I thought this is something interesting just by reading the title, but only to see this. 
Merit sources are not using bots except @DdmrDdmr. Read [FUN] Is DdmrDdmr even human?
Merit sources are not using bots except @DdmrDdmr. Read [FUN] Is DdmrDdmr even human?
I am curious because I see posts that is more qualified for merits but ignored while lower quality posts at being merited or could it also mean there is favouritism in there?
No, it just get buried under the pile of spam posts so merit sources might miss reading them. So if you found any of them then you can report it here [self-moderated] Report unmerited good posts to Merit Source.