Sometimes I get the idea that either good posts made by people are not seen by merit source or are just ignored.
I am always actively on the lookout for good posts by newbies or other more junior members to give merit to, but honestly, they are few and far between. If you are coming across any posts which you think are good enough to be given merit, but haven't received any, please link us to them on this thread so we can review them:
[self-moderated] Report unmerited good posts to Merit Source.