It has been 3 days since theymos announced the new merit system and there is still a lot of mixed emotions going on with the new feature which it has left a bad impression for most of the lower ranked members, it made them lose hope that they won't be able to rank up again. And by the time that majority of the sMerits of non-Merit Source Members run out the only way members will be ranking up is by being Merited by Merit Sources.
So with the days that passed by I see that the new system will have a good effect in the long run which will drive people to improve their post, as I see some of the merit sources out here are actively giving Merits for deserving members. So for the current and future Merit Sources out there I suggest that you would do the following as you are the only ones who can rank up other members in the future.
HuntingActively reading different threads from different section might be a hard and time consuming but there are honestly good high quality post waiting to be merited out there, searching them and giving them one will encourage them to do more posts with the same or better quality.
ReviewingSimilar to what bill gator
made. He created a service thread where he offers to review any post that seems to him to be helpful or informative after that he will give the user a MERIT for
FREE. For merit sources who don't want to go to many threads hunting for quality posts this might be a good alternative.
ContestBe generous and at the same time creative when creating your sMerit giveaway as it will surely drive a lot of members to create high quality posts. Here are some of the members who created contests/challenges.
So for the current and future Merit Sources out there take advantage of your regenerating sMerits to make Bitcointalk a Better Community.