment of people and only. And need to somehow correct it