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.
If the people you feel are quality posters are actually quality posters, then people will notice and start giving them the merit you feel they deserve at some point. Your idea of quality and others idea of quality might differ, and if the people lose interest in the forum because they cannot rank up, then it shows that they were probably only here for earning and not genuinely interested in bitcoin or the forum. I've said it a million times, there is nothing wrong with earning a buck, but rank up in the proper way. You don't need to be here in the begging thread to get there, and there is no rush to get to a certain rank. Earn it and you will feel great about it once you get there vs begging and feeling like a bum.