Topic: [TOP-200] The most generous users giving merits - page 12. (Read 39417 times)

I’ve never yet been in that situation, but judging by the way it works, it should replenish to the Source’s max allowance and stay put at that value (providing he does not award any sMerits); that is, until there is a Merit Source quota reassignment, moment at which it may be truncated to a lower value of even cease to exist altogether.


I make it the same:

My calculations might be off, but I believe this is the post that received the 1,000,000^th merit. Congrats to Phil_S


My monthly source merit bank is 100 merit. The second that theymos updated my source merit to this allocation, this was my available source merit amount. Some amount of time after theymos updated my source merit allocation to 100 merit, I spent some of my source merit, and exactly 30 days after I spent this source merit, the amount of merit I spent will be returned to my merit source allocation exactly one time.

The monthly merit source allocation is set manually by theymos, although he likely used some algorithm to calculate each sources allocation. Each sources allocation is not going to change without some kind of intervention by theymos.

I have to say that I am proud of my work.

I am curious to see the stats for the year and/or 12 month rolling stats.

Coin-1, every time you publish this monthly list I get more motivated to hand out merits.  Some days I feel kinda bleh about posts or just don't see good ones because I'm not doing a lot of reading, but having some semblance of a scorecard like this thread just makes me want to do better as a merit source. 

Thanks again for keeping this updated, and I'm going to do my best to improve upon October's statistics (though I think I'm off to a worse start than I was last month).

Monthly update.

Wow! Since the merit system was introduced on January 24, 2018, all members have sent over 1 million merits! This is undoubtedly a noticeable milestone for the forum. I'm glad the system is working properly.

I have also published statistics for October 2021. fillippone is the leader of this TOP-200. El duderino_ took second place. This time Ratimov is rated third.

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You have fulfilled your promise. Good work!

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As far as I understand, if a merit source is inactive on the forum for a long time, his sMerit bank does not replenish, gradually decreases and probably becomes empty, so he needs to boost it to the maximum allowed value by sending merits again.

These are the monthly statistics for October 2021 below.

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	User name	Sent merits	Received merits	Generosity
1)	fillippone	1308 (in 465 txns to 155 users)	310 (in 166 txns from 42 users)	1153 (max 1153)
2)	El duderino_	1177 (in 234 txns to 71 users)	330 (in 196 txns from 54 users)	1012 (max 1018)
3)	Ratimov	1196 (in 768 txns to 269 users)	394 (in 232 txns from 121 users)	999 (max 1001)
4)	ETFbitcoin	1037 (in 599 txns to 192 users)	118 (in 65 txns from 30 users)	978 (max 978)
5)	xandry	898 (in 475 txns to 253 users)	53 (in 35 txns from 13 users)	871 (max 874)
6)	LoyceV	968 (in 216 txns to 128 users)	249 (in 157 txns from 68 users)	843 (max 844)
7)	JayJuanGee	864 (in 715 txns to 168 users)	174 (in 108 txns from 40 users)	777 (max 777)
8)	qwk	787 (in 325 txns to 69 users)	34 (in 22 txns from 16 users)	770 (max 781)
9)	vapourminer	739 (in 400 txns to 194 users)	34 (in 19 txns from 16 users)	722 (max 722)
10)	The Pharmacist	794 (in 233 txns to 82 users)	145 (in 89 txns from 50 users)	721 (max 721)
11)	DdmrDdmr	806 (in 450 txns to 189 users)	188 (in 123 txns from 49 users)	712 (max 712)
12)	hugeblack	619 (in 192 txns to 121 users)	42 (in 24 txns from 20 users)	598 (max 599)
13)	o_e_l_e_o	740 (in 184 txns to 103 users)	339 (in 192 txns from 71 users)	570 (max 572)
14)	LFC_Bitcoin	634 (in 275 txns to 92 users)	188 (in 109 txns from 42 users)	540 (max 541)
15)	EFS	508 (in 63 txns to 31 users)	0	508 (max 508)
16)	klarki	502 (in 271 txns to 117 users)	50 (in 37 txns from 17 users)	477 (max 478)
17)	pooya87	433 (in 218 txns to 84 users)	261 (in 140 txns from 41 users)	302 (max 304)
18)	Pmalek	359 (in 242 txns to 114 users)	190 (in 116 txns from 58 users)	264 (max 264)
19)	Welsh	281 (in 57 txns to 45 users)	88 (in 37 txns from 18 users)	237 (max 247)
20)	mikeywith	242 (in 83 txns to 34 users)	21 (in 15 txns from 12 users)	231 (max 231)
21)	nutildah	273 (in 86 txns to 67 users)	90 (in 51 txns from 41 users)	228 (max 228)
22)	Halab	234 (in 80 txns to 54 users)	18 (in 12 txns from 7 users)	225 (max 225)
23)	NotATether	265 (in 133 txns to 102 users)	124 (in 65 txns from 30 users)	203 (max 210)
24)	Vispilio	206 (in 53 txns to 38 users)	12 (in 3 txns from 2 users)	200 (max 200)
25)	NeuroticFish	348 (in 135 txns to 73 users)	308 (in 133 txns from 50 users)	194 (max 219)
26)	Julien_Olynpic	216 (in 115 txns to 38 users)	49 (in 38 txns from 13 users)	191 (max 195)
27)	mole0815	226 (in 211 txns to 83 users)	77 (in 52 txns from 16 users)	187 (max 188)
28)	HCP	228 (in 42 txns to 25 users)	89 (in 46 txns from 16 users)	183 (max 184)
29)	1miau	192 (in 113 txns to 38 users)	35 (in 23 txns from 12 users)	174 (max 174)
30)	malevolent	163 (in 46 txns to 43 users)	26 (in 11 txns from 10 users)	150 (max 150)
31)	OgNasty	178 (in 48 txns to 44 users)	71 (in 39 txns from 32 users)	142 (max 145)
32)	OmegaStarScream	164 (in 79 txns to 46 users)	55 (in 26 txns from 18 users)	136 (max 136)
33)	dkbit98	219 (in 129 txns to 87 users)	184 (in 100 txns from 45 users)	127 (max 127)
34)	Vlad2Vlad	132 (in 10 txns to 5 users)	16 (in 4 txns from 1 user)	124 (max 124)
35)	bitmover	153 (in 68 txns to 44 users)	60 (in 38 txns from 22 users)	123 (max 123)
36)	Royse777	141 (in 18 txns to 15 users)	57 (in 32 txns from 28 users)	112 (max 113)
37)	Quickseller	130 (in 66 txns to 47 users)	35 (in 22 txns from 14 users)	112 (max 113)
38)	Husna QA	102 (in 101 txns to 40 users)	13 (in 12 txns from 9 users)	95 (max 96)
39)	BlackHatCoiner	245 (in 141 txns to 71 users)	306 (in 138 txns from 49 users)	92 (max 103)
40)	paxmao	149 (in 77 txns to 49 users)	113 (in 62 txns from 30 users)	92 (max 98)
41)	Coolcryptovator	107 (in 42 txns to 35 users)	59 (in 42 txns from 35 users)	77 (max 77)
42)	amishmanish	74 (in 24 txns to 19 users)	7 (in 4 txns from 4 users)	70 (max 70)
43)	CryptopreneurBrainboss	114 (in 88 txns to 51 users)	90 (in 55 txns from 37 users)	69 (max 71)
44)	Daniel91	61 (in 29 txns to 21 users)	9 (in 9 txns from 7 users)	56 (max 56)
45)	Buchi-88	69 (in 58 txns to 31 users)	26 (in 24 txns from 12 users)	56 (max 56)
46)	mindrust	54 (in 5 txns to 3 users)	5 (in 4 txns from 4 users)	51 (max 52)
47)	Hueristic	85 (in 85 txns to 43 users)	68 (in 41 txns from 15 users)	51 (max 51)
48)	BobLawblaw	99 (in 57 txns to 31 users)	103 (in 83 txns from 29 users)	47 (max 48)
49)	DarkStar_	52 (in 9 txns to 7 users)	14 (in 11 txns from 10 users)	45 (max 45)
50)	babo	76 (in 48 txns to 20 users)	66 (in 32 txns from 9 users)	43 (max 47)
51)	krogothmanhattan	48 (in 8 txns to 8 users)	12 (in 8 txns from 8 users)	42 (max 47)
52)	FatFork	47 (in 44 txns to 32 users)	19 (in 17 txns from 15 users)	37 (max 38)
53)	hosseinimr93	72 (in 72 txns to 30 users)	75 (in 49 txns from 21 users)	34 (max 38)
54)	tyz	42 (in 24 txns to 18 users)	24 (in 11 txns from 4 users)	30 (max 31)
55)	infofront	52 (in 16 txns to 15 users)	44 (in 19 txns from 14 users)	30 (max 33)
56)	Pierre 2	42 (in 13 txns to 7 users)	26 (in 13 txns from 7 users)	29 (max 29)
57)	shahzadafzal	92 (in 78 txns to 20 users)	127 (in 71 txns from 25 users)	28 (max 32)
58)	lightfoot	37 (in 12 txns to 10 users)	18 (in 15 txns from 10 users)	28 (max 28)
59)	hornetsnest	78 (in 21 txns to 14 users)	103 (in 14 txns from 8 users)	26 (max 26)
60)	AtomicProject	25 (in 2 txns to 1 user)	0	25 (max 25)
61)	MixMAx123	42 (in 17 txns to 8 users)	33 (in 12 txns from 8 users)	25 (max 28)
62)	philipma1957	84 (in 66 txns to 51 users)	117 (in 65 txns from 35 users)	25 (max 28)
63)	Foxpup	29 (in 16 txns to 7 users)	11 (in 7 txns from 6 users)	23 (max 23)
64)	LeGaulois	76 (in 50 txns to 27 users)	105 (in 46 txns from 25 users)	23 (max 51)
65)	Mitchell	28 (in 16 txns to 12 users)	12 (in 9 txns from 9 users)	22 (max 22)
66)	tk808	20 (in 2 txns to 2 users)	0	20 (max 20)
67)	TryNinja	36 (in 27 txns to 10 users)	32 (in 25 txns from 16 users)	20 (max 20)
68)	Rikafip	64 (in 59 txns to 39 users)	89 (in 53 txns from 29 users)	19 (max 23)
69)	friends1980	20 (in 16 txns to 15 users)	3 (in 3 txns from 2 users)	18 (max 18)
70)	redhack	18 (in 6 txns to 6 users)	0	18 (max 18)
71)	larry_vw_1955	20 (in 1 txn)	6 (in 3 txns from 3 users)	17 (max 19)
72)	dwyane36	27 (in 25 txns to 14 users)	22 (in 19 txns from 5 users)	16 (max 17)
73)	tokeweed	17 (in 11 txns to 6 users)	3 (in 1 txn)	15 (max 15)
74)	ingiltere	23 (in 20 txns to 14 users)	16 (in 6 txns from 4 users)	15 (max 15)
75)	adaseb	27 (in 14 txns to 10 users)	23 (in 13 txns from 10 users)	15 (max 19)
76)	Eodguy149	25 (in 25 txns to 17 users)	21 (in 14 txns from 12 users)	14 (max 16)
77)	SatsLife	16 (in 9 txns to 8 users)	4 (in 4 txns from 4 users)	14 (max 14)
78)	os2sam	14 (in 4 txns to 4 users)	0	14 (max 14)
79)	Jet Cash	15 (in 3 txns to 3 users)	1	14 (max 14)
80)	Cyrus	93 (in 47 txns to 37 users)	158 (in 31 txns from 22 users)	14 (max 40)
81)	V4n3ss4	13 (in 1 txn)	0	13 (max 13)
82)	icopress	52 (in 44 txns to 33 users)	77 (in 38 txns from 26 users)	13 (max 14)
83)	michellee	22 (in 11 txns to 5 users)	19 (in 13 txns from 2 users)	12 (max 15)
84)	tvbcof	18 (in 6 txns to 5 users)	11 (in 6 txns from 4 users)	12 (max 15)
85)	Paolo.Demidov	46 (in 30 txns to 12 users)	68 (in 34 txns from 7 users)	12 (max 12)
86)	swogerino	15 (in 5 txns to 5 users)	6 (in 2 txns from 2 users)	12 (max 12)
87)	AlcoHoDL	50 (in 47 txns to 19 users)	77 (in 47 txns from 17 users)	11 (max 13)
88)	sirazimuth	25 (in 23 txns to 19 users)	28 (in 20 txns from 11 users)	11 (max 11)
89)	Sterbens	20 (in 20 txns to 18 users)	19 (in 14 txns from 14 users)	10 (max 10)
90)	419mining	10 (in 2 txns to 2 users)	0	10 (max 10)
91)	JollyGood	20 (in 20 txns to 19 users)	20 (in 10 txns from 9 users)	10 (max 15)
92)	F2b	10 (in 10 txns to 8 users)	0	10 (max 10)
93)	jopen	14 (in 10 txns to 9 users)	8 (in 4 txns from 2 users)	10 (max 10)
94)	ralle14	21 (in 7 txns to 5 users)	22 (in 18 txns from 8 users)	10 (max 10)
95)	Disruptivas	19 (in 19 txns to 7 users)	20 (in 13 txns from 5 users)	9 (max 14)
96)	Tash	18 (in 10 txns to 7 users)	18 (in 12 txns from 9 users)	9 (max 11)
97)	jcojci	10 (in 2 txns to 2 users)	1	9 (max 10)
98)	abhiseshakana	12 (in 7 txns to 5 users)	6 (in 6 txns from 5 users)	9 (max 10)
99)	Daltonik	37 (in 20 txns to 12 users)	56 (in 30 txns from 10 users)	9 (max 10)
100)	libert19	10 (in 9 txns to 9 users)	2 (in 2 txns from 2 users)	9 (max 10)
101)	yahoo62278	23 (in 13 txns to 9 users)	28 (in 14 txns from 12 users)	9 (max 13)
102)	Steeley	10 (in 3 txns to 3 users)	4 (in 4 txns from 3 users)	8 (max 8)
103)	RickDeckard	59 (in 38 txns to 29 users)	102 (in 41 txns from 22 users)	8 (max 12)
104)	vjudeu	18 (in 5 txns to 4 users)	20 (in 10 txns from 8 users)	8 (max 15)
105)	Jawhead999	23 (in 23 txns to 22 users)	29 (in 16 txns from 13 users)	8 (max 8)
106)	nakamura12	23 (in 18 txns to 10 users)	29 (in 23 txns from 16 users)	8 (max 10)
107)	Cryptmuster	32 (in 26 txns to 18 users)	48 (in 33 txns from 8 users)	8 (max 9)
108)	HeRetiK	11 (in 11 txns to 11 users)	5 (in 5 txns from 4 users)	8 (max 8)
109)	bitbollo	88 (in 59 txns to 34 users)	159 (in 75 txns from 31 users)	8 (max 10)
110)	Abiky	8 (in 5 txns to 4 users)	0	8 (max 8)
111)	revelacaogr	8 (in 5 txns to 1 user)	0	8 (max 8)
112)	mhanbostanci	10 (in 7 txns to 6 users)	3 (in 2 txns from 2 users)	8 (max 8)
113)	suchmoon	65 (in 42 txns to 33 users)	114 (in 70 txns from 41 users)	8 (max 16)
114)	Magicalking	20 (in 14 txns to 12 users)	26 (in 12 txns from 5 users)	7 (max 7)
115)	Dragonfund	8 (in 4 txns to 4 users)	1	7 (max 7)
116)	sinuari	10 (in 1 txn)	6 (in 4 txns from 1 user)	7 (max 9)
117)	Apocalipsa	41 (in 5 txns to 1 user)	67 (in 15 txns from 2 users)	7 (max 8)
118)	decodx	13 (in 13 txns to 10 users)	12 (in 9 txns from 8 users)	7 (max 9)
119)	BTCLiz	10 (in 7 txns to 6 users)	5 (in 5 txns from 4 users)	7 (max 9)
120)	darkv0rt3x	16 (in 9 txns to 5 users)	17 (in 9 txns from 7 users)	7 (max 7)
121)	safar1980	37 (in 24 txns to 12 users)	59 (in 38 txns from 11 users)	7 (max 14)
122)	ProfTP	8 (in 6 txns to 6 users)	1	7 (max 8)
123)	trendcoin	13 (in 12 txns to 10 users)	12 (in 10 txns from 8 users)	7 (max 7)
124)	DaveF	129 (in 43 txns to 26 users)	243 (in 120 txns from 43 users)	7 (max 22)
125)	Balmain	12 (in 8 txns to 6 users)	9 (in 4 txns from 4 users)	7 (max 7)
126)	Mkmanik	11 (in 10 txns to 8 users)	7 (in 1 txn)	7 (max 7)
127)	boyptc	7 (in 4 txns to 2 users)	0	7 (max 7)
128)	Lucasgabd	13 (in 8 txns to 5 users)	12 (in 12 txns from 5 users)	7 (max 7)
129)	quasimodo	9 (in 8 txns to 6 users)	3 (in 3 txns from 2 users)	7 (max 7)
130)	sp_	10 (in 4 txns to 4 users)	6 (in 5 txns from 5 users)	7 (max 7)
131)	Torque	72 (in 70 txns to 29 users)	129 (in 73 txns from 21 users)	7 (max 14)
132)	jpouza	8 (in 8 txns to 5 users)	1	7 (max 8)
133)	glascake	6 (in 2 txns to 2 users)	0	6 (max 6)
134)	KingsDen	21 (in 16 txns to 10 users)	30 (in 11 txns from 4 users)	6 (max 8)
135)	MrCryptHodl	31 (in 15 txns to 13 users)	50 (in 27 txns from 14 users)	6 (max 13)
136)	seek3r	7 (in 3 txns to 3 users)	2 (in 2 txns from 2 users)	6 (max 7)
137)	yhiaali3	16 (in 15 txns to 12 users)	19 (in 11 txns from 8 users)	6 (max 9)
138)	Bitcoin Store	6 (in 3 txns to 3 users)	0	6 (max 6)
139)	dimonstration	8 (in 8 txns to 7 users)	3 (in 2 txns from 2 users)	6 (max 6)
140)	xyzzy099	6 (in 6 txns to 4 users)	0	6 (max 6)
141)	Cnut237	16 (in 8 txns to 8 users)	19 (in 14 txns from 8 users)	6 (max 6)
142)	Finestream	6 (in 5 txns to 4 users)	0	6 (max 6)
143)	minerjones	15 (in 13 txns to 7 users)	17 (in 13 txns from 10 users)	6 (max 7)
144)	seoincorporation	6 (in 4 txns to 4 users)	0	6 (max 6)
145)	vvikkass	5 (in 1 txn)	0	5 (max 5)
146)	Abcdefghijklmnzzz	5 (in 1 txn)	0	5 (max 5)
147)	Frank AlpenCoin	14 (in 14 txns to 14 users)	17 (in 11 txns from 10 users)	5 (max 5)
148)	Stakefast	5 (in 1 txn)	0	5 (max 5)
149)	tazmantasik	5 (in 2 txns to 1 user)	0	5 (max 5)
150)	Soonandwaite	16 (in 12 txns to 8 users)	21 (in 14 txns from 7 users)	5 (max 6)
151)	zsmith	5 (in 1 txn)	0	5 (max 5)
152)	hui	5 (in 1 txn)	0	5 (max 5)
153)	SmokerFace	9 (in 8 txns to 8 users)	7 (in 3 txns from 2 users)	5 (max 6)
154)	GrosWesh	6 (in 6 txns to 4 users)	1	5 (max 5)
155)	coderben	8 (in 5 txns to 5 users)	6 (in 2 txns from 2 users)	5 (max 5)
156)	o_solo_miner	9 (in 6 txns to 6 users)	8 (in 7 txns from 6 users)	5 (max 6)
157)	Csmiami	92 (in 31 txns to 23 users)	173 (in 64 txns from 34 users)	5 (max 37)
158)	seljo	5 (in 1 txn)	0	5 (max 5)
159)	Silberman	26 (in 26 txns to 8 users)	42 (in 26 txns from 5 users)	5 (max 5)
160)	vokain	5 (in 1 txn)	0	5 (max 5)
161)	slackovic	7 (in 7 txns to 6 users)	4 (in 3 txns from 3 users)	5 (max 6)
162)	robelneo	7 (in 5 txns to 5 users)	4 (in 2 txns from 2 users)	5 (max 5)
163)	nanobtc	9 (in 9 txns to 7 users)	8 (in 5 txns from 5 users)	5 (max 6)
164)	Lucius	58 (in 58 txns to 43 users)	105 (in 63 txns from 30 users)	5 (max 11)
165)	ErisDiscordia	6 (in 6 txns to 6 users)	1	5 (max 5)
166)	TimeTeller	6 (in 6 txns to 6 users)	1	5 (max 5)
167)	Nathrixxx	39 (in 31 txns to 31 users)	70 (in 31 txns from 24 users)	4 (max 4)
168)	CryptoYar	4 (in 4 txns to 4 users)	0	4 (max 4)
169)	geophphreigh	4 (in 4 txns to 3 users)	0	4 (max 4)
170)	Review Master	5 (in 5 txns to 5 users)	1	4 (max 4)
171)	Cryptotourist	18 (in 6 txns to 6 users)	28 (in 14 txns from 10 users)	4 (max 5)
172)	Zedpastin	5 (in 3 txns to 3 users)	1	4 (max 5)
173)	Upgrade00	23 (in 14 txns to 12 users)	38 (in 25 txns from 15 users)	4 (max 8)
174)	JSRAW	18 (in 11 txns to 8 users)	27 (in 6 txns from 4 users)	4 (max 4)
175)	Little Mouse	16 (in 16 txns to 13 users)	24 (in 12 txns from 11 users)	4 (max 7)
176)	teosanru	8 (in 5 txns to 4 users)	8 (in 4 txns from 4 users)	4 (max 4)
177)	Pascal Parvex	5 (in 1 txn)	1	4 (max 4)
178)	josegines	4 (in 4 txns to 1 user)	0	4 (max 4)
179)	digicoinuser	5 (in 1 txn)	1	4 (max 4)
180)	Jaycee99	4 (in 3 txns to 3 users)	0	4 (max 4)
181)	farsky	5 (in 5 txns to 4 users)	2 (in 2 txns from 2 users)	4 (max 4)
182)	alexrossi	10 (in 4 txns to 4 users)	11 (in 5 txns from 2 users)	4 (max 5)
183)	Hix	6 (in 2 txns to 2 users)	3 (in 3 txns from 3 users)	4 (max 4)
184)	Bitinity	7 (in 5 txns to 5 users)	5 (in 5 txns from 5 users)	4 (max 4)
185)	arulbero	5 (in 2 txns to 2 users)	2 (in 1 txn)	4 (max 5)
186)	wheelz1200	7 (in 6 txns to 5 users)	6 (in 6 txns from 4 users)	4 (max 4)
187)	BrewMaster	7 (in 3 txns to 3 users)	5 (in 5 txns from 5 users)	4 (max 5)
188)	johhnyUA	18 (in 17 txns to 12 users)	27 (in 21 txns from 9 users)	4 (max 7)
189)	LogitechMouse	7 (in 4 txns to 4 users)	6 (in 3 txns from 3 users)	4 (max 5)
190)	mprep	15 (in 2 txns to 2 users)	22 (in 4 txns from 4 users)	4 (max 4)
191)	Hhampuz	36 (in 26 txns to 22 users)	64 (in 47 txns from 38 users)	4 (max 8)
192)	k@tusha	3 (in 3 txns to 3 users)	0	3 (max 3)
193)	cricketkhampion	3 (in 3 txns to 3 users)	0	3 (max 3)
194)	CrossroadBTC	3 (in 2 txns to 1 user)	0	3 (max 3)
195)	MonaLeeTracy	3 (in 3 txns to 3 users)	0	3 (max 3)
196)	XUR_TIP	6 (in 4 txns to 3 users)	5 (in 3 txns from 2 users)	3 (max 3)
197)	thepriceinsats	3 (in 2 txns to 2 users)	0	3 (max 3)
198)	xodakovs	4 (in 2 txns to 2 users)	2 (in 1 txn)	3 (max 4)
199)	dansus021	3 (in 3 txns to 3 users)	0	3 (max 3)
200)	pealr12	3 (in 1 txn)	0	3 (max 3)

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In October 2021 total sent 28055 merits (in 14966 txns to 1967 users):

• 2% to Newbies: 548 merits (to 365 users)
• 3% to Jr. Members: 871 merits (to 277 users)
• 8% to Members: 2224 merits (to 339 users)
• 7% to Full Members: 1985 merits (to 225 users)
• 9% to Sr. Members: 2473 merits (to 209 users)
• 18% to Hero Members: 5015 merits (to 257 users)
• 53% to Legendaries: 14939 merits (to 462 users)

Total user count on November 1, 2021:

• 2903 Legendaries (1563 of them sent merits)
• 3856 Hero Members (1623 of them sent merits)
• 9152 Sr. Members (3098 of them sent merits)
• 18520 Full Members (5654 of them sent merits)
• 31894 Members (9263 of them sent merits)
• 21774 Jr. Members (2687 of them sent merits)
• about three millions newbies

It’s as you say roughly, just that at a micro level the sMerits do not all return on a concrete date, but rather exactly 30 days (down to the second) after the sMerits were sent.

Say for example a Merit Source is appointed as one today, and is allocates an allowance of with 300 sMerits. Let’s say, for simplicity’s sake, he sends 50 sMerits every day for the next 4 days, and then stops sending sMerits. What will happen is as follows:

10/10/2021 10:00:00 UTC -> Merit Source sMerit balance: 300 sMerits
11/10/2021 15:00:00 UTC -> Spends 50 Merit Source sMerits  -> balance: 250 sMerits
12/10/2021 18:00:00 UTC -> Spends 50 Merit Source sMerits  -> balance: 200 sMerits
13/10/2021 11:00:00 UTC -> Spends 50 Merit Source sMerits -> balance: 150 sMerits
14/10/2021 15:00:00 UTC -> Spends 50 Merit Source sMerits  -> balance: 100 sMerits

10/11/2021 15:00:00 UTC -> Recovers 50 Merit Source sMerits  -> balance: 150 sMerits
11/11/2021 18:00:00 UTC -> Recovers 50 Merit Source sMerits  -> balance: 200 sMerits
12/11/2021 11:00:00 UTC -> Recovers 50 Merit Source sMerits  -> balance: 250 sMerits
13/11/2021 15:00:00 UTC -> Recovers 50 Merit Source sMerits  -> balance: 300 sMerits


(*)Merit Source quota reassignment occur every now and then (perhaps with years in between). When this happens, the new allocated quota could shift to a higher or lower threshold.

Hello DdmrDdmr, I had actually seen borovichok's posts earlier and I have been waiting for a response to it that will help me understand how MS's source merits works, but I don't think I still quite understand it fully, are you saying that MS's source merits do not decay, and they get exactly the amount they spent the previous month to sum it up to their allocated quota, like for example, if a merit source has a monthly quota of 300 source merits allocated to him, and he spends 200 of it, in a month later, does that merit source get exactly another 200 source merits to sum up with the 100 unspent to make it up to the allocated amount of 300. I don't know if I made myself clear, am I correct?

For each member of this forum, who is also a merit source, the situation is different.
When I applied in Meta for merit source I did so with the motivation to help my local community on the forum, as many of them were new and young members and mostly wrote in the Croatian section of the forum.
I also explained this in my merit source application in Meta.
I believe theymos recognized the need to add a merit source that understands the local language and can reward with merit quality and good local posts, and I also got a lot of support from the local community.
From this it is clear that I think I have an obligation to pay more attention to local posts in the Croatian section of the forum, but I will also always reward quality posts in the English part of the forum.

That's correct. The first time I saw my source merits bag fill up again at the start of the next month, I wondered why my number of available source merits kept going up in the space of a few minutes. While meriting, I usually keep an eye on how much I have available and found myself in a situation where I noticed an increase between two merited posts. We are talking about less than a minute apart. That's when I realized the thing you just mentioned. 

The Merit Source allocated personal quota maximum can never be surpassed by acumulating unspent sourced sMerits. To give a simple example, If a Merit source has an allocated quota of say 300 monthly sMerits, and does not send any within the month, he’ll still have 300 sMerit in the bag a month later (and not 600). They don’t exactly decay, just not stock up above the allocated threshold.

On a finer grain detail, sMerits are refilled not on a fixed calendar day, but rather exactly 30 days (down to the second) after any given sMerit TX is made.

I know the source merits were recently increased for some users and some users complained of not receiving any increments from the thread I read (can't find the link anymore) now my question is what happens if you are unable to finish up your bag of merits for the month as a merit source does it decay or does it stay and keep adding up because I'm sure not all merit sources finish their quota at the end of the month, some don't even spend 20% of it at the end of the month. Is it true that merit decay occurs, or is it just a panic?

A community initiative that some applied for while others were selected for it based on theymos' own criteria and selection methods. I had out merits in a similar way as The Pharmacist does it. I just go about my business of reading and writing posts and I merit the good ones I find in the threads and sub-boards I regularly visit. That's the simplest way to do it. So far I have always succeeded in emptying my bags at the end of the month.

Eh, when I'm browsing bitcointalk my schedule isn't usually that busy--but I'm not the type of merit source who sifts through threads looking for posts to merit (though I will if I come across any).  It would drive me nuts if I clicked on random threads simply to check for meritable posts, for the reason you said, which is that the good ones are in a many-layered sandwich of shitposts.  I've had enough of that to last a lifetime.

Having a job kind of implies that you're getting paid to do something, and being a merit source is a volunteer position.  Actually some merit sources like myself didn't even volunteer.  At some point in 2019, Theymos just sent out a PM to I don't know how many members telling them that they were now merit sources and to go forth and do good for the forum. 

The merit sources that are the most "generous" are the ones who believe in the system and want it to work (and I put myself in that category).  It's supposed to impede the progress of shitposters, account farmers, and the like.  But it's also the mechanism by which members who contribute positively to the forum achieve higher ranks, and if there wasn't a lot of merit being spread around, nobody would be ranking up (and thus it would make the merit system strictly punitive).  I sure don't want it to be that way, so I try to be generous. 

I remember the days before merits and how bad the shitposting problem was, so I appreciate how it's cut the account farmers and a lot of the zero-value members off at the knees.

I know merit sources are being given merits to circulate around the forum, but that doesn't mean they should not be called "generous merit givers" if they actually are, if we take the meaning of generous in this context to be: "willing to give", thus this merit sources that make/top the list of generous merit givers can be said to be MS that set their standards to be more accomodating to other forum users and hence they give more merits than others (that does not in anyway imply they lower their standard), they can also be said to be MS that make out time out of their busy schedule to give out merits on the forum, or they can also be said to be users who are willing to rummage around quite a lot of shitposts on the forum to give out merits to good posts, etc, etc, that definitely makes them generous, imo, it doesn't matter how they get the merits, they could get it that same way and sit back, relax, and distribute it how they like, but for the ones who top this list, they are definitely putting in efforts that makes them generous, or put in another way, more generous than others.

Having said that, I'd actually not call merit source duties as their/a job, I think it's much better to say it's their own contributions to the forum.

You are totally right on this, personally, am not against thanking a person for doing a job they were assigned to do, most especially, if the job was/is done well, but it becomes kind of awkward when in terms of generosity, this guys are counted among the generous ones when actually, what they've been generous with was given to them to give out to others, sure they couldn't have held it back, so I wonder why they are being counted as being generous when they are actually doing their job.

I feel those who really deserve this recognition should be those who give out their personally earned merit to others, and not those who are given merit in bulk to distribute to members of the forum.

Alternative accounts wouldn't help them because they would have to have created them before I started my thread. Because of one of the rules, you couldn't have seen the thread, created a new account, and applied in it. Only if you had the accounts before the topic was even started.

No, surely not all of them. I am not sure what checks OgNasty performs to check the users who apply in his threads, but I am sure he knows what he is doing. Otherwise the thread would be a great way to cheat your way to some quick and easy merits.

I am not sure if this part of your post is directed to me personally or if it's a general comment. I have nothing against people who participate in bounties if that's not all they are doing. I dislike social media spam campaigns. But I have nothing against honest content creators, translators, art designers, etc. If done properly, that can be great stuff. But try to take part in normal conversations on the forum from time to time as well.

That merit thread was started several years before I became a merit source. Back then, I wasn't. I have no intentions of re-bumping it because I am now meriting good posts as I come across them on the forum.   

You are a merits source, and it would be nice to soften the rules a little to accommodate and carry along as many good members as possible, and besides, Newbies and Jr members only require 1 merit (these are the two easier ranks, getting 1 merit is very easy, and they do not need any merit giveaway thread), I would suggest you focus more on Members ranks, but at the end of the day it is your decision.  

Agreed.


And it was for this reason that merits sources were chosen to be the generous giver, but this is no longer the case. Even though source merits were enhanced a few months ago by theymos, there has been a significant fall in merit distributions and ranking up in the last few months (still working on the data). Do you have any idea why the forum has such a low number of merits?

But your rules at least made newbies try hard, and not create many alternative accounts. In other threads, I see that newbies from the first post go and sign messages, create topics with guides according to forum rules, encrypt messages. In your opinion, are they also newbies?

I believe that the topic is somewhat misnamed.
Generous givers are those who are not a source of merit. Since the distribution of merits is their responsibility, and if you carefully read the reviews, the merit sources sometimes wonder who to distribute their due merits for the distribution.
And of course, you can give merits out even to newbies participating in the bounty, so that you can be called a generous donor in the future.

Yeah, it's the rules thing. Too many requirements, but also the fact that many didn't have anything good to share to begin with. But the rules are the reason it was allowed to remain. I think Ognasty's offers came later, and they weren't around at the time I started my thread.