Here is the page where you should look for your sMerit amount Yours should look like this
You have received a total of
6 merit. This is what determines your forum rank. You typically cannot lose this merit. You have
3 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 you have
3 sMerit to send to a post you see as quality post.
To send the Merit to a post click on
+Merit on the right upper side of the post box.
You don't have credited sMerit at the Merit system initiation because admin only provide it for Member and above ranks only but you have 3 sMerit after earning 6 Merit