Also I discovered in previous times people got merited based on effort, quality, projects or solutions. And majority got theirs through mere effort but this days effort no longer count. Effort must match with 100% accuracy.
Sending Merit based on "effort" would be like rewarding for participation. If something is a lot of work but not useful, I'm not Meriting it. If it's useful and didn't take a lot of effort, that's a win-win 