Weekly update.
Another 483 newbies received at least 1 merit this week. The currently red tagged member
MalReynolds sent 95 merits to Newbies.
And that's why I require earned* Merit on top of rank if I get to run a signature campaign.
*I check if it's earned or traded.
I agree with you. There are so many high ranked members who didn't earn any merit. In my opinion, this is abnormal if a user has not made a useful post worthy of giving merits for 9 months.