Can we just stop policing in giving merit by the users who have long history of contributing to this community? Dabs is one of the old timer here and he proved himself a man to respect.
If sending merit to one guy repeatedly is something considered to abuse merit then I am also guilty of that. I have sent merits to several of WO users several time and I do not feel that I have misused it at all. They deserved it and I feel happy to share my sMerits with them.
I respect Dabs and would agree that he has proven to be a benefit to the forum however no one is immune to criticism or being questioned and I would agree with the op that some of these posts don't deserve either merit or the amount that was rewarded. I do see how Dabs could reward some of them with a little merit though.
I'm not accusing Dabs of merit abuse here and I don't think that is the case considering his position on the forum but he probably does not have the same standards when sending merit as others on this forum might have and that's fine as long as its not taking the piss too much.