The Merit that you sent out over the last 2/3 months has reduced drastically when compared to Q1 and late last year
Like everything else, including reporting, posting, guides, etc.
your activity on some boards has also reduced especially the beginner & help board, and some of the threads you frequently updated to help out newbies are no longer active, like the Encyclopedia.
I would say it has completely stopped.
I have been wondering if you have been removed from the Merit source because from my observations, it was the week you announced that you will be active in the forum I noticed these changes.
No, I'm not deleted, I just stopped distributing merit on my own initiative. At the moment my status is active:

You motivate me in many of your threads during my newbie days and I have mange to be a Sr.Member, I really hope you are fine.
I'm glad to hear that you were motivated by my threads and I hope they helped you in some way. So the work was not in vain.
Congrats on your 8K merit journey.
Thanks, mate.