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legendary
Activity: 2310
Merit: 4085
Farewell o_e_l_e_o
Update: (on 2020w1)


ABSTRACT
  • Median of weekly merits before the 2019w46 (8 weeks ago, when theymos began to dump massive merits): 4521
  • Total merits distributed on 2020w1 is 5798.
  • Compare to 4521 (the median of weekly merits on 2019w46), the percentage of last week merits increases 28.2%.
  • The 2020w1 is ranked at 20th (2019w51) position over 102 weeks.


Raw calculations:
Code:
. di (5798-4521)/4521*100
28.245963

Rank of weeks according to total weekly merits.
Code:
     +------------------------------+
     | weeklyrank   merit      week |
     |------------------------------|
  1. |          1   30960    2018w4 |
  2. |          2   19979    2018w5 |
  3. |          3   17685   2019w47 |
  4. |          4   14251   2019w46 |
  5. |          5   13313    2018w6 |
     |------------------------------|
  6. |          6   11745    2018w7 |
  7. |          7    8833    2018w9 |
  8. |          8    8767    2018w8 |
  9. |          9    7837   2018w38 |
 10. |         10    7317   2018w11 |
     |------------------------------|
 11. |         11    7261   2018w10 |
 12. |         12    6952   2018w12 |
 13. |         13    6795   2019w52 |
 14. |         14    6744   2018w13 |
 15. |         15    6632    2019w2 |
     |------------------------------|
 16. |         16    6423   2018w14 |
 17. |         17    6194   2019w51 |
 18. |         18    6130   2019w13 |
 19. |         19    5907   2019w48 |
 20. |         20    5798    2020w1 |
     |------------------------------|
 21. |         21    5644   2018w37 |
 22. |         22    5542   2019w42 |
 23. |         23    5494   2018w15 |
 24. |         24    5454   2019w19 |
 25. |         25    5354   2019w24 |
     |------------------------------|
 26. |         26    5317    2019w3 |
 27. |         27    5271   2019w15 |
 28. |         28    5214   2019w20 |
 29. |         29    5186   2019w50 |
 30. |         30    4975   2019w43 |
     |------------------------------|
 31. |         31    4965   2018w18 |
 32. |         32    4929   2018w25 |
 33. |         33    4913   2019w10 |
 34. |         34    4829   2018w42 |
 35. |         35    4803    2019w1 |
     |------------------------------|
 36. |         36    4766   2018w19 |
 37. |         37    4764   2019w18 |
 38. |         38    4742   2018w16 |
 39. |         39    4735   2019w45 |
 40. |         40    4730   2019w44 |
     |------------------------------|
 41. |         41    4726   2019w25 |
 42. |         42    4688   2019w16 |
 43. |         43    4687   2019w23 |
 44. |         44    4667    2019w4 |
 45. |         45    4638    2019w9 |
     |------------------------------|
 46. |         46    4612   2018w17 |
 47. |         47    4609   2019w12 |
 48. |         48    4580   2019w21 |
 49. |         49    4575   2018w47 |
 50. |         50    4565   2019w41 |
     |------------------------------|
 51. |         51    4538   2018w23 |
 52. |         52    4526   2019w14 |
 53. |         53    4525   2018w45 |
 54. |         54    4524   2019w49 |
 55. |         55    4521    2019w8 |
     |------------------------------|
 56. |         56    4520   2019w38 |
 57. |         57    4491    2019w5 |
 58. |         58    4465   2018w26 |
 59. |         59    4448   2019w17 |
 60. |         60    4445   2019w22 |
     |------------------------------|
 61. |         61    4395   2018w39 |
 62. |         62    4367   2019w26 |
 63. |         63    4357   2019w40 |
 64. |         64    4353   2018w20 |
 65. |         65    4332    2019w6 |
     |------------------------------|
 66. |         66    4326   2019w11 |
 67. |         67    4318   2019w39 |
 68. |         68    4310   2018w40 |
 69. |         69    4278   2018w27 |
 70. |         70    4277   2019w29 |
     |------------------------------|
 71. |         71    4247   2018w28 |
 72. |         72    4236   2019w33 |
 73. |         73    4225   2019w27 |
 74. |         74    4221    2019w7 |
 75. |         75    4194   2018w22 |
     |------------------------------|
 76. |         76    4176   2019w30 |
 77. |         77    4167   2018w29 |
 78. |         78    4119   2019w28 |
 79. |         79    4043   2019w37 |
 80. |         80    4011   2018w32 |
     |------------------------------|
 81. |         81    3953   2018w43 |
 82. |         82    3864   2018w21 |
 83. |         83    3863   2018w31 |
 84. |         84    3839   2018w24 |
 85. |         85    3816   2018w41 |
     |------------------------------|
 86. |         86    3809   2019w36 |
 87. |         87    3805   2018w50 |
 88. |         88    3805   2018w34 |
 89. |         89    3769   2018w51 |
 90. |         90    3765   2018w48 |
     |------------------------------|
 91. |         91    3747   2018w46 |
 92. |         92    3661   2018w30 |
 93. |         93    3631   2018w33 |
 94. |         94    3622   2019w34 |
 95. |         95    3590   2018w36 |
     |------------------------------|
 96. |         96    3571   2018w49 |
 97. |         97    3549   2019w31 |
 98. |         98    3540   2019w35 |
 99. |         99    3347   2018w44 |
100. |        100    3338   2018w52 |
     |------------------------------|
101. |        101    3207   2019w32 |
102. |        102    3072   2018w35 |
     +------------------------------+
legendary
Activity: 2268
Merit: 16328
Fully fledged Merit Cycler - Golden Feather 22-23
New Merit sources rock!
legendary
Activity: 2310
Merit: 4085
Farewell o_e_l_e_o
Update: (on 2019w51 and 2019w52)


ABSTRACT
  • Compare to 4521 (the median of weekly merits on  2019w46 - 6 and 7 weeks ago), the percentage of last week merits increases 37% (2019w51) and 50.3% (2019w52).
  • The 2019w51 and 2019w52 are ranked at 17th (2019w51), 13th (2019w52) positions over 101 weeks.
  • Median of weekly merits before the 2019w46 (when theymos began to dump massive merits): 4521
  • Total merits distributed on:
    • 2019w51 is 6194.
    • 2019w52 is 6795.


Raw calculations:
Code:
. di (6194-4521)/4521*100
37.005087

. di (6795-4521)/4521*100
50.298607

The increases of the past 2 weeks are impressive.
Code:
    +------------------------------+
     | weeklyrank   merit      week |
     |------------------------------|
  1. |          1   30960    2018w4 |
  2. |          2   19979    2018w5 |
  3. |          3   17685   2019w47 |
  4. |          4   14251   2019w46 |
  5. |          5   13313    2018w6 |
     |------------------------------|
  6. |          6   11745    2018w7 |
  7. |          7    8833    2018w9 |
  8. |          8    8767    2018w8 |
  9. |          9    7837   2018w38 |
 10. |         10    7317   2018w11 |
     |------------------------------|
 11. |         11    7261   2018w10 |
 12. |         12    6952   2018w12 |
 13. |         13    6795   2019w52 |
 14. |         14    6744   2018w13 |
 15. |         15    6632    2019w2 |
     |------------------------------|
 16. |         16    6423   2018w14 |
 17. |         17    6194   2019w51 |
 18. |         18    6130   2019w13 |
 19. |         19    5907   2019w48 |
 20. |         20    5644   2018w37 |
     |------------------------------|
 21. |         21    5542   2019w42 |
 22. |         22    5494   2018w15 |
 23. |         23    5454   2019w19 |
 24. |         24    5354   2019w24 |
 25. |         25    5317    2019w3 |
     |------------------------------|
 26. |         26    5271   2019w15 |
 27. |         27    5214   2019w20 |
 28. |         28    5186   2019w50 |
 29. |         29    4975   2019w43 |
 30. |         30    4965   2018w18 |
     |------------------------------|
 31. |         31    4929   2018w25 |
 32. |         32    4913   2019w10 |
 33. |         33    4829   2018w42 |
 34. |         34    4803    2019w1 |
 35. |         35    4766   2018w19 |
     |------------------------------|
 36. |         36    4764   2019w18 |
 37. |         37    4742   2018w16 |
 38. |         38    4735   2019w45 |
 39. |         39    4730   2019w44 |
 40. |         40    4726   2019w25 |
     |------------------------------|
 41. |         41    4688   2019w16 |
 42. |         42    4687   2019w23 |
 43. |         43    4667    2019w4 |
 44. |         44    4638    2019w9 |
 45. |         45    4612   2018w17 |
     |------------------------------|
 46. |         46    4609   2019w12 |
 47. |         47    4580   2019w21 |
 48. |         48    4575   2018w47 |
 49. |         49    4565   2019w41 |
 50. |         50    4538   2018w23 |
     |------------------------------|
 51. |         51    4526   2019w14 |
 52. |         52    4525   2018w45 |
 53. |         53    4524   2019w49 |
 54. |         54    4521    2019w8 |
 55. |         55    4520   2019w38 |
     |------------------------------|
 56. |         56    4491    2019w5 |
 57. |         57    4465   2018w26 |
 58. |         58    4448   2019w17 |
 59. |         59    4445   2019w22 |
 60. |         60    4395   2018w39 |
     |------------------------------|
 61. |         61    4367   2019w26 |
 62. |         62    4357   2019w40 |
 63. |         63    4353   2018w20 |
 64. |         64    4332    2019w6 |
 65. |         65    4326   2019w11 |
     |------------------------------|
 66. |         66    4318   2019w39 |
 67. |         67    4310   2018w40 |
 68. |         68    4278   2018w27 |
 69. |         69    4277   2019w29 |
 70. |         70    4247   2018w28 |
     |------------------------------|
 71. |         71    4236   2019w33 |
 72. |         72    4225   2019w27 |
 73. |         73    4221    2019w7 |
 74. |         74    4194   2018w22 |
 75. |         75    4176   2019w30 |
     |------------------------------|
 76. |         76    4167   2018w29 |
 77. |         77    4119   2019w28 |
 78. |         78    4043   2019w37 |
 79. |         79    4011   2018w32 |
 80. |         80    3953   2018w43 |
     |------------------------------|
 81. |         81    3864   2018w21 |
 82. |         82    3863   2018w31 |
 83. |         83    3839   2018w24 |
 84. |         84    3816   2018w41 |
 85. |         85    3809   2019w36 |
     |------------------------------|
 86. |         86    3805   2018w34 |
 87. |         87    3805   2018w50 |
 88. |         88    3769   2018w51 |
 89. |         89    3765   2018w48 |
 90. |         90    3747   2018w46 |
     |------------------------------|
 91. |         91    3661   2018w30 |
 92. |         92    3631   2018w33 |
 93. |         93    3622   2019w34 |
 94. |         94    3590   2018w36 |
 95. |         95    3571   2018w49 |
     |------------------------------|
 96. |         96    3549   2019w31 |
 97. |         97    3540   2019w35 |
 98. |         98    3347   2018w44 |
 99. |         99    3338   2018w52 |
100. |        100    3207   2019w32 |
     |------------------------------|
101. |        101    3072   2018w35 |
     +------------------------------+

There are some factors that we can think of:
- New year event
- Merit sources have been refilled.
At least, we have seen actual increases of weekly merits. It's positive and I expect to see the phenomenon keep rising.
legendary
Activity: 2310
Merit: 4085
Farewell o_e_l_e_o
Update: (on 2019w51)


ABSTRACT
  • Total merits distributed on 2019w51 is 6194.
  • Compare to 4521 (the median of weekly merits on  2019w46 - 6 weeks ago), the percentage of last week merits increases 37%.
  • The last week ranked at 16th position over 100 weeks.



  • Total distributed merits: 6194 (see)
  • Median of weekly merits before the 2019w46 (when theymos began to dump massive merits): 4521

What does it means, guys?
Code:
. di (6194-4521)/4521*100
37.005087
It means that on the last week - 2019w51 - the forum community sent 1673 more merits than they usually did in previous weeks (at 4521, the weekly median). In percentage, there is about 37 % increase compares to median of weekly merits, took at 2019w46 (6 weeks ago).

In terms of rank for intra-week merits, the last week ranked at 16th position, that is not impressive.
Code:
    +------------------------------+
     | weeklyrank   merit      week |
     |------------------------------|
  1. |          1   30960    2018w4 |
  2. |          2   19979    2018w5 |
  3. |          3   17685   2019w47 |
  4. |          4   14251   2019w46 |
  5. |          5   13313    2018w6 |
     |------------------------------|
  6. |          6   11745    2018w7 |
  7. |          7    8833    2018w9 |
  8. |          8    8767    2018w8 |
  9. |          9    7837   2018w38 |
 10. |         10    7317   2018w11 |
     |------------------------------|
 11. |         11    7261   2018w10 |
 12. |         12    6952   2018w12 |
 13. |         13    6744   2018w13 |
 14. |         14    6632    2019w2 |
 15. |         15    6423   2018w14 |
     |------------------------------|
 16. |         16    6194   2019w51 |
 17. |         17    6130   2019w13 |
 18. |         18    5907   2019w48 |
 19. |         19    5644   2018w37 |
 20. |         20    5542   2019w42 |
     |------------------------------|
 21. |         21    5494   2018w15 |
 22. |         22    5454   2019w19 |
 23. |         23    5354   2019w24 |
 24. |         24    5317    2019w3 |
 25. |         25    5271   2019w15 |
     |------------------------------|
 26. |         26    5214   2019w20 |
 27. |         27    5186   2019w50 |
 28. |         28    4975   2019w43 |
 29. |         29    4965   2018w18 |
 30. |         30    4929   2018w25 |
     |------------------------------|
 31. |         31    4913   2019w10 |
 32. |         32    4829   2018w42 |
 33. |         33    4803    2019w1 |
 34. |         34    4766   2018w19 |
 35. |         35    4764   2019w18 |
     |------------------------------|
 36. |         36    4742   2018w16 |
 37. |         37    4735   2019w45 |
 38. |         38    4730   2019w44 |
 39. |         39    4726   2019w25 |
 40. |         40    4688   2019w16 |
     |------------------------------|
 41. |         41    4687   2019w23 |
 42. |         42    4667    2019w4 |
 43. |         43    4638    2019w9 |
 44. |         44    4612   2018w17 |
 45. |         45    4609   2019w12 |
     |------------------------------|
 46. |         46    4580   2019w21 |
 47. |         47    4575   2018w47 |
 48. |         48    4565   2019w41 |
 49. |         49    4538   2018w23 |
 50. |         50    4526   2019w14 |
     |------------------------------|
 51. |         51    4525   2018w45 |
 52. |         52    4524   2019w49 |
 53. |         53    4521    2019w8 |
 54. |         54    4520   2019w38 |
 55. |         55    4491    2019w5 |
     |------------------------------|
 56. |         56    4465   2018w26 |
 57. |         57    4448   2019w17 |
 58. |         58    4445   2019w22 |
 59. |         59    4395   2018w39 |
 60. |         60    4367   2019w26 |
     |------------------------------|
 61. |         61    4357   2019w40 |
 62. |         62    4353   2018w20 |
 63. |         63    4332    2019w6 |
 64. |         64    4326   2019w11 |
 65. |         65    4318   2019w39 |
     |------------------------------|
 66. |         66    4310   2018w40 |
 67. |         67    4278   2018w27 |
 68. |         68    4277   2019w29 |
 69. |         69    4247   2018w28 |
 70. |         70    4236   2019w33 |
     |------------------------------|
 71. |         71    4225   2019w27 |
 72. |         72    4221    2019w7 |
 73. |         73    4194   2018w22 |
 74. |         74    4176   2019w30 |
 75. |         75    4167   2018w29 |
     |------------------------------|
 76. |         76    4119   2019w28 |
 77. |         77    4043   2019w37 |
 78. |         78    4011   2018w32 |
 79. |         79    3953   2018w43 |
 80. |         80    3864   2018w21 |
     |------------------------------|
 81. |         81    3863   2018w31 |
 82. |         82    3839   2018w24 |
 83. |         83    3816   2018w41 |
 84. |         84    3809   2019w36 |
 85. |         85    3805   2018w34 |
     |------------------------------|
 86. |         86    3805   2018w50 |
 87. |         87    3769   2018w51 |
 88. |         88    3765   2018w48 |
 89. |         89    3747   2018w46 |
 90. |         90    3661   2018w30 |
     |------------------------------|
 91. |         91    3631   2018w33 |
 92. |         92    3622   2019w34 |
 93. |         93    3590   2018w36 |
 94. |         94    3571   2018w49 |
 95. |         95    3549   2019w31 |
     |------------------------------|
 96. |         96    3540   2019w35 |
 97. |         97    3347   2018w44 |
 98. |         98    3338   2018w52 |
 99. |         99    3207   2019w32 |
100. |        100    3072   2018w35 |
     +------------------------------+

As predicted, people, including merit sources, gave away more sMerits again when their sMerits refilled after 30 days but the 37% increase is  quite impressive, in my opinion, compared to the median of weekly merits 6 weeks ago, and compared to the percentage of increases in monthly sMerits for each merit sources.

However, the 37% increases include all users in the forum, not only restricted to merit sources; and the increases likely come from at least two sides:
  • Merit sources' activities
  • Normal users who have more actively used their sMerits with the Christmas and New year event.
legendary
Activity: 2310
Merit: 4085
Farewell o_e_l_e_o
Update: (on 2019w50)


ABSTRACT
  • Total merits distributed on 2019w50 is 5186.
  • Compare to 4521 (the median of weekly merits on  2019w46 - 5 weeks ago), the percentage of last week merits increases 14.7%.
  • The last week ranked at 26th position over 99 weeks.



  • Total distributed merits: 5186 (see)
  • Median of weekly merits before the 2019w46 (when theymos began to dump massive merits): 4521

What does it means, guys?
Code:
. di (5186-4521)/4521*100
14.709135
It means that on the last week - 2019w50 - the forum community sent 665 more merits than they usually did in previous weeks (at 4521, the weekly median). In percentage, there is about 14.7 % increase compares to median of weekly merits, took at 2019w46 (5 weeks ago).

In terms of rank for intra-week merits, the last week ranked at 26th position, that is not impressive.
Code:
    +------------------------------+
     | weeklyrank   merit      week |
     |------------------------------|
  1. |          1   30960    2018w4 |
  2. |          2   19979    2018w5 |
  3. |          3   17685   2019w47 |
  4. |          4   14251   2019w46 |
  5. |          5   13313    2018w6 |
     |------------------------------|
  6. |          6   11745    2018w7 |
  7. |          7    8833    2018w9 |
  8. |          8    8767    2018w8 |
  9. |          9    7837   2018w38 |
 10. |         10    7317   2018w11 |
     |------------------------------|
 11. |         11    7261   2018w10 |
 12. |         12    6952   2018w12 |
 13. |         13    6744   2018w13 |
 14. |         14    6632    2019w2 |
 15. |         15    6423   2018w14 |
     |------------------------------|
 16. |         16    6130   2019w13 |
 17. |         17    5907   2019w48 |
 18. |         18    5644   2018w37 |
 19. |         19    5542   2019w42 |
 20. |         20    5494   2018w15 |
     |------------------------------|
 21. |         21    5454   2019w19 |
 22. |         22    5354   2019w24 |
 23. |         23    5317    2019w3 |
 24. |         24    5271   2019w15 |
 25. |         25    5214   2019w20 |
     |------------------------------|
 26. |         26    5186   2019w50 |
 27. |         27    4975   2019w43 |
 28. |         28    4965   2018w18 |
 29. |         29    4929   2018w25 |
 30. |         30    4913   2019w10 |
     |------------------------------|
 31. |         31    4829   2018w42 |
 32. |         32    4803    2019w1 |
 33. |         33    4766   2018w19 |
 34. |         34    4764   2019w18 |
 35. |         35    4742   2018w16 |
     |------------------------------|
 36. |         36    4735   2019w45 |
 37. |         37    4730   2019w44 |
 38. |         38    4726   2019w25 |
 39. |         39    4688   2019w16 |
 40. |         40    4687   2019w23 |
     |------------------------------|
 41. |         41    4667    2019w4 |
 42. |         42    4638    2019w9 |
 43. |         43    4612   2018w17 |
 44. |         44    4609   2019w12 |
 45. |         45    4580   2019w21 |
     |------------------------------|
 46. |         46    4575   2018w47 |
 47. |         47    4565   2019w41 |
 48. |         48    4538   2018w23 |
 49. |         49    4526   2019w14 |
 50. |         50    4525   2018w45 |
     |------------------------------|
 51. |         51    4524   2019w49 |
 52. |         52    4521    2019w8 |
 53. |         53    4520   2019w38 |
 54. |         54    4491    2019w5 |
 55. |         55    4465   2018w26 |
     |------------------------------|
 56. |         56    4448   2019w17 |
 57. |         57    4445   2019w22 |
 58. |         58    4395   2018w39 |
 59. |         59    4367   2019w26 |
 60. |         60    4357   2019w40 |
     |------------------------------|
 61. |         61    4353   2018w20 |
 62. |         62    4332    2019w6 |
 63. |         63    4326   2019w11 |
 64. |         64    4318   2019w39 |
 65. |         65    4310   2018w40 |
     |------------------------------|
 66. |         66    4278   2018w27 |
 67. |         67    4277   2019w29 |
 68. |         68    4247   2018w28 |
 69. |         69    4236   2019w33 |
 70. |         70    4225   2019w27 |
     |------------------------------|
 71. |         71    4221    2019w7 |
 72. |         72    4194   2018w22 |
 73. |         73    4176   2019w30 |
 74. |         74    4167   2018w29 |
 75. |         75    4119   2019w28 |
     |------------------------------|
 76. |         76    4043   2019w37 |
 77. |         77    4011   2018w32 |
 78. |         78    3953   2018w43 |
 79. |         79    3864   2018w21 |
 80. |         80    3863   2018w31 |
     |------------------------------|
 81. |         81    3839   2018w24 |
 82. |         82    3816   2018w41 |
 83. |         83    3809   2019w36 |
 84. |         84    3805   2018w34 |
 85. |         85    3805   2018w50 |
     |------------------------------|
 86. |         86    3769   2018w51 |
 87. |         87    3765   2018w48 |
 88. |         88    3747   2018w46 |
 89. |         89    3661   2018w30 |
 90. |         90    3631   2018w33 |
     |------------------------------|
 91. |         91    3622   2019w34 |
 92. |         92    3590   2018w36 |
 93. |         93    3571   2018w49 |
 94. |         94    3549   2019w31 |
 95. |         95    3540   2019w35 |
     |------------------------------|
 96. |         96    3347   2018w44 |
 97. |         97    3338   2018w52 |
 98. |         98    3207   2019w32 |
 99. |         99    3072   2018w35 |
     +------------------------------+
It seems that we saw the effects from merit sources again when their sMerits refilled after 30 days but the 14.7% increase is not impressive, in my opinion, compared to the median of weekly merits 5 weeks ago, and compared to the percentage of increases in monthly sMerits for each merit sources.

I predict that there will be more increases for 2019w51 (with the coming Friday-data dump), when more sMerits refilled and effects from the Christmas and New year!
legendary
Activity: 2338
Merit: 10802
There are lies, damned lies and statistics. MTwain
<…>
I think we need to wait at least until next Friday to get a proper reading of this. Merit Source redistribution and reassignment took place on the 14/11/2019 (perhaps a day before, but I captured my screen shot on the referenced date). 30 days later is when the Merit allowances get replenished (same rate as date-30 days sMerit expenditure), so that process is taking place now, and last week’s reading (as of Friday 13/12/2019) caught the allowances at the end of their cycle, without the replenishing effect taking place yet.

Additionally, the coming xMas period may have some effect either way in the coming weeks (more time available or less time depending on how each one deals with out of routine time).
sr. member
Activity: 854
Merit: 424
I stand with Ukraine!
Merit sources probably overused their smerits within the art contest so they have to wait for their next sMerit allocations. 30 days to refresh for amount of sMerits they sent. I expect they will become reactively give sMerits away next one or two weeks.

Normal users probably have faced nearly same problems, and they have to earn new merits to have newly free sMerits.

Next one month, we might have a better overview on growths of those 28 users (who earned hundreds of merits within the Art contest and jumped to the top recently merited users)
Percentages of recent earned per total merits of artists in top-50-merited users
I am going to give you the update next three weeks.
legendary
Activity: 2268
Merit: 16328
Fully fledged Merit Cycler - Golden Feather 22-23
I am really surprised about this pull to the long term average.
I thought one of the most relevant effect of the new sources were the reallocation from inactive to active merit sources.

I timely depleted my allowance, maybe others with bigger ones actually struggled a little bit. I don’t know.
legendary
Activity: 2310
Merit: 4085
Farewell o_e_l_e_o
Update: (on 2019w49)


ABSTRACT
  • The effects from the Art contest have disappeared.
  • Total merits distributed on 2019w49 is 4524.
  • Compare to 4521 (the median of weekly merits on  2019w46 - 4 weeks ago), the percentage of last week merits increases only 0.7%.
  • The last week ranked at 50th position over 98 weeks.



  • Total distributed merits: 4524 (see)
  • Median of weekly merits before the 2019w46 (when theymos began to dump massive merits): 4521

What does it means, guys?
Code:
. di (4524-4521)/4521*100
.066357
It means that on the last week - 2019w49 - the forum community sent 3 more merits than they usually did in previous weeks (at 4521, the weekly median). In percentage, there is about 0.7 % increase compares to median of weekly merits, took at 2019w46 (4 weeks ago).

In terms of rank for intra-week merits, the last week ranked at 50th position, that is not impressive.
Code:
. list weeklyrank merit week, abb(30)

     +------------------------------+
     | weeklyrank   merit      week |
     |------------------------------|
  1. |          1   30960    2018w4 |
  2. |          2   19979    2018w5 |
  3. |          3   17685   2019w47 |
  4. |          4   14251   2019w46 |
  5. |          5   13313    2018w6 |
     |------------------------------|
  6. |          6   11745    2018w7 |
  7. |          7    8833    2018w9 |
  8. |          8    8767    2018w8 |
  9. |          9    7837   2018w38 |
 10. |         10    7317   2018w11 |
     |------------------------------|
 11. |         11    7261   2018w10 |
 12. |         12    6952   2018w12 |
 13. |         13    6744   2018w13 |
 14. |         14    6632    2019w2 |
 15. |         15    6423   2018w14 |
     |------------------------------|
 16. |         16    6130   2019w13 |
 17. |         17    5907   2019w48 |
 18. |         18    5644   2018w37 |
 19. |         19    5542   2019w42 |
 20. |         20    5494   2018w15 |
     |------------------------------|
 21. |         21    5454   2019w19 |
 22. |         22    5354   2019w24 |
 23. |         23    5317    2019w3 |
 24. |         24    5271   2019w15 |
 25. |         25    5214   2019w20 |
     |------------------------------|
 26. |         26    4975   2019w43 |
 27. |         27    4965   2018w18 |
 28. |         28    4929   2018w25 |
 29. |         29    4913   2019w10 |
 30. |         30    4829   2018w42 |
     |------------------------------|
 31. |         31    4803    2019w1 |
 32. |         32    4766   2018w19 |
 33. |         33    4764   2019w18 |
 34. |         34    4742   2018w16 |
 35. |         35    4735   2019w45 |
     |------------------------------|
 36. |         36    4730   2019w44 |
 37. |         37    4726   2019w25 |
 38. |         38    4688   2019w16 |
 39. |         39    4687   2019w23 |
 40. |         40    4667    2019w4 |
     |------------------------------|
 41. |         41    4638    2019w9 |
 42. |         42    4612   2018w17 |
 43. |         43    4609   2019w12 |
 44. |         44    4580   2019w21 |
 45. |         45    4575   2018w47 |
     |------------------------------|
 46. |         46    4565   2019w41 |
 47. |         47    4538   2018w23 |
 48. |         48    4526   2019w14 |
 49. |         49    4525   2018w45 |
 50. |         50    4524   2019w49 |
     |------------------------------|
 51. |         51    4521    2019w8 |
 52. |         52    4520   2019w38 |
 53. |         53    4491    2019w5 |
 54. |         54    4465   2018w26 |
 55. |         55    4448   2019w17 |
     |------------------------------|
 56. |         56    4445   2019w22 |
 57. |         57    4395   2018w39 |
 58. |         58    4367   2019w26 |
 59. |         59    4357   2019w40 |
 60. |         60    4353   2018w20 |
     |------------------------------|
 61. |         61    4332    2019w6 |
 62. |         62    4326   2019w11 |
 63. |         63    4318   2019w39 |
 64. |         64    4310   2018w40 |
 65. |         65    4278   2018w27 |
     |------------------------------|
 66. |         66    4277   2019w29 |
 67. |         67    4247   2018w28 |
 68. |         68    4236   2019w33 |
 69. |         69    4225   2019w27 |
 70. |         70    4221    2019w7 |
     |------------------------------|
 71. |         71    4194   2018w22 |
 72. |         72    4176   2019w30 |
 73. |         73    4167   2018w29 |
 74. |         74    4119   2019w28 |
 75. |         75    4043   2019w37 |
     |------------------------------|
 76. |         76    4011   2018w32 |
 77. |         77    3953   2018w43 |
 78. |         78    3864   2018w21 |
 79. |         79    3863   2018w31 |
 80. |         80    3839   2018w24 |
     |------------------------------|
 81. |         81    3816   2018w41 |
 82. |         82    3809   2019w36 |
 83. |         83    3805   2018w34 |
 84. |         84    3805   2018w50 |
 85. |         85    3769   2018w51 |
     |------------------------------|
 86. |         86    3765   2018w48 |
 87. |         87    3747   2018w46 |
 88. |         88    3661   2018w30 |
 89. |         89    3631   2018w33 |
 90. |         90    3622   2019w34 |
     |------------------------------|
 91. |         91    3590   2018w36 |
 92. |         92    3571   2018w49 |
 93. |         93    3549   2019w31 |
 94. |         94    3540   2019w35 |
 95. |         95    3347   2018w44 |
     |------------------------------|
 96. |         96    3338   2018w52 |
 97. |         97    3207   2019w32 |
 98. |         98    3072   2018w35 |
     +------------------------------+

I believe that that is a solid proof of the disappearance of Art contest's effects (after 4 weeks). One of two purposes for the thread has been demonstrated.



The last purpose is observe the effects from reallocation of 30-days sMerits to merit sources. I am going to keep observing it next one month.
legendary
Activity: 2310
Merit: 4085
Farewell o_e_l_e_o
Update: (on 2019w48)


ABSTRACT
  • It seems the effects from the Art contest has dramatically cooled down.
  • Total merits distributed on 2019w48 is 5907.
  • Compare to 4521 (the median of weekly merits on  2019w46 - 3 weeks ago), the percentage of last week merits increases only 30.7%.
  • Good news is it seems the re-allocation of sMerits for merit sources still shown good effects.



  • Total distributed merits: 5907 (see)
  • theymos' effects: only 12 merits sent by him last week, none of them relates to the Art Contest, Art badge vote.
  • Median of weekly merits before the 2019w46 (when theymos began to dump massive merits): 4521

A raw caculation from merits (with all possible effects from Art contest - new merit sources, newly increased sMerits allocation, and the others), but this week, I don't exclude theymos' sent-merits, then we have:
Code:
. di 5907-4521
1386

. di (5907-4521)/4521*100
30.656934

What does it means, guys?

It means that on the last week - 2019w48 - the forum community sent 1386 more merits than they usually did in previous weeks (at 4521, the weekly median). In percentage, there is about 30.7% increase compares to median of weekly merits, took at 2019w46 (3 weeks ago).

The figure of 5907 does not satisfy my definition of outliers. It's very normal, in my opinion.
It means that potential outliers are weeks that have intra-week merits beyond 2477 or 6857.

In terms of rank for intra-week merits, the last week ranked at 17th position, that is not impressive.
Code:
. list weeklyrank merit week, abb(30)

     +------------------------------+
     | weeklyrank   merit      week |
     |------------------------------|
  1. |          1   30960    2018w4 |
  2. |          2   19979    2018w5 |
  3. |          3   17685   2019w47 |
  4. |          4   14251   2019w46 |
  5. |          5   13313    2018w6 |
     |------------------------------|
  6. |          6   11745    2018w7 |
  7. |          7    8833    2018w9 |
  8. |          8    8767    2018w8 |
  9. |          9    7837   2018w38 |
 10. |         10    7317   2018w11 |
     |------------------------------|
 11. |         11    7261   2018w10 |
 12. |         12    6952   2018w12 |
 13. |         13    6744   2018w13 |
 14. |         14    6632    2019w2 |
 15. |         15    6423   2018w14 |
     |------------------------------|
 16. |         16    6130   2019w13 |
 17. |         17    5907   2019w48 |
 18. |         18    5644   2018w37 |
 19. |         19    5542   2019w42 |
 20. |         20    5494   2018w15 |
     |------------------------------|
 21. |         21    5454   2019w19 |
 22. |         22    5354   2019w24 |
 23. |         23    5317    2019w3 |
 24. |         24    5271   2019w15 |
 25. |         25    5214   2019w20 |
     |------------------------------|
 26. |         26    4975   2019w43 |
 27. |         27    4965   2018w18 |
 28. |         28    4929   2018w25 |
 29. |         29    4913   2019w10 |
 30. |         30    4829   2018w42 |
     |------------------------------|
 31. |         31    4803    2019w1 |
 32. |         32    4766   2018w19 |
 33. |         33    4764   2019w18 |
 34. |         34    4742   2018w16 |
 35. |         35    4735   2019w45 |
     |------------------------------|
 36. |         36    4730   2019w44 |
 37. |         37    4726   2019w25 |
 38. |         38    4688   2019w16 |
 39. |         39    4687   2019w23 |
 40. |         40    4667    2019w4 |
     |------------------------------|
 41. |         41    4638    2019w9 |
 42. |         42    4612   2018w17 |
 43. |         43    4609   2019w12 |
 44. |         44    4580   2019w21 |
 45. |         45    4575   2018w47 |
     |------------------------------|
 46. |         46    4565   2019w41 |
 47. |         47    4538   2018w23 |
 48. |         48    4526   2019w14 |
 49. |         49    4525   2018w45 |
 50. |         50    4521    2019w8 |
     |------------------------------|
 51. |         51    4520   2019w38 |
 52. |         52    4491    2019w5 |
 53. |         53    4465   2018w26 |
 54. |         54    4448   2019w17 |
 55. |         55    4445   2019w22 |
     |------------------------------|
 56. |         56    4395   2018w39 |
 57. |         57    4367   2019w26 |
 58. |         58    4357   2019w40 |
 59. |         59    4353   2018w20 |
 60. |         60    4332    2019w6 |
     |------------------------------|
 61. |         61    4326   2019w11 |
 62. |         62    4318   2019w39 |
 63. |         63    4310   2018w40 |
 64. |         64    4278   2018w27 |
 65. |         65    4277   2019w29 |
     |------------------------------|
 66. |         66    4247   2018w28 |
 67. |         67    4236   2019w33 |
 68. |         68    4225   2019w27 |
 69. |         69    4221    2019w7 |
 70. |         70    4194   2018w22 |
     |------------------------------|
 71. |         71    4176   2019w30 |
 72. |         72    4167   2018w29 |
 73. |         73    4119   2019w28 |
 74. |         74    4043   2019w37 |
 75. |         75    4011   2018w32 |
     |------------------------------|
 76. |         76    3953   2018w43 |
 77. |         77    3864   2018w21 |
 78. |         78    3863   2018w31 |
 79. |         79    3839   2018w24 |
 80. |         80    3816   2018w41 |
     |------------------------------|
 81. |         81    3809   2019w36 |
 82. |         82    3805   2018w34 |
 83. |         83    3805   2018w50 |
 84. |         84    3769   2018w51 |
 85. |         85    3765   2018w48 |
     |------------------------------|
 86. |         86    3747   2018w46 |
 87. |         87    3661   2018w30 |
 88. |         88    3631   2018w33 |
 89. |         89    3622   2019w34 |
 90. |         90    3590   2018w36 |
     |------------------------------|
 91. |         91    3571   2018w49 |
 92. |         92    3549   2019w31 |
 93. |         93    3540   2019w35 |
 94. |         94    3347   2018w44 |
 95. |         95    3338   2018w52 |
     |------------------------------|
 96. |         96    3207   2019w32 |
 97. |         97    3072   2018w35 |
     +------------------------------+

I believe that there is a real cool down but there are some other reasons: such as merit sources overused their sMerits in the Art-related threads and now have still waited their sMerits to be filled again, whilst normal users have to earn new merits themselves in order to have more sMerits to give away.

Let's wait for next one or two weeks to see how the increasing effects maintain (about 30% higher than 4521) or tail off.
legendary
Activity: 2310
Merit: 4085
Farewell o_e_l_e_o
Update: (on 2019w47)
* I made incorrect stats earlier today but fixed.


ABSTRACT
  • It seems the effects from the Art contest has gradually cooled down.
  • Compare to 4521 (the median of weekly merits on  2019w46), the percentages of last week merits (after excluding merits distributed by theymos) is 106.7%, while the figure two weeks ago is 291.5%.
  • Good news is it seems the re-allocation of sMerits for merit sources still shown good effects.



  • Total distributed merits: 17685 (see)
  • Total merits sent by theymos: 8341 (= 9413-1072, see)
  • Median of weekly merits before the 2019w46 (when theymos began to dump massive merits): 4521

A raw caculation from merits (with all possible effects from Art contest - excludes theymos' sent-merits, new merit sources, newly increased sMerits allocation, and the others), we have:
Code:
. di 17685-8341
9344

What does it means, guys?

It means that the forum community were extremely active last week in the way they use their merits. They sent 9344 merits more than they usually did in previous weeks (at 4521, the weekly median).

I believe that the effects from the Art Contest cooled down within the last week (2019w47), even total's theymos dumped merits concentrated in the last week (8341/9413 ~ 88.6% - only in the 10th Art contest thread).

After excluding theymos' effects, the total merits in the last week from community is 106.7% higher than previous median of weekly merits at 4521 (on the 2019w45, see).
Code:
. di (9344-4521)/4521*100
106.67994
The figure is nearly half of the last week's figure at 291.5%.
After excluding theymos' effects, we have 291% increase compares to the median of weekly merits (before 2019w46) at 4521.
Code:
. di (14251-1071)/4521*100
291.52842

Let's wait for next one or two weeks to see how the increasing effects maintain or tail off.
legendary
Activity: 3234
Merit: 1375
Slava Ukraini!
Thank you @fillippone for the link and @tranthidung for stats. Damn, I knew that merit distribution on initial week in 2018 was huge, but I didn't expected such crazy numbers. Previous week is so far away from it, but 14251 is still amazing numbers.
legendary
Activity: 2310
Merit: 4085
Farewell o_e_l_e_o
Thanks @fillippone for the link to the answer but I want to add more details.

The last week is ranked at the third position in descending orders of top weeks in total weekly merits.
Code:
. list weeklyrank merit week, abb(30)

     +------------------------------+
     | weeklyrank   merit      week |
     |------------------------------|
  1. |          1   30960    2018w4 |
  2. |          2   19979    2018w5 |
  3. |          3   14251   2019w46 |
The figure of the last week is more impressive if you know that the figure of 2018w4 is not for a fully complete week. It is for only five days of 2018w4. See below.

And if we subtract the merits distributed on 24jan2018 (13018), the first day, we will do see the 2019w46 (last week) nearly hits the second position.
Code:
. list id merit date day month2 year week month dofw if year == 2018

     +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
     |  id   merit        date   day   month2   year      week     month        dofw |
     |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  1. |   1   13018   24jan2018    24        1   2018    2018w4    2018m1   Wednesday |
  2. |   2    6762   25jan2018    25        1   2018    2018w4    2018m1    Thursday |
  3. |   3    4500   26jan2018    26        1   2018    2018w4    2018m1      Friday |
  4. |   4    3490   27jan2018    27        1   2018    2018w4    2018m1    Saturday |
  5. |   5    3190   28jan2018    28        1   2018    2018w4    2018m1      Sunday |
     |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  6. |   6    3800   29jan2018    29        1   2018    2018w5    2018m1      Monday |
legendary
Activity: 2268
Merit: 16328
Fully fledged Merit Cycler - Golden Feather 22-23
I'm not very good at stats analysis, so I would like to ask - how Merit distribution last week looks compared with first weeks after realease of Merit system (January 2018)? Because I can't remember when I saw such big number of merits distributed just in one week and I suppose these numbers are close (or even bigger) to most active weeks when merit system just been released.
I think I this thread, and this post in particular, should answer all your doubt:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.53173437
legendary
Activity: 3234
Merit: 1375
Slava Ukraini!
I'm not very good at stats analysis, so I would like to ask - how Merit distribution last week looks compared with first weeks after realease of Merit system (January 2018)? Because I can't remember when I saw such big number of merits distributed just in one week and I suppose these numbers are close (or even bigger) to most active weeks when merit system just been released.
legendary
Activity: 2268
Merit: 16328
Fully fledged Merit Cycler - Golden Feather 22-23
I also hope that all merit sources will maintain their strict rules when giving merits away. The forum does not need a new-era shitposters who will destroy what merit system and our community built up well so far.


I think this is the challenge for the new MS (myself included).

What we saw in this round is a massive reallocation from "inactive MS" to new "active" MS.
Even if MS number was reduced and also global sMerit allowance was marginally inflated, overall, I do expect merits circulation will increase a lot.
theymos made now clear that wants all the merit allowance to be depleted, and I think the future "rebalance" of sMerits allowance will consider the amount of sMerits spent.
 

This pose a challenge for merit source, deplete their sMerit source monthly allowance (that should be the easy part) without promoting shitposting, or below par contributions (this is going to be the hard part).
Attaining this double objective will allow each individual MS to increase her sMerit allowance in a future revision by theymos (who made clear that some sort of adjustment will be done in the future considering the sMerits sent in the recent months), and at the same time do what a good MS should do: trying to promote good posting on the forum.

legendary
Activity: 2310
Merit: 4085
Farewell o_e_l_e_o
It's an event, so what do we expect? And yeah right, some of those entries doesn't really deserve Merits if you ask me but still let's just consider this as part of the event, besides its only a matter of time when this issues might stop. Maybe tomorrow or the next day, the distribution of Merits will become normal again.
No, you misunderstood my opinion. What I mentioned is I hope merit sources will maintain their strict rules as same as before their reallocation of monthly merits.

For the Art contest, yes, it is for fun, and I am fine with it. There is nothing wrong when you send 20 or 50 merits to the arts you like (even if you do it today). I knew there are some shady behavious and ones took advantage of the contest to do what they waited for around two years since merit sytem began. As I said, I am fine with it and just let it be what it be. Then, when the Art contest effects cool down, they will be stucked again (if they have not yet promoted to Legendaries).
how long till the investigators are in tying up farms/rings of accounts..
As TMAN wrote, they will do stupid things again. Like what we saw when the enhanced merit system activated in September of 2018.
They nearly got mad in the first week since the changes came.
See details here (and you can see spikes in the time-series plot).
One year anniversary of enhanced merit system
Code:
. list id emerit date day month2 year week month

     +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
     |  id   emerit        date   day   month2   year      week     month |
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
  1. | 237     1863   17sep2018    17        9   2018   2018w38    2018m9 |
  2. | 238     1295   18sep2018    18        9   2018   2018w38    2018m9 |
  3. | 239     1271   19sep2018    19        9   2018   2018w38    2018m9 |
  4. | 240      847   20sep2018    20        9   2018   2018w38    2018m9 |
  5. | 241      808   21sep2018    21        9   2018   2018w38    2018m9 |
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
  6. | 242      948   22sep2018    22        9   2018   2018w38    2018m9 |
  7. | 243      805   23sep2018    23        9   2018   2018w38    2018m9 |
  8. | 244      750   24sep2018    24        9   2018   2018w39    2018m9 |
  9. | 245      597   25sep2018    25        9   2018   2018w39    2018m9 |
 10. | 246      563   26sep2018    26        9   2018   2018w39    2018m9 |
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
legendary
Activity: 1414
Merit: 1808
Exchange Bitcoin quickly-https://blockchain.com.do
I got a little trigger happy with my source merits since we got a full top up, assuming i wasn't the only person due to the art thread. With Theymos handing out a fuck ton of merits how long till the investigators are in tying up farms/rings of accounts..
legendary
Activity: 1428
Merit: 1166
🤩Finally Married🤩
I also hope that all merit sources will maintain their strict rules when giving merits away. The forum does not need a new-era shitposters who will destroy what merit system and our community built up well so far.
It's an event, so what do we expect? And yeah right, some of those entries doesn't really deserve Merits if you ask me but still let's just consider this as part of the event, besides its only a matter of time when this issues might stop. Maybe tomorrow or the next day, the distribution of Merits will become normal again.

As for myself, there are some entries that I have missed, but I'm well focused on giving out Merits only to my fellow countrymen unless there are really quite good enough just like the works of ADAMA and dannybrown. Truly Fanstastic.

Let's just wait until the end of this week, then the next will be on Christmas, expect that to happen. So many bastards will get to it.
legendary
Activity: 2310
Merit: 4085
Farewell o_e_l_e_o
All sources had their source Merit adjusted and thus reset to the full amount. I'm aiming to empty mine in 30 days, so long term I expect my monthly distribution to increase by about 400 now.
It makes sense, with each 175% increase of each source's merit allocation, in the long run, merit distribution weekly will do increase as well.

Let's look at the past week, what happened?

After excluding theymos' effects, we have 291% increase compares to the median of weekly merits (before 2019w46) at 4521.
Code:
. di (14251-1071)/4521*100
291.52842
As being said, after the bias-effects from theymos and the Art contest cool down, I expect the figure will be somewhere closely to the increases of merit allocation for each source (compares to 4521).

Nevertheless, I have a big curious question for myself:
Will luckily ranked-up users with generous supports from the Art contest perform well in coming months?
From my observations, most of them stucked for months (with very very little earned merits - that somehow represents their post quality and contributions) and I believe their post quality will probably not change too much in coming months.

I also hope that all merit sources will maintain their strict rules when giving merits away. The forum does not need a new-era shitposters who will destroy what merit system and our community built up well so far.

I asked for help from you and @DdmrDdmr here. If you are interested in this one, please give us stats.  Cheesy
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