I got you, but I'm looking at it this way: there has been a recent decrease in what I consider to be a quality post worth merits on the board; so, instead of letting my source expire, why not empty it on the little quality I can find?- this way I'm also creating more Smerits on the board.
Hmm. the idea isnt bad afterall. It is a strategic move from our one and only moderator to push your sMerits just before they expire. This will surely help the system. But ill love to make a sensitive point here;
Here is the thing. You say there are less quality post, but if we dig more, we will see enough quality post that could match up your sMerits without having to empty them on few. Post of real value are lurking here if more filtering is done we will see. Yeah, I know that might be inconvenient for you.
Didn’t you give Mia Chloe the role of doing thorough merit-scraping on a monthly basis? Or was that a temporary assignment?

Regardless, your idea could work well if you time it right. Am only stating that emptying your merits on worthy posts right before your allocation expires is good but the risk is you will empty your sMerits early, and then suddenly another post worth meriting appears and you’re dry. What then?