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.
That's right, because the number of members on this local board have increased recently that's why there have been more posts that are not merit worthy but that doesn't mean they don't exist. I have come across few good posts myself whenever I come around here. There are good posters here in our Local Board and sincerely our moderator is trying but you know it's not easy for him alone.
His idea is not bad and it will motive people who shit post to improve their post if they want to earn merit for themselves.
Didn’t you give Mia Chloe the role of doing thorough merit-scraping on a monthly basis? Or was that a temporary assignment?

It's open to the community; I will create a new thread for it and only third thirty applications will be allowed this time. A good application will attract rewards (can submit only twice a week) - it's kinda reporting unmerited good posts and get rewards for it as well. A win win.
This is nice too just as it is done on the main board. Third party application is the best so as to reduce spam on the thread.