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Title: @theymos, how the names in the merited posts are sorted?
Post by: TheBeardedBaby on August 20, 2019, 03:27:47 PM
Now there is a discussion on who the names of the guys who merit a post are sorted.

Hope you can reveal the mystery.

Why is the creation date of the bitcointalk account an important factor?
I don't think it's important, it's probably an arbitrary choice. Trust settings (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust) uses the same order. From a programmer's perspective it makes sense to just sort the (user) numbers.

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So if your account is older than mine but we send the same amount of merits for the same post, your name would appear before before mine every time?
Correct :D

By "oldest account first", LoyceV tried to mean the account which merited the post first followed by the subsequent accounts meriting the same amount of merits.
No, that's not what I meant. It's also not how it's sorted.

I guess then your facts are wrong atleast for this post - Jammu & Kashmir Special Status (Article 370) Ends!!  (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5172420.msg52066179#msg52066179)

https://i.ibb.co/dr16qLS/IMG-20190820-150513.jpg


As you can see, both nutildah (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=317618) and  Totscha (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=149979) have given 2 merits each to the post.

nutildah is a legendary member and registered on April 19, 2014. He merited the said post on Aug 7, 2019  07:07:08 AM


Totscha is a hero member but registered on Sep 12, 2013. He merited the said post on Aug 7, 2019 07:10:40 AM

Of the two, Totscha's account is the oldest. If its sorted by oldest first, Totscha's name should be shown before nutildah. But thats not the case here. So I think it's sorted based on the time of giving merit.

Edit: not sure how it's sorted, maybe DdmrDdmr will update  here  (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5176834.msg52214329#msg52214329)





Title: Re: @theymos, how the names in the merited posts are sorted?
Post by: Foxpup on August 20, 2019, 03:46:15 PM
Pretty sure it's first by merit awarded for that post (obviously), then by activity.


Title: Re: @theymos, how the names in the merited posts are sorted?
Post by: theymos on August 20, 2019, 05:16:44 PM
Pretty sure it's first by merit awarded for that post (obviously), then by activity.

Right. And in case of equal activity, member ID is the tiebreaker.


Title: Re: @theymos, how the names in the merited posts are sorted?
Post by: TheBeardedBaby on August 20, 2019, 05:52:33 PM
Thank you guys for the quick response now everything is clear and the case is closed. I am locking this thread, cheers :)