Getting Merit is becoming increasingly difficult, people are very greedy and do not want to share. 
Care to elaborate? I figure youre not really talking on behalf of your account strictly, since youve barely made 13 post with this account, bear 2 earned Merits (from April 2019), and have not sent any sMerits (you should have 1 in your account).
It is not increasingly difficult really. Being there less competitors now than some time back, anyone that stands out a (wee) bit and is persistent will be merited without having to wait for too long.
I guess that you do fully understand the difference between Merits (non-sensable) and sMerits (sendable). Just because you see a profile with a bunch of Merits (say 250), it does not mean that the account has any to send (sMerits).