Have you really taken time to go through the active forums users Merit history to see if actually people are not giving out sMerits even though they are not obligated by any rules to give out Merits. If you know some hoarders why not just pm them and ask them why they are hoarding Merits as you have claimed instead of creating clout chasing thread like this. But if it appears that you are not getting enough Merits as you would have wanted, that might have made you think that people are hoarding Merits, why not improve your posting pattern. It could also be that your posts are mostly on threads where Merits source don't frequently visit example of such threads is the gambling section. And how sure are you that people you think have sMerit and they are not giving it out that made you think they are hoarding it?