I don't think they're selfish

If you were talking about the sMerit source then they are likely looking for worthy posts to distribute the merit it doesn't mean they're selfish it is just a nature of this forum to avoid spam but if you think they are selfish because you don't get merit from the quality post you made just ignore them they have their own reason why they don't send merit to your post, sometimes some merit source have favoritism but not all.

If you were talking about individuals who have sMerit we have different reasons why we hoard sMerit I am not selfish but I am distributing it to those I know worthy and rarely give it newbies as we know multi-accounts are very common here on the forum that is why I let merit sources decide about them.

I don't know your reasons for creating this topic, but if you feel sMerit source is selfish because one of your quality posts didn't get any merit, why not inform them about your post? Sometimes they just miss those posts which is why they created a thread like this "Report unmerited good posts to Merit Source".