I don’t want to sound too harsh here, but I think merit allocation skills are a required set of competence for a merit source.
I think it is best adapting your meriting habits to the posts you want to merit, rather than running out and then ask for more.
Lol. I think there are quite a few merit sources who got tapped by Theymos without ever applying for the "job". I know I was one of them, and I don't think there's ever going to be a competency test for prospective merit sources. You just do your best with what you have, and sometimes you don't have enough.
OP, I gave you some merits--it was a good, organized post and I've been very lazy with the merit-giving this month, so you'll probably put the 5 sMerits you got from me to good use pretty soon.
Maybe you can be part of the
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Oh yeah, I remember that thread. Good bumpitty bump, bro. Not sure if Theymos is looking at that anymore, but I think OP did the right thing by creating his own thread, as I'm sure that'll get Theymos's attention. I had to do the same thing last year.