Re: Posting in forums with moderators who give no smerit? Solutions?
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.
@jetcash
it is actually 100% true you can test it for yourself.
also this bunch of stats provided by r1s2g3 after I asked if he could provide
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SAi_b3umCcFJO2dMoLYjWCjNz1JhOLWrsRHhYQK-nb8/edit#gid=429409603
demonstrates the scale of the merit cycling in the tiny fraction of a percent of posters
that is without meta subsection (highly concentrated merit club) being removed. My figure estimates I think will be found to be entirely correct. You can expect some of the highest merit receivers to take a 95% hair cut.
@loyce
It only makes sense the merit back slappers club that the top 0.02 retain 50% of all their merits cycled around internally and mostly in meta
I am clearly observing merit is mostly given for simply aligning your view with others whom are active in meta and have lots of merit to give. I am seeing merit given time and time again for the voicing of opinions that are actually clearly wrong based on observable events.
Trying to conflate high merit with high value posts is incorrect.
Let me say though this is not entirely negative and I see no reason not to merit people you agree with or a friend/pal posting something you find amusing etc...... merit is for fun as well it seems. Also in meta people will almost do things you ask and you feel justified in repaying with a bit of merit.
What is wrong is to imply merit is an indication of a posts value or rather having high merit qualifies you as automatically a better post than those with less merit.
Merit is helping stop lots of negative behaviour and is fun. Therefore a positive thing.