OgNasty is a bully, I know that after I looked at owlcatz negative ratings left on him by this bully for speaking against him. wtf man? instead of finding meritale posts of somebody who has PMed you and help them in ranking up you just hand out negative trust? people don't have anywhere to look and ask for merits, so they might directly ask merit sources if they haven't got any merits yet.
Asking for merits is not prohibited, begging for merits is. did you beg or did you ask nicely?
OgNasty being an asshole does not excuse the OP being a shitposting merit beggar. There is certainly no obligation for anyone to start looking for meritable posts upon receiving a PM from a beggar.
BTW neither asking nor begging for merits is officially against the rules otherwise the OP would be banned. It is frowned upon and everyone is dealing with it the way they see fit.