Whenever the issue of merit is discussed the popular opinions are that it's in the discretion and choice of the user to decide to decide who and when to release his S'merit to. Do why and where is the word hoarding  now emanating from if it's in that way as popular opinions has it?

Merit should are the ones that can be charged with merit hoarding because that the very purpose they serve "merits distribution" to quality posts, and am sure they have been up and doing on that.