It would be good if theymos could implement an easier way to check sMerit balance -- on January I suggested one way, which I believe the simplest to implement and quote below. Of course one can check sMerit balance in the current system, but it could be easier to check. The caveat is that the sMerit balance should be checkable only for the account holder him/herself to prevent people to rush to sMerit rich users, though one can in principle estimate any user's sMerit balance using the data except source sMerits.