At least I'm glad to see sMerits are being put in good use by the few people who send them ! 
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;u=3
It's been only 8 years since his/her/their last activity!
,https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;u=3
It's been only 8 years since his/her/their last activity!
People paying respect to Satoshi is not wasting of merit. Keep in mind that theymos can generate infinite amount of smerit.
It's... A bit strange though...
Am I the only one using merit a bit like a curation system?
I mean there is no "top merited posts" section or whatever but in my opinion the use for merit is to put the focus on important messages that might have been missed while they're providing interesting and sensible informations. And I got the feeling people use it more like a "like" button.