Each one of us according to the rank has got x number of sMerit (Spendable Merit) which you can only spend on others.
As they say:
"You have X sendable merit (sMerit) which you can send to other people. There is no point in hoarding sMerit; keeping it yourself does not benefit you, and we reserve the right to decay unused sMerit in the future."
So go forward, and click "+Merit" in the upper right corner of this post to see how many Spendable Merit you have.
And if you also didn't knew about this till now, send me a Merit
More of the 'Full Member rank who can not go to Sr. Member in time because of merit system' rants. In my opinion, you deserve the swearing from a Jr. Member because you are a full member but didn't even consider that making this post will make you look like a dumb person, because there is already
official thread about merit from Theymos. I am even surprised of the fact that a Full Member rank making a thread that is only have a little information about merit points in it while there is a thread about all information for merit point system rather than seeing a Jr. Member swearing to higher rank then him/her.
And I can see clearly there is something mentioned about individual users get sMerit to spend on others on the thread.
For current members, your initial merit score is equal to the minimum required to your rank. Of that, a certain amount (less than the usual half) is spendable. The spendable amount was calculated based on your current rank and the number of activity points you earned in the last year. A Legendary member who hasn't posted in the last year would still be Legendary, but would not have any spendable merit.
Learn to read till the end of the post.