~it is discouraging to see so many threads that are 300+ replies but no smerits assigned, not even in any of the threads.
The forum is overrun by spammers, so the number of posts in a thread doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the quality of the thread.
What do you guys think is a solution?
You could apply to be a Merit source, but I don't think you'll be selected considering this:
I haven't been around here enough to fully understand the roles of moderators.
Sadly for you the fact is the top 0.02% of merit receivers cycle over 50% of their merit between them at this time.
You keep posting this as if it's a bad thing

Quality posts deserve Merit, and the same posters have sMerit to give. It makes perfect sense that a large share of all merit goes around in a small number of users.
I'll make you a deal acarli: if you (and this offer is only valid for you) post links to 10 unmerited good posts in this topic, I'll merit them if I agree. And I'll comment on the "why". When you post the links, please quote (the relevant part of) this post so I receive a notification.