Title: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: joker_josue on September 25, 2022, 08:31:31 AM In order to have an overview of the level at which each user is, in relation to the number of merits received, I decided to present a table in which users are divided by various levels of merits received.
All users who have earned more than 1500 merits were distributed in 5 divisions: +10000 merits; +5000 merits; +2500 merits; +2000 merits and +1500 merits. Data collected, based on information provided by LoyceV in Merit data analysis (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3078328.0). The indicated merits have not counted the number of merits received when the merits system was implemented. I will try to make regular updates. Last update 16-09-2022
Note: I haven't found any similar tables, so I believe this one. If there is already something, I apologize in advance, and I will close this topic. Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: Upgrade00 on September 25, 2022, 08:43:08 AM Note: I haven't found any similar tables, so I believe this one. If there is already something, I apologize in advance, and I will close this topic. You don't have to be apologetic for creating a thread. As long as you did your research and no such thread exists AFAYK, then it's all fine.Great work OP. Including a link might have made it easier for users to check out members they are not familiar with, but it would have been a bit more work to include. Also, I would have expected a constantly decreasing list, from 1,500+ up to 10k+. It's surprising that more members have over 2,500 merits, than those over 2k, but that's likey a result of the gap from 2.5k up to 5k+. Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: Casino Critique on September 25, 2022, 09:07:06 AM These guys at the left two columns are monsters LOL
The race between 15k will be between them too. May be El duderino_ will join them too sooner or later. Theymos may have a chance if he brings an announcement of any massive change in any forum module. Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: _act_ on September 25, 2022, 09:12:16 AM Good work OP.
Suggestion So far only merit received are used, merit airdrops not included. Can you just include people that receive I would have liked it this way: 100 merits 250 merits 500 merits 1000 merits 2500 merits 5000 merits 10000 merits But if you decide not to add those lower ranks, you can just start from 1000 merits. Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: fillippone on September 25, 2022, 09:44:39 AM But if you decide not to add those lower ranks, you can just start from 1000 merits. There is a trade-off: it’s true that 1000 Merits are the threshold for the legendary users, so it would make sense to add this details, on the other it means a lot more users to manage, with implications on the time needed to keep those columns updated. It’s really up to @joker_josue Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: joker_josue on September 25, 2022, 11:05:15 AM You don't have to be apologetic for creating a thread. As long as you did your research and no such thread exists AFAYK, then it's all fine. Great work OP. Including a link might have made it easier for users to check out members they are not familiar with, but it would have been a bit more work to include. I also thought about it, maybe in the next updates I will include this detail. But if you decide not to add those lower ranks, you can just start from 1000 merits. It was possible to apply more divisions, but then the list became too big and difficult to read. Maybe can look into the possibility of adding other topics for lower tiers. There is a trade-off: it’s true that 1000 Merits are the threshold for the legendary users, so it would make sense to add this details, on the other it means a lot more users to manage, with implications on the time needed to keep those columns updated. It’s really up to @joker_josue I initially thought of climbing from 1000 merits. But then I was afraid it would get too big. But it really makes sense. I will include the +1000 tier in the next update! ;) Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: mk4 on September 25, 2022, 11:15:52 AM It was possible to apply more divisions, but then the list became too big and difficult to read. Maybe you can look into the possibility of adding other topics for lower tiers. You can use the [ code ] tag as to not over-clutter the page. Pretty hard to read, but at least they'd be able to CTRL+F their usernames I guess. Code: user 1 Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: Asiska02 on September 25, 2022, 11:43:52 AM I initially thought of climbing from 1000 merits. But then I was afraid it would get too big. But it really makes sense. I will include the +1000 tier in the next update! ;) Yes, it will be very big, given that many people have crossed the 1000+ merit level, with maybe a bigger number of them between 1000 and 1500 merits. I'm not a programmer, but I believe there should be a tool that can make the data look presentable and not too bulky to read when it's shown here. Excellent work, OP; I hope to see your name in the next update you publish. Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: Lucius on September 25, 2022, 12:45:08 PM Personally, I don't see any benefit from such statistics, especially if there is a project that most of the users of this forum have heard about, and by clicking on one link you get Most earned merit (after initial merit) (https://bpip.org/Report?r=earnedmerit). That link also lists up to 1000 users, so most of them will be happy to see their name on that list. And best of all, the whole thing is automated.
Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: lovesmayfamilis on September 25, 2022, 01:10:56 PM Good work OP. Suggestion So far only merit received are used, merit airdrops not included. Can you just include people that receive 10000 merits too? It is not easy for people to rank up on this forum like that, but easy for some people. The one who got 10,000 merits is the one you can see in the first column, isn't it obvious? In addition, the search for the person you are interested in will not take much time if, indeed, as Lucius writes, you pay attention to the site where this person has been listed for a long time. https://bpip.org/Report?r=earnedmerit And fillippone will be the one who received 10,000 merits after the merit system was implemented. My applause. Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: _act_ on September 25, 2022, 02:46:03 PM The one who got 10,000 merits is the one you can see in the first column, isn't it obvious? That was a typo, I am only asking him to include people with 1000 merits too (which were not included) which I asked again in the last sentence on the post, When I first asked, I mistakely wrote 10000, but it was a mistake. People with 10000 merits are included already, I know. I will strike it out now for correction.In addition, the search for the person you are interested in will not take much time if, indeed, as Lucius writes, you pay attention to the site where this person has been listed for a long time. Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: PrimeNumber7 on September 25, 2022, 09:54:14 PM Also, I would have expected a constantly decreasing list, from 1,500+ up to 10k+. It's surprising that more members have over 2,500 merits, than those over 2k, but that's likey a result of the gap from 2.5k up to 5k+. There are some "power users" of the forum who are very active, very insightful, and very helpful, all of which tend to result in people getting merit. Most people who ever get any merit receive very little (the overwhelming majority of "users" never receive any merit). The few that do get merit tend to get a LOT. I can also say from personal experience that right before I reached various milestones, I would get a sudden surge in merit received, and that surge would continue for a while after I reached said milestone. I am not sure if this was because I was motivated by the milestone, or if people wanted to help reach the milestone, and once it was reached, my other posts were noticed. Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: Upgrade00 on September 25, 2022, 10:00:23 PM I can also say from personal experience that right before I reached various milestones, I would get a sudden surge in merit received, and that surge would continue for a while after I reached said milestone. I am not sure if this was because I was motivated by the milestone, or if people wanted to help reach the milestone, and once it was reached, my other posts were noticed. I have a shared experience, especially before I achieved legendary rank. Merits received would thin out at intervals and spike up when I was approaching a new rank.I hardly notice any such now, maybe cause I do not pay much attention to merits as I used to. Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: indah rezqi on September 25, 2022, 11:23:11 PM It was possible to apply more divisions, but then the list became too big and difficult to read. Maybe can look into the possibility of adding other topics for lower tiers. I've got you covered, here's the raw data that you can use to create the complete table. Every user who has earned over 1000 merit up to 12000 merit more is on the list below. I took it from merit dashboard again. It will be great for your work.Now I expect to add a few more categories, for example 500+ merit. That must be a pretty good amount too. Code: Merit To User Name Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: _BlackStar on September 25, 2022, 11:46:43 PM indah rezqi, You can also separate it into sections, such as 1001 - 1500, 1501 - 2000, 2001 - 2500, 2501 - 5000, 5001 - 10000, 10001 - 15000. I'm sure people can see it more easily, but that's just a suggestion you might consider. But I hope the data is still incomplete, I have reached 1041 merit, but there are still 1036.
Sometimes statistics can be considered boring as several people can access them in several tools like Merit Dashboard, BPIP, Loyce.club or others [if any]. But that's okay, it's just for something that can make it easier for thousands of other users to know about the data. By the way, I'm new only at the first tier. LOL Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: Sarah Azhari on September 26, 2022, 12:27:59 AM But if you decide not to add those lower ranks, you can just start from 1000 merits. It was possible to apply more divisions, but then the list became too big and difficult to read. Maybe can look into the possibility of adding other topics for lower tiers.Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: _BlackStar on September 26, 2022, 01:20:28 AM I do not agree if lower than 1500 merit because it does not match with the title, if other members want to adjust and add below that 1500, better to create more threads with the title: "Tables of users with the most merits earned (lower than 1500 merits)". This is a thread for up 1500 merit, don't show up if the post belongs with lower than that. or overaction list the table because his alt is not listed on the OP Why don't you think the title can still be changed to make all the same ideas in one thread instead of having multiple thread?Then I can really think you're now wanting to make some silly assumptions about alt possibilities that aren't listed on that list. Having alts is allowed, so what makes you think someone shouldn't suggest ideas for threads to be nearly as perfect as expected? This is just a thread about merit gain statistics among users, actually I can expect some of the best users with alt to make it on that list. Even if they abuse the forum rules, then it should be a different case. Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: yahoo62278 on September 26, 2022, 02:40:27 AM It's nice to see statistics but merits aren't really 1 I care about. Since I am already Legendary they are of no use to me except bragging rights or helping lower ranks with the smerit I earn. It's a nice topic for those that care about merit though.
Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: OgNasty on September 26, 2022, 04:55:48 AM It's nice to see statistics but merits aren't really 1 I care about. Since I am already Legendary they are of no use to me except bragging rights or helping lower ranks with the smerit I earn. It's a nice topic for those that care about merit though. I agree with your sentiment. Your post also got me thinking about what statistics I would be interested in seeing. It would be cool to know how much BTC people have transacted, but I imagine that would require a revamp to the feedback system where people link feedbacks to actual transactions to a user’s staked address. Would be cool to see. I can’t imagine too many other statistics that would actually matter. Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: shahzadafzal on September 26, 2022, 05:11:27 AM Well done OP haven't see such table agree with you have seen long list but this is much more readable in a single glance and can see who's at 10k club and who trailing.
Good work and I don't think you will need to update it that frequently I guess once a month would be enough. I want to save the current snapshot as an image for my future reference Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: Rikafip on September 26, 2022, 06:26:22 AM I've got you covered, here's the raw data that you can use to create the complete table. Every user who has earned over 1000 merit up to 12000 merit more is on the list below. I took it from merit dashboard again. It will be great for your work. You might have misunderstood @joker_josue as his problem was not getting that data, but how to put all that in one table, without it being too big and clunky (and without using code tag]. Adding several more categories would do exactly that since there are hundreds of those that earned more than let's say 500 merits. Imho, if goal is to keep it somewhat clean there is no point including any of the below 1000 merit earned categories. Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: indah rezqi on September 26, 2022, 06:44:28 AM But I hope the data is still incomplete, I have reached 1041 merit, but there are still 1036. Yes, merit dashboard data will be updated every Friday (if I'm not mistaken) and all data displayed in the list above is based on the latest updates. I think DdmrDdmr as the owner of the merit dashboard can answer it clearly for you.You might have misunderstood @joker_josue as his problem was not getting that data, but how to put all that in one table, without it being too big and clunky (and without using code tag]. Adding several more categories would do exactly that since there are hundreds of those that earned more than let's say 500 merits. Maybe you are right, it must be a mistake on my part for having misunderstood it. But then I can think of something for grouping as some of the users above suggested. Maybe the result will be like this.Imho, if goal is to keep it somewhat clean there is no point including any of the below 1000 merit earned categories. List of users with 1001 - 1500 merit Code: 1,500 Bitcasino.io Support List of users with 1501 - 2000 merit Code: 1,999 duesoldi List of users with 2001 - 5000 merit Code: 4,901 dkbit98 List of users with 5001 - 10.000 merit Code: 9,208 El duderino_ List of users with 10001 - 15.000 merit Code: 12,141 o_e_l_e_o Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: tranthidung on September 26, 2022, 07:57:27 AM Note: I haven't found any similar tables, so I believe this one. If there is already something, I apologize in advance, and I will close this topic. I have [CLUBS] Top Merited-Users Classified into 4 Clubs (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5115154.0) but I decided to stop updating it since 2 years ago.
For years in forum, I realized a fact that your contribution, your posts decide who you are. Earned merit does not decide who you are as well as your contributions (it's not a decisive or the only factor) Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: joker_josue on September 26, 2022, 09:38:11 AM I do not agree if lower than 1500 merit because it does not match with the title, if other members want to adjust and add below that 1500, better to create more threads with the title: "Tables of users with the most merits earned (lower than 1500 merits)". This is a thread for up 1500 merit, don't show up if the post belongs with lower than that. or overaction list the table because his alt is not listed on the OP Why don't you think the title can still be changed to make all the same ideas in one thread instead of having multiple thread?My original idea was to include the +1000, but then I thought it would be too big. Therefore, in the next update I will adjust the topic name and include the +1000. I agree with your sentiment. Your post also got me thinking about what statistics I would be interested in seeing. It would be cool to know how much BTC people have transacted, but I imagine that would require a revamp to the feedback system where people link feedbacks to actual transactions to a user’s staked address. Would be cool to see. I can’t imagine too many other statistics that would actually matter. Could you explain your idea better? Maybe I could study this case. If you anticipate you can send DM. Good work and I don't think you will need to update it that frequently I guess once a month would be enough. I want to save the current snapshot as an image for my future reference Yes, I'm thinking of updates every month or so. ;) Imho, if goal is to keep it somewhat clean there is no point including any of the below 1000 merit earned categories. Maybe you are right, it must be a mistake on my part for having misunderstood it. But then I can think of something for grouping as some of the users above suggested. Maybe the result will be like this.[/quote] I appreciate all the tips and suggestions, help to improve. I think this method would not be practical for a visual reading. Now I could create several posts, to include lower layers. But I also wanted to understand the feedback from the community, so that this analysis could evolve later. Note: I haven't found any similar tables, so I believe this one. If there is already something, I apologize in advance, and I will close this topic. I have [CLUBS] Top Merited-Users Classified into 4 Clubs (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5115154.0) but I decided to stop updating it since 2 years ago.I hadn't really noticed your topic, maybe because it was a few years old. I apologize. Congratulations, because your analysis is much more complete than mine. If you intend to resume analysis, I won't go any further. If you're not thinking about it, and don't worry, I can continue. Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: LoyceV on September 26, 2022, 11:32:46 AM Personally, I don't see any benefit from such statistics, especially if there is a project that most of the users of this forum have heard about, and by clicking on one link you get Most earned merit (after initial merit) (https://bpip.org/Report?r=earnedmerit). That link also lists up to 1000 users, so most of them will be happy to see their name on that list. And best of all, the whole thing is automated. I can top that: Here's the list (https://loyce.club/Merit/all_users_who_earned_Merit_2022-09-16_Fri_05.07h.txt) of all 44,258 users who earned at least 1 Merit (bonus points if you know why the last one on the list has 0 Merit). This list is updated up until 10 days ago (the newer version will be published in my topic (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3078328.0) soon).Update (https://loyce.club/Merit/all_users_who_earned_Merit_2022-09-23_Fri_09.01h.txt): last Friday's data dump finished processing. That adds 39 users. Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: Lucius on September 26, 2022, 01:44:24 PM (bonus points if you know why the last one on the list has 0 Merit) I assume that it is a question of de-meriting, because the name of that member is mentioned in several threads, like this one (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5114714.msg49940723#msg49940723) for example. Although it is unclear to me why only that one user is on your list, because he is not the only one whose merits were taken away - but I am sure that there is an explanation for that. Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: LoyceV on September 26, 2022, 02:28:51 PM I assume that it is a question of de-meriting Correct.Quote it is unclear to me why only that one user is on your list I list all users who have received Merit. BPIP (https://bpip.org/profile.aspx?p=gwsukabokepjepang) shows who sent it, and that user was abusing Merit at the time "for political reasons".I list all Merit transactions that came from "userID 0" here (https://loyce.club/Merit/history/0.html). They're both positive and negative. Quote because he is not the only one whose merits were taken away He's the only one who ended up at 0 Merit after that, but indeed, they should all be in my list.Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: Sarah Azhari on September 27, 2022, 10:57:44 PM I do not agree if lower than 1500 merit because it does not match with the title, if other members want to adjust and add below that 1500, better to create more threads with the title: "Tables of users with the most merits earned (lower than 1500 merits)". This is a thread for up 1500 merit, don't show up if the post belongs with lower than that. or overaction list the table because his alt is not listed on the OP Why don't you think the title can still be changed to make all the same ideas in one thread instead of having multiple thread?1500 is enough, I don't know why someone overacting to bother post below than that, maybe: 1. because his alt is not on the 1500s list 2. farming the merits. Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: indah rezqi on September 28, 2022, 01:19:37 AM I appreciate all the tips and suggestions, help to improve. I think this method would not be practical for a visual reading. Now I could create several posts, to include lower layers. Let's create some other clubs with lower merit gain (maybe more than just 4 clubs), this won't take much time considering we can access tools and data easily. But I also wanted to understand the feedback from the community, so that this analysis could evolve later. While I have an idea to make your goal in this thread achievable, it's just an idea not a coercion because I don't think you're a stickler for sticking to the basics while you don't want to consider good ideas. Here are a few categories that I have in mind. But, I'm not going to force the OP to have to agree to it as this is just a suggestion.
Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: The Sceptical Chymist on September 28, 2022, 05:01:12 AM Including a link might have made it easier for users to check out members they are not familiar with, but it would have been a bit more work to include. Yeah, it would have been nice but would have made OP's job a lot more tedious. I appreciate the data dump, by the way, and though I still have a bunch of post histories to review and only about 8 sMerits to my name, I'm going to give most of those to you, OP.Speaking of not being familiar with members....wow. There are a lot of them in the 2500+ earned list that I rarely see anymore or just plain aren't familiar with at all. I'll have to check out what sections they're posting in--and it'd be so nice if it turned out to be a local board, wouldn't it? I'm still getting the feeling that merit sources are badly needed in all of the non-English sections. Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: KingsDen on September 28, 2022, 10:17:03 PM Speaking of not being familiar with members....wow. There are a lot of them in the 2500+ earned list that I rarely see anymore or just plain aren't familiar with at all. I was wondering and amazed that I don't see some of these users anywhere in the forum and yet they have large amount of merits to their names. Where did they earn the merits. Is this forum too large that I can tour for one year and yet some usernames appear totally unfamiliar to me. But when I saw a much older user say same thing, I now believe that by 2025 if I'll be here, I would still encounter 2000+ merits user that I haven't seen before. I am not aware that o_e_l_e_o has overtaken LoyceV in the highest earned merits. 12k+ is a very high number for you both, who knows if it's your merit counts that is dragging btc to 12k. :o Please who can write a script that will enable me transfer 1000merits each from o_e_l_e_o and LoyceV and add to mine in order to appear in 2000+ category? Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: joker_josue on September 28, 2022, 10:47:21 PM Including a link might have made it easier for users to check out members they are not familiar with, but it would have been a bit more work to include. Yeah, it would have been nice but would have made OP's job a lot more tedious. I appreciate the data dump, by the way, and though I still have a bunch of post histories to review and only about 8 sMerits to my name, I'm going to give most of those to you, OP.Speaking of not being familiar with members....wow. There are a lot of them in the 2500+ earned list that I rarely see anymore or just plain aren't familiar with at all. I'll have to check out what sections they're posting in--and it'd be so nice if it turned out to be a local board, wouldn't it? I'm still getting the feeling that merit sources are badly needed in all of the non-English sections. I will try, in the next update to include the users link. I believe this will help everyone to be able to explore a little more than other users and get to know us better. Sometimes I think that there is a lot of knowledge in this forum, which goes unnoticed by several factors, and one of them is the fact that we can't get to know all the users who are minimally active. Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: Poker Player on September 29, 2022, 04:19:11 AM I didn't remember exactly how many merits I have (they are all earned) and I had a hard time looking it up because I thought I might make it into the ranking. Too bad I'm missing a few. I guess I'll get in the next update.
It is clear to me that I will never be in the first table but I hope to gradually improve my contribution. Nice job joker_josue, Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: fillippone on September 29, 2022, 05:40:51 AM I'm still getting the feeling that merit sources are badly needed in all of the non-English sections. Here you have a little bit of data, thanks to @ddmrddmr Bitcoin Merit Dashboard, regarding merits distribution on local boards. The percentage of merits in the local boards is above the percentage of posts in the local boards. Either the quality of posts in the local boards is above average, which I think is unlikely, or the merit sources already cover local boards are well covered. Check also this thread from @rikafip: [CHARTS] Brief monthly overview of the local boards activity (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5231446.msg57185916#msg57185916) Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: Little Mouse on September 30, 2022, 02:22:16 PM theymos on 10k club.
Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: skarais on September 30, 2022, 03:32:33 PM theymos on 10k club. True, but this is an accumulation of merit airdrop and merit earned. So far theymos has only earned 9068 merit, so I don't think theymos is in the 10K merit club at the moment. There are only 3 users in the 10K+ merit club (excluding merit airdrop) at this time and they are o_e_l_e_o, LoyceV and fillippone.For theymos, I don't think he will think about the merit rank, but he cares more about his system being useful to forum users. But good, now the profile has shown 10K merit more. Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: LoyceV on September 30, 2022, 06:25:29 PM theymos on 10k club. True, but this is an accumulation of merit airdrop and merit earned.Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: Welsh on September 30, 2022, 06:26:46 PM I was wondering and amazed that I don't see some of these users anywhere in the forum and yet they have large amount of merits to their names. Where did they earn the merits. Is this forum too large that I can tour for one year and yet some usernames appear totally unfamiliar to me. There's tons of mini little communities in the forum which sort of recycle merit quite often (for a lack of a better term). This is usually because they're regulars within either a certain section (think local sections) or part of a ongoing thread like the Wall Observer thread. Development, and Technical discussion also has a certain type of demographic, and due to its technical nature it doesn't get a lot of new users, compared to other sections. But when I saw a much older user say same thing, I now believe that by 2025 if I'll be here, I would still encounter 2000+ merits user that I haven't seen before. The Collectibles section is another mini community which seem to be pretty tightly knitted. I quite like that we have these sort of sub sections of the community though. Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: fillippone on September 30, 2022, 06:41:52 PM I was wondering and amazed that I don't see some of these users anywhere in the forum and yet they have large amount of merits to their names. Where did they earn the merits. Is this forum too large that I can tour for one year and yet some usernames appear totally unfamiliar to me. There's tons of mini little communities in the forum which sort of recycle merit quite often (for a lack of a better term). This is usually because they're regulars within either a certain section (think local sections) or part of a ongoing thread like the Wall Observer thread. Development, and Technical discussion also has a certain type of demographic, and due to its technical nature it doesn't get a lot of new users, compared to other sections. But when I saw a much older user say same thing, I now believe that by 2025 if I'll be here, I would still encounter 2000+ merits user that I haven't seen before. The Collectibles section is another mini community which seem to be pretty tightly knitted. I quite like that we have these sort of sub sections of the community though. I think it’s part of the human nature: you tend to gather with the people you like the most. Of course, as a merit source, I try to spread my merit network as much as I can, but in the end, everyone of us has their own “inner circle”. Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: joker_josue on September 30, 2022, 07:53:25 PM I think it’s part of the human nature: you tend to gather with the people you like the most. Of course, as a merit source, I try to spread my merit network as much as I can, but in the end, everyone of us has their own “inner circle”. In my other review, Merit Tree (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5384833.0), this is very noticeable. Although several users try to give merits to different users, we notice that there is always a set of merits directed to the same users on a regular basis. But that also happens, because usually the same users present topics relevant to the whole community. Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: skarais on September 30, 2022, 08:59:46 PM It gets even better when you realize theymos is the only one who airdropped 1000 Merit on himself :D Lol, that's right. :DI think it’s part of the human nature: you tend to gather with the people you like the most. Of course, as a merit source, I try to spread my merit network as much as I can, but in the end, everyone of us has their own “inner circle”. As long as it's relevant and up to the quality, I hope it's fine. Having more users for merit distribution might be better because it will help the system achieve more of its goals. But I believe when the same user makes decent posts then I don't think we should ignore them regardless they already have 1000 or 10,000 merit.Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: fillippone on September 30, 2022, 09:42:29 PM As long as it's relevant and up to the quality, I hope it's fine. Having more users for merit distribution might be better because it will help the system achieve more of its goals. But I believe when the same user makes decent posts then I don't think we should ignore them regardless they already have 1000 or 10,000 merit. The ultimate goal is merit circulation, sending them to people who are willing to distribute them generating more merits in their turn. I "burnt" some merits sending them to Satoshi or Hal, but this is an exception on my habits, and I recommend everyone limiting this kind f tribute to our idols. Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: Pmalek on October 01, 2022, 08:17:08 AM The ultimate goal is merit circulation, sending them to people who are willing to distribute them generating more merits in their turn. I think you are the first person who thinks similarly to me when it comes to meriting those who are part of the system and not just hoarders. Before I merit someone I don't know, I take a quick look to see if the person is both a sender and receiver of merits. I have turned down meriting several posts if I notice that the users don't have a habit of rewarding other people. Some say it is wrong, and one person even considers it merit abuse. It makes sense to me, and that's all that matters. I "burnt" some merits sending them to Satoshi or Hal, but this is an exception on my habits, and I recommend everyone limiting this kind f tribute to our idols. There are of course exceptions to my meriting methods, but no reason to go into detail about that right now. Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: LoyceV on October 01, 2022, 08:42:53 AM I think you are the first person who thinks similarly to me when it comes to meriting those who are part of the system and not just hoarders. Before I merit someone I don't know, I take a quick look to see if the person is both a sender and receiver of merits. I have turned down meriting several posts if I notice that the users don't have a habit of rewarding other people. Some say it is wrong, and one person even considers it merit abuse. It makes sense to me, and that's all that matters. If you're limited on sMerit, I don't blame you. But if you're a Merit source that can barely empty it's source, it doesn't matter if you send it to someone who doesn't forward it. If I don't empty my source, it doesn't get replenished. I could call myself a sMerit hoarder by now.Title: Re: Tables of users with the most merits earned (more than 1500 merits) Post by: Pmalek on October 02, 2022, 08:25:31 AM If you're limited on sMerit, I don't blame you. But if you're a Merit source that can barely empty it's source, it doesn't matter if you send it to someone who doesn't forward it. If you normally send 1 per post, you can do 2 per post. Or 5, 10, 20... You can go back and merit posts you merited in the past. Some merit sources do that. It happens that you get merited for things you wrote 1 year ago by the same person who merited you at that time. I could call myself a sMerit hoarder by now. I am sure you have 3 or 4 times the source merit allocation that I have, so I am not surprised you have difficulties emptying those source bags and then having to distribute your own sMerits. You distribute merits, whether they are sMerits or your source merits is of no importance to me. You can't be considered a hoarder just because you never get to touch your sMerits. You would be a hoarder if the sent merit summary on your profile was empty. https://talkimg.com/images/2023/11/12/t0Np8.jpeg But in your case, it isn't. Much merits. Great sendings. |