Few merit source and most people feel uncomfortable receiving pm from users especially if they ask for merit, it is considered begging which is very unwelcome.
Actually I also had an unpleasant experience about how a newbie sent me a PM and asked me to help him rank up. I really don't think it's wrong because on the positive side I can still advise him to learn useful things and improve the quality of his posts. But if they directly ask me to send merit, that's a problem even though I'm not a merit source.
But I'm sure there are some merit sources willing to help in different ways regardless of whether it's by making a request or reporting some post links in the threads they provide (Ratimov and LoyceV do this).
I also have a help thread on the local board, so I thought it would help local users too although I'm not really a merit source. You may be eligible to apply there especially if you have 10 local Indonesian posts to review, so don't be shy to do so if you want.
[HELP]Bantuan untuk menaikkan Rank (Newbie s.d Hero) V.2 [UPDATE]