I'm only a junior merit source, and I don't know what my quota is. It isn't as simple as saying it is 300, as you have to consider the refreshment rate. Also, I'm spending too much time hunting for post to merit, and my selection process may mean that I miss a few good posts. Some of my broadbrush ignore triggers are -
- All caps titles.
- Coloured text of fancy formatting
- Full quotes of adjacent or original posts.
- Unnecessary or oversized images or text
- Begging for merits
- ICO promotion on general boards.
Maybe they are too broad, but you have to do something to avoid dedicating your life to merits. I only open threads that are at least mildly interesting, and where I can get an understanding of the topic from the title. So titles such as "beginner", " Bitcoin", "please help" or other non-specific phrases don't get opened. Threads started by people on my ignore list don't get opened either, so anyone posting in them will be missed by me.
I've started quite a few initiatives, and I've started to back away from them. With a few exceptions, most people can't be bothered to do anything here, unless it provides a chance to display their bounty signatures. I considered starting a political photo submission thread, but I decided that would soon fill with stolen images, or no relevant pictures of cats or cars.
Here is my merit source comment at the moment,
You are a merit source. The next 1 merit you spend will come from your source rather than your sMerit balance. Merit spent from your source will come back in 30 days. Unused source merit is wasted. It is not allowed for merit sources to sell their merit.
This is after today's awards. and no doubt I will receive a top up tomorrow. The 50 for a hero post would come from my personal sMerits which I keep in reserve for those special posts and projects. You will see that I don't store my source merits.