In this manner, I am holding 1 smerit to give back to newbie to boost the morale of the user.
By the way, why don't you have certain criteria for the post that deserve to get merits? I think you should be quite selective to give the merits to Newbies. The reason isn't only about the quality who deserves merits, but I see that you also have limited merits for now. Don't give them to low-quality posts, optimize the merits for newbies who have the chance to be good posters.
Yeah this is why I still hold merits and waiting for the right newbie to receive for it. I am not in hurry because I have few merits left and that you are right that I have to optimize in awarding to the newbies that are deserving to receive it. Anyway, I know that high rank users here were also here checking to support the thread. If they found some posts from newbie that are worth it to receive it then that they could award it instead. For now, I do believe that there are only few newbies here checking this section often and learning about cryptocurrency.