Is this a drawback? ChipMixer!!

[digaran]

Received Merit Stats (breakdown by board):

BOARD	MERITS
Marketplace	102	58.0%
Trading Discussion	32	18.1%
Meta	17	9.7%
Bitcoin Discussion	11	6.2%
Serious Discussion	7	4.0%
Project Development	3	1.7%
Beginners & Help	2	1.1%
Economics	1	0.6%
Unknown/Deleted	1	0.6%
Total Earned	176	100%

So you have earned most of your merits from marketplace and trading discussion.

[SM23031997]

On the basis of your post, I can draw a single conclusion that "Although there are 80 merit sources present, the real source of merit is itself meta thread.  "

There are 80 merit sources with a total merit generation of up to 17800 sMerit per 30 days

[malikusama]

That's true, after the implementation of merit system many posts were rewarded with merits on merit discussion topics.
This is why mostly members on this forum (i am not pointing Chipmixer participants) tried to participate in meta discussions to get merits.

I am not saying that they should not expect merits on their posts in merit section, they should if their post quality is good enough but the exchange of merits(which is not proven yet) is not appreciable at all.

[LoyceV]

So you have earned most of your merits from marketplace and trading discussion.

A quick look at BTCforJoe's Merit history shows that he's earned a lot from Joe's Signatureless Challenge. But you knew that already, as you've posted in that thread.
The Services board is part of the Marketplace board, that's the reason.

[BTCforJoe]

Who's or whose? 

Edit: I wonder who's alt you are...

Lol forgive me. It was 5:30 in the morning after an all-nighter staring at the computer screen.

So you have earned most of your merits from marketplace and trading discussion.

A quick look at BTCforJoe's Merit history shows that he's earned a lot from Joe's Signatureless Challenge. But you knew that already, as you've posted in that thread.
The Services board is part of the Marketplace board, that's the reason.

@digaran’s posts are never clear; I’m wondering what his implications are in stating that most of my merits were earned in the marketplace and trading sections. I obviously posted the stats based on board categories instead of individual subcategories. But if anyone questions my merit score sources, I can easily break it down further. I don’t see why it would be necessary, though, given that my data has proven OP’s theory and claim to be incorrect.

[DooMAD]

I have also noticed in order to earn merit without posting in those merit giveaway thread or farming from alt account the only way possible is by posting in meta as that's literally the only place where someone can receive merit , there is barely anyone who receives merits for his reply to a discussion which isn't in the meta section

I don't personally spend a great deal of time here in Me(ri)ta.  The Press board usually has a significant chunk of my attention as it's largely on-topic discussion and spam mega-threads are almost unheard of there.  Despite not being a coder, I contribute what I can to the Development & Technical boards, because again, there's generally a lower proportion of shitposts to sift through.  And on the rare occasion when there's a half-decent thread in the main Bitcoin Discussion board, I'll do my best to make it better.  Of the 60 merits I've been awarded, only 4 have come from this subforum.  That's less than 7% of my total coming from Meta.  If there is a problem with an over-abundance of merit flowing to Meta, I don't see it as a problem with ChipMixer's campaign in particular.  Seems to be more of a general issue.

Everyone has certain areas of the board that appeal to them the most, so I'd say just let them get on with it unless there's any clear abuse going on (and there's no sign that's the case here).  Plus, I'm sure we'd have threads making the opposite complaint about not enough merit being awarded in Meta if some of the people you're talking about started using it less and spent their time in other subforums instead.

Tangentially related, I am making a conscious effort to no longer award merit in threads where the subject is about merit, unless someone says something truly profound and unique.  It's frankly getting ridiculous now.