When someone gives well reply and gets impressed with their effort but you are out of merits or zero merits in account. What is the better solution in this situation? I've noted few replies from member on my old post that they must deserves to get merited.
Note them down and merit them later. Unless things have changed, i believe every now and again your sMerits get replenished.
Or as mentioned above, you can find some topics that let merit sources know some replies deserve merit, and they reward them