Maybe I had gone off topic a bit when I was responding to Sandra_hakeem when she seemed to be hitting on topics about the receipt of merits overall, and even her suggestions that there might be a bit of an insider's club going on, abuse of merits and members who do not seem to deserve their rank.
I don't know if she had some specific names in mind when she said that or what makes her think there are actual merit cycling clubs. I can't speak for others, so I can only talk about my own distribution. It's very simple. I send merits to people who write quality posts in the topics I am interested in. Wherever I read and post at that moment is where my source merits go. The thing is, if the same people keep showing up in the same threads, it's only logical they have a bigger chance to be on the receiving end than those that don't.
If you want to get merited, show up. That's the first thing. Do we have to drag you out and force you to post so we can merit you?