I have been into the system for some months now and I have made over twenty posts but no simply merit has been given to me or earn by me and this make me to be surprise on how these merit are generated, given or earned.
Merit should only be awarded to quality posts that should be highlighted that's how they're meant to be shared and to a large extent, it's being done that way.
Well said, to add up to this, a person that is reading a post and feels a touch of something insightful or impactful will want to merit such post provided that he have smerits to give or is a merit source, quality post is not what some people think about it as from their own way of reasoning, a poster should not judge for his post being a quality one except when another person come across it and see some taught in it.