Yeah, that's a lot of merits to have sent out in a month--and I took a look at your history and you tend to give out 2-3 merits per post, just like I do and I only gave out about 1/3 of what you did last month.  Props to you! 

I did do better this time around, but not by much.  This month I have had to tap into my earned sMerits a few times, but overall it seems like my source sMerits are being replenished a lot more quickly than they used to be.  At one time sources received a sMerit drop once a month and you were screwed if you used them all up before the next drop.  Now it seems like they're being replenished in real time, which is outstanding.

I'm happy being in the top 20, and it's not a competition to me.  I'm actually glad others are distributing more merits than I am, because I want the system to keep working.