It's sort of catch 22 - There is a less merit shared in Phillipines board because people write less, but then again people often write less when its harder to get merit.
1. Something like that cause if you are a Newbie posted in the board then nothing happened even a reply it's a big hurt for the Op.
2. Some campaigns did not accept post within the local board so that the participants ddecided not posting in our board then their pariority is in gambling and other sections.