I agree with the others. Merit giveaways are likely a disguise to be merited themselves because people see this as a good act. Whatever your intentions were by opening this thread I suggest closing it. There are plenty of high quality posts around the forum and there are many threads on page 1 of each sub forum that deserve merit. I'm sure you can find some without having a flock of newbies come to you and post their links which aren't likely to be the pick of the bunch anyway.