So sad, it's seem merit source that help out in this thread no longer have any interest or have decided to go cold. after going through previous page of the thread it's seem active users that help out like @the cryptovator, yahoo62278, Ratimov and other merit source have abandoned the thread if not there are loads of applications that need merit and some of these folks are actually good posters too.
Writing a post with a merit count is not enough in itself to earn merit. Having at least some quality in the post-history is still necessary.
The thread was started with a good intention and to draw attention to some users who are close to a new rank, and not as a merit charity.
Well that's the end result of everything intended to be good here but I believe there is still some applications dropped here that maybe somehow evolved past the particular sense of cheat by having the said good post that meets the need to be merit and I feel users can actually focus more on that posts to boost other with good posts .