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.
Some have taken this thread to be a merit farm ground which is outside the original intention of the thread as stated by the ops, but since the thread starter have not being so active to delete a few wrong post's from the thread, makes some low rank members to mistakes this thread as a merits charity where they don't need to put in extra effort into the overall posting history before applying for merit giveaway for rank ups.
I think alot need to be done to revive the true content and concepts for this thread as stated in the ops and also the ops need to be more active in this thread to clear off such attempts in the future.