To be honest, I don't see the point in creating a thread like this. If it were up to you, what fate do you wish for the users whose names can be seen in your OP and the ones that got mentioned along the way? Would you be happy if they got banned, received negative trust, or if theymos reverted the merit transactions? Do you want the merit sources to lose their positions? Were you cheated somehow? Treated unfairly?
In my opinion, there is always personal motive behind thread being created regardless of the initial reason stated. I don't wonder why someone would suspect other users especially since every user has free speech, but opening up a court table for something that can be resolved in PM I don't think is necessary.
2double0, it's okay to spend sMerit on posts you think are quality regardless of whether your intention is to help that user's ranking or just merited their thoughts. I don't think there's anything wrong here, and maybe you should just close the thread and forget about it. Also The Skeptical Chymist is a very generous merit source over the years, he has thread about his service where some users can ask him to review posts and in the past he has done that for me too.
You can probably find reason why one of them did so I guess it's perfectly fine as long as the merit they spend on quality posts even if it's subjective from one user to another.
My Countdown to Hero member Rank
Number of Merit(s) left: 136
Rather than helping you in one big bomb, I'd rather try to get 10 posts I think are good for merit. I get that after reviewing as much of your post history as I can across multiple pages, the quality of your posts isn't bad either. But anyway, no need to thank me about that because I just wanted to do what I was supposed to do. Keep it up, you will soon reach it.
My Countdown to Sr. Member Rank
Number of Merit(s) left: 26
I also helped you some, hope you will reach Sr rank soon.
I think it would be good if you increase the quality of your posts more and post more often on the higher quality boards other than on the betting board. I didn't get it after reviewing history, but I'm still getting some posts. Keep improving.