Perhaps my detection algorithm will soon spot all of them.

Assuming the new merit sources are enthusiastic about their new positions and hand out tons of merits, you should have no problem. I'd be very interested to see who the new sources are.
Probably new merit sources are enthusiastic, also old MS will be lured into meriting sprees to fully use their new, increased stash, even if it could be a cumbersome task for many of us. As I understand, there was an hard limit, maybe with some exceptions ( @suchmoon , are you there?), to 1000 smerits, with increases ranging from 2x to 5x the previous allowances. In this way I guess we will see a reshuffle, as many MS who were previously capped are now able to be unrestricted meriting.
We will see.