Thank you both, I appreciate it.  I try to do my best as a merit source.  It's not a paid position, but I believe in the system as a mechanism to curb shitposting and account farming and I believe it's helped significantly since 2018.  Helping worthy members (like both of you) to rank up is rewarding to me, and the gestures of gratitude are just a bonus. 

But yeah, it'll be quite some time before I hit 10,000 merits.  The merit system has been around for over 4 years now if I've got my math right, and I'm just over halfway there.  That's OK, though.  I wouldn't mind if I never received another merit, ever.