IIRC when @Daniel 91 started two merit giveaway threads in this board (i also merited some of the applicants) the participation percentage was very low, only a fistful of newbies were interested in submitting links to their good posts.

And in this giveaway also, it's the same case. Imo, no one is going to cheat, cheating isn't the problem, as you can see for yourself just how many Jr members-newbies have participated thus far. @op, since you want to give out 25 merits, and you've sent out 12, you can go to other threads/topics; you'll find good posts to merit.