Didn't I read somewhere or other a while ago that someone was contemplating adding the merit circle score into the mix - instead of taking three scores by adding in the merit circle score they would have four scores to give a more even spread...
The only ones that matter are suchmoon and ibminer. When I designed BPIP, I built it on the three pillars that matr most - Merit, Activity, Trust.
Adding the merit circle in will wipe out recognition of people that used the system as intended - to reward good posts, not reward unique users.
I am currently the most recognized member, and have been for two years straight. But I understand the ranking is meant to be a temporal one, so I'm going to stop climbing and enjoy the long slide down.
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