Yes but only if they give merits to people who actually deserve and need them.
Tired of seeing legendaries sending merits to other legendaries, or members sending them to theymos or to bounty managers. There's no point doing that.
The Merit system is working just fine! What you call "people who need them", I call spammers. They are the reason we have the Merit system, and it's designed so they won't rank up.
To me, it doesn't matter whether or not someone "needs" Merit, I give Merit if the post is worth it.