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This matter has been debated on meta previously. It seems that some merit sources are not active, some others find it difficult to find (quality) merits to post but what I hadn’t seen commented on here is this:

Quote from: LFC_Bitcoin on June 30, 2018, 09:29:43 AM

I guess when the system was first implemented those who weren’t Merit Sources had more sMerit & naturally would be more likely to hand it out. It’s been a while now though & lots of posters may simply have run out.

That might be one reason. Everybody with certain ranks was given merits to send initially. Another one is that we need more (active) merit sources. On that, most people agree.

When I have merits to send I send them pretty quickly because I have a broad conception of what a quality post is. I don't send merits to shitposters, though. Others don’t send them so easily because their concept of what a quality post is is narrower.

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Quote from: LFC_Bitcoin on June 30, 2018, 09:29:43 AM

Do we, as a community, need to do more to reward high quality posts, should we be more actively looking to hand out Merit?

Depends on individuals interest however my answer is yes. It's a big responsibility to the community for a merit source.

I think despite of redundant, repeated topics, there are good topics as well and members ARE creating more good topics every now and then. Thanks to merit system.

Since I am not a merit source yet (some day I may apply, I have this inner desire) and not good at data analysis like LoyceV, DdmrDdmr etc, I actually do not know the reality here however this is what I think...

Earlier everyone had their airdropped sMerits. Members did not realize how to effectively spend their sMerits so we have seen lots of unnecessary merit transactions like even 50 merit for one post (ignoring the abuse part of-course). But now people do not just throw away their sMerits, they make sure it's not wasted. So factually the numbers are getting lesser.

LFC_Bitcoin

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Is it just me or has handing out Merit become a lot less common place now? I rarely see anybody handing it out now, certainly a lot less than a couple of months ago.

As a Merit Source (I don’t care if people know) I like to look around for good posts & tend to hand out at least 2 a day.

Do we, as a community, need to do more to reward high quality posts, should we be more actively looking to hand out Merit?

I guess when the system was first implemented those who weren’t Merit Sources had more sMerit & naturally would be more likely to hand it out. It’s been a while now though & lots of posters may simply have run out.

There has definitely been a big drop in the amount of posts I see Merited though.
If you still have sMerit do your bit, actively look to reward good posters.

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