Note: I myself have not opened this to get merit because i have many helpful posts where i have no merit. I just want to give some of my submitted merits to new members so that they can be encouraged to do better. You should encourage me.
You can just send your merits to those newbies as intended so why is the need to open another thread? Honestly I found this thread to fish merit since most of the merit giveaways thread are bombarded with merits. Whether you admit it or not that is how I, or maybe some of us see it.
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Exactly. So much fuss for 8 merits... is a bit strange imho. Sorry OP, but imho this is just merit fishing. Don't be mad on me, but this is my take on this thread.
However, good luck to the participants!