The second link which is Ratimov, now called Symmetrick. He is not giving merit to people anymore. Or am I not right about this? Maybe he may later reconsider.
I also checked out the thread I have also noticed that it has been locked too and the last time he merited someone was around last month November or October I can't really tell but he stopped meriting posts.
Op if you have notice the content of that post is not longer showing or has been removed only the merits showing in this case.
Most of the threads has expired or are not longer sending merits.
Op, you don try Sha for recognizing the people we dey help merit this board.