I gave this 3 merits it was good.
I dont give high merits to legends as they most likely dont need them.
I prefer giving guys like you 3-6 merits.
Lower ranked.
Not new.
Well written quality posts.
In fact when I find a good post from someone that ticks the boxes above I often will read all their posts.
End up 🆙 giving 3 or 4 merits a few times.
Below is a quote from a reputable legendary who also share same understanding with you.
...don't give me merits in the future--save them for lower-ranked members who need them to rank up, especially those on any local board you might frequent.
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legendaries still deserve merits so they in turn can give them out. so i do merit legendaries but i try to only give 1 unless its really up there in info/quality.
so i do tend to give move merits to those who can use them to rank up.
disclosure: im a merit source so i try to spread them out. but when legendaries make 90+% of the good posts well..