That would be a good start, I think. There's only 84 right now, so it would certainly help.
Does anyone think giving out more sMerits per good post would help? If I'm not mistaken, merit sources get topped up pretty quickly so giving out 5-7 merits for a good post shouldn't put much of a ding in their supply. I don't really know how many the sources are giving out per post, and I also don't think the number of members who truly deserve to rank up is all that high.
If that ranking up pipeline thread keeps getting updated, that would be a good place to look for members needing merits. I have that one bookmarked, but not all of those people make good posts.
Yes, 100 would be a good start. With that being said, i think that giving out more sMerits per good post would be a great help and it can (slightly) solve the problem which DdmrDdmr's stated in his new thread (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5029372.0).
I hope that thread can help a lot of people in the future, maybe including myself
(no joke)