[TOP-200] The most generous users giving merits

[joker_josue]

Most of the newbies joining this forum have been misguided and they tend to seek this forum as some sort of earning not as discussion forum.They know merit is the only way to rank up and get a place into signature campaign as most of the bounty hunters are doing this with as many alt account to join them.But the problem arises for them when they want to rank up and not know how to gain merits.We are daily coming up with lot of threads like
-how to gain merits?
- how can we earn from this forum?
- thank giving threads to high rank members

This maybe happens, because certainly many are being invited by other users, through various social networks, with the idea of coming here to earn money. Claiming that the forum is an excellent way to make money "doing nothing". But, to really earn something in this forum, it takes work and dedication. It's not enough to get here, say half a dozen nonsense and that's it, you've already won.

Usually whoever enters only with this goal in mind, sooner or later, will end up giving up, because they will realize that it takes work to get far in the forum.

This space, since Bitcoin originated, has always been one of the best places for the Bitcoin community to share ideas and experiences, in order to increase knowledge and gains with this new technology. Campaigns and the like are just a bonus because of this dedication.

[ShowOff]

Most of the newbies joining this forum have been misguided and they tend to seek this forum as some sort of earning not as discussion forum.They know merit is the only way to rank up and get a place into signature campaign as most of the bounty hunters are doing this with as many alt account to join them.

Mate, every user "including newbies" can make their own way on this forum whether they care enough about the quality of posts or just want to make money. What this forum really hopes for are users who are willing to contribute and post and exchange ideas as constructively as possible with the quality of their knowledge. I've never had merit before when I didn't want to care about post quality, at least it has prevented the merit source from giving me merit. I think it will also be felt by most users who don't care about the quality of the posts and the ratings are not for them.

Only awareness will make them think about the importance of quality posts that will help them get promoted. I don't think we should force them to change if we don't see them notice it, please report the spam posts they made to the moderators and let them accept the consequences.

See this is 1st page comparison and 100th page comparison of Bitcoin Discussion section and you could notice how the discussion have changed with time:

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Is it possible to improve the image quality for the better, I can't read the thread title on this image you posted. Screenshot results are usually of poor quality in most cases I've experienced, is there another way you can share here?

[aysg76]

Only awareness will make them think about the importance of quality posts that will help them get promoted. I don't think we should force them to change if we don't see them notice it, please report the spam posts they made to the moderators and let them accept the consequences.

Agree with you that awareness can make them realise that what best they can do is to contribute effectively on the forum but the main purpose of my writing up was that many times it has been suggested and adviced to them treat this as discussion forum on priority basis and every part as secondary option.I and you or any other member cannot force any member to write effectively but can only guide them and it's their part to make up mind in that manner and learn from here a lot.Rest choice lies with them all.Just this.

Is it possible to improve the image quality for the better, I can't read the thread title on this image you posted. Screenshot results are usually of poor quality in most cases I've experienced, is there another way you can share here?

Screenshot usually have low quality i know but I have just made the link accessible to image hosting site and you can click on them for preview or you can simply zoom the image to see threads on bitcoin board.It was just a normal screenshot of 1st page and 100th page which you can manually check if you want to.The main point was how discussion have been changed over time with deviation and devaluation in topic by members.Like few time back there were topics of taproot,btc challenges and other good news but now most of the topics are will prices go up? It will be dead? Should i wait to buy ? So just made a little comparison on that board.Hope you under my point.

[KingsDen]

I gave this 3 merits it was good.
I dont give high merits to legends as they most likely dont need them.

I prefer giving guys like you 3-6 merits.

Lower ranked.
Not new.
Well written quality posts.

In fact when I find a good post from someone that ticks the boxes above I often will read all their posts.
End up 🆙 giving 3 or 4 merits a few times.

Below is a quote from a reputable legendary who also share same understanding with you.

...don't give me merits in the future--save them for lower-ranked members who need them to rank up, especially those on any local board you might frequent.

But I understand that on the long run, this understanding or decisions changes. This is a place where decisions are made and countered by self. I do not actually understand why. I am yet to figure out why some positive decisions are not sustainable in this forum. I take myself for instance, there are some good decisions I will like to implement in the forum, but they fail most times even on the conception stage (before implementation). That is not me in the real world. I am a fighter, I do not giveup on a course, I fight until there is no energy again to strike. But here, I easily give up, I am very fragile here. I am yet to discover why.

[vapourminer]

I gave this 3 merits it was good.
I dont give high merits to legends as they most likely dont need them.

I prefer giving guys like you 3-6 merits.

Lower ranked.
Not new.
Well written quality posts.

In fact when I find a good post from someone that ticks the boxes above I often will read all their posts.
End up 🆙 giving 3 or 4 merits a few times.

Below is a quote from a reputable legendary who also share same understanding with you.

...don't give me merits in the future--save them for lower-ranked members who need them to rank up, especially those on any local board you might frequent.

[...]

legendaries still deserve merits so they in turn can give them out. so i do merit legendaries but i try to only give 1 unless its really up there in info/quality.

so i do tend to give move merits to those who can use them to rank up.

disclosure: im a merit source so i try to spread them out. but when legendaries make 90+% of the good posts well..

[Wiwo]

As a regular guy on this forum, I care little about merit I will rather work to increase my knowledge and in due time the merit will start coming as rewards for proffering solutions on this forum. I always award merit to merit sources so that they can have more merit to splash on other members.

Merit is not just for ranking up but a means to encourage good works around the forum, so either newbie or legendary, we all need some encouragement at some point.

[gagux123]

Well, I would also like to share my thoughts and my limited experience in this subject.

For the short time I've been in this forum, I've noticed that most Legendary members post quality content (not all of them and that's not a rule).
I believe in this case, because, for the user to have reached the highest ranking level here in this forum, he therefore needed to post several quality content and with that, he received several merits.
This does not mean that a Member or Full Member user cannot create quality content, I have seen several posts and topics created by these users that are of excellent quality.

The most of the time I like to send merits to new users, because this can encourage you to be more participative and share their experiences with other users, but I also send merits to others users (Hero, Sr, or Legendary for example) .
I'm not very rigid to send merits, if the user has posted some quality content, interesting, and that will help others users, I send merit.

In my humble opinion, the merit you receive is a consequence of the quality of your posts and the difference you can make to others users in this forum.


By the way, I almost forgot, in the portuguese local board (where I am more active), several members do many events to make our local board more interesting and relevant, and also to be able to send merits to other users.

• An event I organized in the portuguese local board was, "Raffle: Create a good topic on the Portuguese board and compete for the prize of 0.00085 BTC[/i]"
For the user to participate in this event, he would have to create a topic in our local board and receive at least 1 merit to be able to choose a slot.
The user @TryNinja and @alegotardo took responsibility to award the winner of the 2nd place and 3rd place.
Was a success, because we guide to move the local board with quality topics, several users gained merits and the 1st , 2nd and 3rd place managed to win Bitcoin as the main prize.
Raffle: Create a good topic on the portuguese board and compete for the prize of 0.00085 BTC - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5348031

• Another relevant event we had on the local board was an event created by the user @cryptobaboon which consisted of a contest where the participant had to create some type of Bitcoin/cryptocurrency themed art.
It was a very fruitful and interesting event!
"1st Luso-Brazilian Bitcointalk Arts Contest (+AWARDS!)" - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5238736

We also had several others events in the portuguese local board, wth the main goal to improve the quality of our board and move it more!

[Pmalek]

I always award merit to merit sources so that they can have more merit to splash on other members.

You always do that? When did you do that? You have sent 3 merits to 2 different users so far. Both users are (or were) 1xbit casino promoters with negative trust. And one of the posts you have merited has been deleted in the meantime.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

legendaries still deserve merits so they in turn can give them out. so i do merit legendaries but i try to only give 1 unless its really up there in info/quality.
<snip>
disclosure: im a merit source so i try to spread them out. but when legendaries make 90+% of the good posts well..

I'm in the same boat--I try to give more merits to lower-ranked members, usually 3-4, whereas Legendaries get 1-2.  And yeah, the most thoughtful posts do tend to be written by Legendary members, but I skip more posts made by them than I merit.  But the way I see it, not every good post needs to be merited by me.  There are other merit sources with different philosophies as to how they distribute merits, so that gives me (and you) some freedom to do with my sMerits as I please.

I always award merit to merit sources so that they can have more merit to splash on other members.

You always do that? When did you do that? You have sent 3 merits to 2 different users so far. Both users are (or were) 1xbit casino promoters with negative trust. And one of the posts you have merited has been deleted in the meantime.

Lol.  Even if that were true (which it isn't), it would be a silly thing to do since sMerits decay as they're sent.  Wiwo would be better off giving 2 merits to a non-merit source than giving the same amount to a source, which would leave the source with only 1 sMerit to give--and it isn't as if most merit sources need more sMerits.  If they do, they can petition Theymos for an increase in their allocation, and chances are they'll get it.

[Coin-1]

These are the monthly statistics for August 2021 below.

The most generous users giving merits (August 2021)

	User name	Sent merits	Received merits	Generosity
1)	ETFbitcoin	1035 (in 613 txns to 213 users)	67 (in 45 txns from 28 users)	1001 (max 1001)
2)	Ratimov	1273 (in 917 txns to 344 users)	546 (in 311 txns from 125 users)	1000 (max 1000)
3)	fillippone	1117 (in 352 txns to 113 users)	293 (in 179 txns from 50 users)	970 (max 970)
4)	El duderino_	1070 (in 266 txns to 91 users)	274 (in 186 txns from 48 users)	933 (max 935)
5)	xandry	827 (in 435 txns to 288 users)	45 (in 36 txns from 18 users)	804 (max 804)
6)	The Pharmacist	872 (in 283 txns to 99 users)	148 (in 103 txns from 49 users)	798 (max 798)
7)	DdmrDdmr	867 (in 611 txns to 218 users)	176 (in 107 txns from 47 users)	779 (max 779)
8)	JayJuanGee	893 (in 738 txns to 169 users)	276 (in 153 txns from 55 users)	755 (max 756)
9)	hugeblack	730 (in 169 txns to 105 users)	40 (in 25 txns from 20 users)	710 (max 710)
10)	LoyceV	810 (in 194 txns to 139 users)	245 (in 137 txns from 69 users)	687 (max 688)
11)	vapourminer	719 (in 525 txns to 236 users)	70 (in 40 txns from 22 users)	684 (max 684)
12)	LFC_Bitcoin	675 (in 306 txns to 133 users)	220 (in 130 txns from 43 users)	565 (max 565)
13)	EFS	507 (in 103 txns to 57 users)	2 (in 2 txns from 2 users)	506 (max 506)
14)	klarki	509 (in 268 txns to 127 users)	74 (in 53 txns from 22 users)	472 (max 484)
15)	Welsh	460 (in 97 txns to 71 users)	133 (in 82 txns from 44 users)	393 (max 395)
16)	o_e_l_e_o	540 (in 135 txns to 93 users)	340 (in 190 txns from 59 users)	370 (max 372)
17)	paxmao	371 (in 217 txns to 143 users)	55 (in 42 txns from 24 users)	343 (max 346)
18)	pooya87	417 (in 194 txns to 86 users)	225 (in 131 txns from 45 users)	304 (max 308)
19)	OgNasty	299 (in 79 txns to 76 users)	49 (in 30 txns from 21 users)	274 (max 274)
20)	Pmalek	358 (in 250 txns to 117 users)	244 (in 122 txns from 54 users)	236 (max 237)
21)	nutildah	330 (in 79 txns to 51 users)	193 (in 86 txns from 43 users)	233 (max 233)
22)	Halab	224 (in 76 txns to 55 users)	12 (in 9 txns from 8 users)	218 (max 218)
23)	NeuroticFish	266 (in 110 txns to 72 users)	95 (in 56 txns from 32 users)	218 (max 218)
24)	HCP	262 (in 46 txns to 38 users)	105 (in 51 txns from 15 users)	209 (max 209)
25)	Vispilio	206 (in 61 txns to 37 users)	2 (in 2 txns from 2 users)	205 (max 205)
26)	Julien_Olynpic	207 (in 82 txns to 30 users)	62 (in 48 txns from 21 users)	176 (max 176)
27)	dkbit98	273 (in 164 txns to 93 users)	203 (in 115 txns from 46 users)	171 (max 171)
28)	bitmover	180 (in 106 txns to 64 users)	58 (in 38 txns from 25 users)	151 (max 151)
29)	Cyrus	212 (in 62 txns to 46 users)	129 (in 44 txns from 29 users)	147 (max 147)
30)	CryptopreneurBrainboss	179 (in 130 txns to 74 users)	96 (in 60 txns from 30 users)	131 (max 131)
31)	1miau	178 (in 102 txns to 47 users)	96 (in 47 txns from 28 users)	130 (max 130)
32)	NotATether	180 (in 80 txns to 61 users)	102 (in 54 txns from 26 users)	129 (max 136)
33)	BlackHatCoiner	194 (in 111 txns to 58 users)	133 (in 78 txns from 33 users)	127 (max 128)
34)	Royse777	137 (in 27 txns to 23 users)	32 (in 24 txns from 17 users)	121 (max 122)
35)	amishmanish	151 (in 51 txns to 41 users)	59 (in 18 txns from 13 users)	121 (max 121)
36)	mikeywith	114 (in 45 txns to 22 users)	14 (in 9 txns from 7 users)	107 (max 107)
37)	Coolcryptovator	114 (in 43 txns to 35 users)	54 (in 40 txns from 27 users)	87 (max 87)
38)	cabalism13	87 (in 22 txns to 20 users)	3 (in 3 txns from 3 users)	85 (max 85)
39)	tyz	88 (in 44 txns to 23 users)	7 (in 7 txns from 4 users)	84 (max 85)
40)	Buchi-88	89 (in 86 txns to 34 users)	15 (in 15 txns from 10 users)	81 (max 81)
41)	mole0815	99 (in 95 txns to 56 users)	40 (in 28 txns from 19 users)	79 (max 79)
42)	Quickseller	78 (in 24 txns to 22 users)	11 (in 5 txns from 5 users)	72 (max 73)
43)	shahzadafzal	109 (in 94 txns to 23 users)	75 (in 52 txns from 27 users)	71 (max 73)
44)	Vlad2Vlad	65 (in 13 txns to 5 users)	5 (in 2 txns from 2 users)	62 (max 64)
45)	Daniel91	60 (in 36 txns to 17 users)	18 (in 14 txns from 8 users)	51 (max 51)
46)	pc888	50 (in 1 txn)	0	50 (max 50)
47)	jambo110	50 (in 1 txn)	0	50 (max 50)
48)	Hueristic	94 (in 88 txns to 42 users)	89 (in 55 txns from 22 users)	49 (max 53)
49)	babo	73 (in 42 txns to 16 users)	54 (in 26 txns from 6 users)	46 (max 46)
50)	philipma1957	105 (in 56 txns to 47 users)	120 (in 52 txns from 21 users)	45 (max 49)
51)	hosseinimr93	82 (in 82 txns to 51 users)	75 (in 48 txns from 23 users)	44 (max 44)
52)	FatFork	90 (in 70 txns to 34 users)	93 (in 56 txns from 25 users)	43 (max 43)
53)	OmegaStarScream	69 (in 28 txns to 23 users)	60 (in 31 txns from 16 users)	39 (max 39)
54)	Husna QA	40 (in 36 txns to 21 users)	12 (in 12 txns from 10 users)	34 (max 34)
55)	marcus_of_augustus	70 (in 6 txns to 3 users)	78 (in 64 txns from 26 users)	31 (max 42)
56)	RainbowKun	82 (in 81 txns to 58 users)	104 (in 56 txns from 39 users)	30 (max 33)
57)	mprep	36 (in 9 txns to 7 users)	11 (in 6 txns from 6 users)	30 (max 34)
58)	malevolent	34 (in 16 txns to 14 users)	10 (in 6 txns from 6 users)	29 (max 29)
59)	LeGaulois	60 (in 60 txns to 41 users)	64 (in 28 txns from 16 users)	28 (max 35)
60)	Zedpastin	54 (in 24 txns to 17 users)	54 (in 26 txns from 13 users)	27 (max 28)
61)	krogothmanhattan	32 (in 4 txns to 4 users)	11 (in 3 txns from 3 users)	26 (max 31)
62)	DrBeer	40 (in 24 txns to 18 users)	30 (in 18 txns from 15 users)	25 (max 25)
63)	hv_	20 (in 4 txns to 4 users)	0	20 (max 20)
64)	Pierre 2	27 (in 12 txns to 9 users)	15 (in 7 txns from 3 users)	19 (max 19)
65)	BetBTC	20 (in 20 txns to 20 users)	2 (in 2 txns from 2 users)	19 (max 19)
66)	Saidasun	25 (in 8 txns to 8 users)	11 (in 7 txns from 5 users)	19 (max 21)
67)	Alex077	25 (in 8 txns to 6 users)	11 (in 5 txns from 4 users)	19 (max 19)
68)	mhanbostanci	20 (in 16 txns to 13 users)	2 (in 2 txns from 2 users)	19 (max 19)
69)	Small Rabbit	18 (in 9 txns to 7 users)	0	18 (max 18)
70)	Mbitr	32 (in 29 txns to 25 users)	27 (in 6 txns from 4 users)	18 (max 18)
71)	Kialara	21 (in 5 txns to 4 users)	7 (in 3 txns from 2 users)	17 (max 17)
72)	ChipMixer	17 (in 6 txns to 6 users)	0	17 (max 17)
73)	ingiltere	27 (in 24 txns to 17 users)	21 (in 13 txns from 9 users)	16 (max 17)
74)	JollyGood	20 (in 20 txns to 18 users)	10 (in 8 txns from 8 users)	15 (max 16)
75)	Foxpup	17 (in 9 txns to 7 users)	3 (in 3 txns from 3 users)	15 (max 16)
76)	kxwhalexk	41 (in 32 txns to 24 users)	53 (in 33 txns from 27 users)	14 (max 14)
77)	aysg76	65 (in 61 txns to 28 users)	102 (in 61 txns from 25 users)	14 (max 33)
78)	Mpamaegbu	37 (in 32 txns to 22 users)	45 (in 34 txns from 15 users)	14 (max 15)
79)	HostFat	15 (in 1 txn)	2 (in 1 txn)	14 (max 14)
80)	dbshck	14 (in 4 txns to 3 users)	0	14 (max 14)
81)	bert1587	14 (in 3 txns to 3 users)	1	13 (max 13)
82)	Phil_S	27 (in 9 txns to 7 users)	28 (in 16 txns from 6 users)	13 (max 13)
83)	ibminer	13 (in 5 txns to 4 users)	0	13 (max 13)
84)	Westingcote	14 (in 5 txns to 4 users)	3 (in 1 txn)	12 (max 12)
85)	dwyane36	25 (in 20 txns to 12 users)	26 (in 24 txns from 8 users)	12 (max 12)
86)	redhack	12 (in 4 txns to 4 users)	0	12 (max 12)
87)	jammers	14 (in 1 txn)	6 (in 2 txns from 2 users)	11 (max 11)
88)	Hydrogen	25 (in 19 txns to 16 users)	28 (in 15 txns from 13 users)	11 (max 11)
89)	TimeTeller	11 (in 11 txns to 11 users)	0	11 (max 11)
90)	Mr. Big	11 (in 4 txns to 2 users)	0	11 (max 11)
91)	BobLawblaw	16 (in 6 txns to 6 users)	9 (in 7 txns from 6 users)	11 (max 13)
92)	pabloangello	10 (in 1 txn)	0	10 (max 10)
93)	kaggie	33 (in 30 txns to 26 users)	46 (in 31 txns from 23 users)	10 (max 15)
94)	Qunenin	10 (in 1 txn)	0	10 (max 10)
95)	DroomieChikito	20 (in 20 txns to 18 users)	20 (in 18 txns from 11 users)	10 (max 10)
96)	Unknown01	14 (in 13 txns to 10 users)	8 (in 7 txns from 5 users)	10 (max 11)
97)	bitbollo	30 (in 21 txns to 15 users)	39 (in 14 txns from 4 users)	10 (max 10)
98)	Jet Cash	10 (in 2 txns to 2 users)	0	10 (max 10)
99)	kryptqnick	20 (in 18 txns to 11 users)	20 (in 8 txns from 7 users)	10 (max 14)
100)	Vann	10 (in 3 txns to 3 users)	0	10 (max 10)
101)	MK-74	13 (in 12 txns to 10 users)	7 (in 7 txns from 5 users)	9 (max 10)
102)	zasad@	41 (in 23 txns to 15 users)	64 (in 49 txns from 21 users)	9 (max 14)
103)	blckhawk	9 (in 4 txns to 4 users)	0	9 (max 9)
104)	dustboy	10 (in 6 txns to 6 users)	2 (in 2 txns from 2 users)	9 (max 9)
105)	Heisenberg_Hunter	11 (in 8 txns to 7 users)	4 (in 3 txns from 3 users)	9 (max 10)
106)	Xal0lex	15 (in 5 txns to 5 users)	12 (in 11 txns from 5 users)	9 (max 9)
107)	Stunna	10 (in 5 txns to 5 users)	1	9 (max 10)
108)	libert19	15 (in 15 txns to 15 users)	12 (in 9 txns from 6 users)	9 (max 9)
109)	Soonandwaite	18 (in 16 txns to 11 users)	20 (in 17 txns from 10 users)	8 (max 9)
110)	Upgrade00	51 (in 26 txns to 19 users)	86 (in 46 txns from 21 users)	8 (max 8)
111)	notblox1	15 (in 15 txns to 13 users)	13 (in 9 txns from 9 users)	8 (max 9)
112)	khaled0111	28 (in 19 txns to 12 users)	39 (in 16 txns from 10 users)	8 (max 8)
113)	Bitinity	13 (in 10 txns to 7 users)	10 (in 7 txns from 7 users)	8 (max 8)
114)	Coinoplex	17 (in 15 txns to 6 users)	20 (in 8 txns from 6 users)	7 (max 7)
115)	seek3r	19 (in 13 txns to 8 users)	24 (in 22 txns from 11 users)	7 (max 10)
116)	angelbbs	10 (in 1 txn)	5 (in 2 txns from 2 users)	7 (max 7)
117)	morvillz7z	14 (in 14 txns to 11 users)	14 (in 12 txns from 10 users)	7 (max 7)
118)	Distraction	10 (in 6 txns to 4 users)	6 (in 4 txns from 3 users)	7 (max 7)
119)	Cryptmuster	16 (in 15 txns to 12 users)	17 (in 13 txns from 10 users)	7 (max 8)
120)	ErisDiscordia	10 (in 8 txns to 5 users)	5 (in 4 txns from 4 users)	7 (max 8)
121)	Baofeng	9 (in 5 txns to 3 users)	3 (in 1 txn)	7 (max 9)
122)	Pulsar77	6 (in 2 txns to 2 users)	0	6 (max 6)
123)	Raflesia	6 (in 3 txns to 3 users)	0	6 (max 6)
124)	j2002ba2	10 (in 2 txns to 2 users)	8 (in 5 txns from 4 users)	6 (max 10)
125)	hornetsnest	31 (in 18 txns to 14 users)	49 (in 7 txns from 1 user)	6 (max 6)
126)	slaman29	24 (in 20 txns to 11 users)	35 (in 17 txns from 8 users)	6 (max 11)
127)	Cnut237	14 (in 7 txns to 7 users)	15 (in 11 txns from 9 users)	6 (max 7)
128)	Lucasgabd	10 (in 9 txns to 6 users)	7 (in 6 txns from 3 users)	6 (max 6)
129)	YuginKadoya	7 (in 5 txns to 3 users)	2 (in 2 txns from 2 users)	6 (max 6)
130)	d5000	37 (in 37 txns to 25 users)	61 (in 38 txns from 12 users)	6 (max 11)
131)	tomahawk9	14 (in 14 txns to 11 users)	16 (in 11 txns from 3 users)	6 (max 7)
132)	just_Alice	11 (in 7 txns to 7 users)	9 (in 3 txns from 3 users)	6 (max 10)
133)	daddybios	6 (in 6 txns to 6 users)	0	6 (max 6)
134)	GeekWisdom	5 (in 4 txns to 4 users)	0	5 (max 5)
135)	blucepheus	7 (in 2 txns to 2 users)	3 (in 3 txns from 3 users)	5 (max 6)
136)	Efarilino	5 (in 3 txns to 3 users)	0	5 (max 5)
137)	Pokapoka124	49 (in 42 txns to 31 users)	87 (in 58 txns from 26 users)	5 (max 14)
138)	ImThour	27 (in 24 txns to 18 users)	44 (in 28 txns from 18 users)	5 (max 9)
139)	MAAManda	16 (in 15 txns to 11 users)	21 (in 20 txns from 10 users)	5 (max 6)
140)	kickback	5 (in 3 txns to 3 users)	0	5 (max 5)
141)	irukandji	5 (in 1 txn)	0	5 (max 5)
142)	Coyster	14 (in 12 txns to 10 users)	18 (in 13 txns from 8 users)	5 (max 8)
143)	livecoins	5 (in 1 txn)	0	5 (max 5)
144)	boltz	10 (in 8 txns to 4 users)	9 (in 8 txns from 4 users)	5 (max 5)
145)	PeaMine	5 (in 4 txns to 3 users)	0	5 (max 5)
146)	ekiller	35 (in 29 txns to 21 users)	60 (in 23 txns from 16 users)	5 (max 5)
147)	traderethereum	5 (in 5 txns to 5 users)	0	5 (max 5)
148)	Globb0	5 (in 1 txn)	0	5 (max 5)
149)	Quidat	5 (in 1 txn)	0	5 (max 5)
150)	LUCKMCFLY	40 (in 40 txns to 21 users)	70 (in 56 txns from 16 users)	5 (max 8)
151)	Kitaiev	10 (in 9 txns to 7 users)	10 (in 7 txns from 6 users)	5 (max 5)
152)	Nestade	15 (in 15 txns to 8 users)	20 (in 5 txns from 1 user)	5 (max 5)
153)	TryNinja	45 (in 30 txns to 14 users)	80 (in 37 txns from 25 users)	5 (max 19)
154)	adaseb	13 (in 11 txns to 7 users)	16 (in 15 txns from 9 users)	5 (max 6)
155)	takuma sato	5 (in 1 txn)	1	4 (max 5)
156)	Tim-BTC	8 (in 8 txns to 8 users)	8 (in 6 txns from 5 users)	4 (max 4)
157)	TheMimic1	4 (in 2 txns to 2 users)	0	4 (max 4)
158)	HashingTower	4 (in 2 txns to 2 users)	0	4 (max 4)
159)	onko	6 (in 5 txns to 4 users)	4 (in 3 txns from 3 users)	4 (max 5)
160)	_BlackStar	4 (in 4 txns to 4 users)	0	4 (max 4)
161)	Do_zzze	4 (in 1 txn)	0	4 (max 4)
162)	watergold	4 (in 2 txns to 2 users)	0	4 (max 4)
163)	coinscrow	5 (in 3 txns to 2 users)	2 (in 1 txn)	4 (max 4)
164)	JeromeTash	10 (in 10 txns to 10 users)	12 (in 10 txns from 10 users)	4 (max 4)
165)	mirakal	5 (in 5 txns to 5 users)	1	4 (max 4)
166)	Harkorede	4 (in 3 txns to 2 users)	0	4 (max 4)
167)	BitCoinDream	10 (in 6 txns to 6 users)	12 (in 4 txns from 4 users)	4 (max 4)
168)	abderrazak belkhir	8 (in 4 txns to 4 users)	8 (in 4 txns from 2 users)	4 (max 6)
169)	cryptoaddictchie	5 (in 5 txns to 5 users)	2 (in 2 txns from 2 users)	4 (max 5)
170)	item-ax	4 (in 4 txns to 3 users)	0	4 (max 4)
171)	bakasabo	7 (in 5 txns to 3 users)	5 (in 3 txns from 3 users)	4 (max 5)
172)	Bthd	19 (in 15 txns to 13 users)	29 (in 15 txns from 10 users)	4 (max 6)
173)	Japinat	5 (in 5 txns to 4 users)	1	4 (max 4)
174)	nicolas1979	4 (in 2 txns to 2 users)	0	4 (max 4)
175)	so98nn	6 (in 5 txns to 5 users)	3 (in 2 txns from 2 users)	4 (max 6)
176)	avikz	9 (in 3 txns to 3 users)	9 (in 5 txns from 5 users)	4 (max 8)
177)	tokeweed	5 (in 3 txns to 3 users)	2 (in 2 txns from 2 users)	4 (max 4)
178)	South Park	6 (in 6 txns to 5 users)	4 (in 4 txns from 2 users)	4 (max 4)
179)	friends1980	10 (in 7 txns to 7 users)	11 (in 9 txns from 9 users)	4 (max 4)
180)	bitebits	23 (in 18 txns to 12 users)	37 (in 16 txns from 8 users)	4 (max 5)
181)	nullCoiner	7 (in 7 txns to 5 users)	6 (in 6 txns from 6 users)	4 (max 6)
182)	psycodad	9 (in 9 txns to 8 users)	10 (in 8 txns from 6 users)	4 (max 5)
183)	Paredao	8 (in 4 txns to 3 users)	8 (in 6 txns from 2 users)	4 (max 4)
184)	infofront	10 (in 9 txns to 7 users)	11 (in 2 txns from 2 users)	4 (max 8)
185)	Awaklara	7 (in 7 txns to 5 users)	7 (in 6 txns from 6 users)	3 (max 3)
186)	HaleyOccam	9 (in 5 txns to 4 users)	12 (in 8 txns from 7 users)	3 (max 3)
187)	jinneas	9 (in 6 txns to 5 users)	12 (in 8 txns from 6 users)	3 (max 3)
188)	John Jefferson	5 (in 4 txns to 4 users)	4 (in 3 txns from 1 user)	3 (max 3)
189)	Handpari	3 (in 3 txns to 3 users)	0	3 (max 3)
190)	rosenbauer02	5 (in 2 txns to 2 users)	4 (in 2 txns from 2 users)	3 (max 3)
191)	gov	6 (in 6 txns to 4 users)	6 (in 5 txns from 3 users)	3 (max 3)
192)	ashti	9 (in 9 txns to 8 users)	12 (in 11 txns from 11 users)	3 (max 7)
193)	topcoin360	4 (in 1 txn)	2 (in 1 txn)	3 (max 3)
194)	ZekiBeyy	36 (in 33 txns to 18 users)	65 (in 30 txns from 17 users)	3 (max 5)
195)	Spack17	4 (in 3 txns to 3 users)	1	3 (max 4)
196)	FP91G	8 (in 8 txns to 3 users)	9 (in 8 txns from 5 users)	3 (max 4)
197)	Danydee	4 (in 4 txns to 4 users)	2 (in 2 txns from 2 users)	3 (max 3)
198)	kro55	3 (in 2 txns to 2 users)	0	3 (max 3)
199)	BIT-BENDER	8 (in 7 txns to 6 users)	9 (in 8 txns from 7 users)	3 (max 4)
200)	tinyteapot	3 (in 2 txns to 2 users)	0	3 (max 3)

In August 2021 total sent 26480 merits (in 14757 txns to 2130 users):

• 2% to Newbies: 656 merits (to 462 users)
• 4% to Jr. Members: 1140 merits (to 320 users)
• 9% to Members: 2415 merits (to 402 users)
• 8% to Full Members: 2233 merits (to 238 users)
• 8% to Sr. Members: 2229 merits (to 213 users)
• 15% to Hero Members: 4096 merits (to 246 users)
• 52% to Legendaries: 13711 merits (to 448 users)

Total user count on September 1, 2021:

• 2892 Legendaries (1548 of them sent merits)
• 3852 Hero Members (1617 of them sent merits)
• 9150 Sr. Members (3088 of them sent merits)
• 18507 Full Members (5633 of them sent merits)
• 31780 Members (9197 of them sent merits)
• 21217 Jr. Members (2656 of them sent merits)
• about two millions newbies

[Coin-1]

I have updated the main table and chart on the front page of this thread.

Since January 24, 2018, about 972K merits were sent to 40K users. I guess in two months this value will exceed a million merit.

I have also published statistics for August 2021. ETFbitcoin became the leader of this TOP-200. Ratimov is again rated second. fillippone took third place.

Great competition for the first position!


My detection algorithm has spotted another two merit sources:
1) HCP
2) FatFork who is active on the Croatian local board

1 of 14 members has not yet crossed his/her "Generosity" threshold to be detected as a newly appointed merit source.

This maybe happens, because certainly many are being invited by other users, through various social networks, with the idea of coming here to earn money. Claiming that the forum is an excellent way to make money "doing nothing". But, to really earn something in this forum, it takes work and dedication. It's not enough to get here, say half a dozen nonsense and that's it, you've already won.

In my opinion, it is good for the forum if users invite newcomers here. Perhaps some of these newbies will change their minds and start posting thoughtful messages and engaging in meaningful discussions. Signature campaigns can also attract valuable members and new BTC holders to the community.

[joker_josue]

This maybe happens, because certainly many are being invited by other users, through various social networks, with the idea of coming here to earn money. Claiming that the forum is an excellent way to make money "doing nothing". But, to really earn something in this forum, it takes work and dedication. It's not enough to get here, say half a dozen nonsense and that's it, you've already won.

In my opinion, it is good for the forum if users invite newcomers here. Perhaps some of these newbies will change their minds and start posting thoughtful messages and engaging in meaningful discussions. Signature campaigns can also attract valuable members and new BTC holders to the community.

Of course, I don't think it's necessarily bad to invite other users to the forum. They are always welcome, even if they come initially just with the idea of trying to earn some change in campaigns.

What happens is that many are just looking for that extra income, and getting this is not as simple as many try to count. It's simple yes, but they require work and dedication. In turn, those who are not willing to have this work and this dedication, end up leaving the forum.

Therefore, it is up to everyone who has merits available to give, giving without looking at the status that the person has on the forum, but rather the work he does and his posts. Whether you are new or legendary, you can tackle topics and make observations that are very interesting and constructive for the entire community.

Dedicating this time to the forum, and expressing your opinion, as long as you do it in a pleasant way, receiving a merit makes this time rewarding. Of course, not everything we write will be worthy of merit. But when we receive a merit, in a post well done or in some useful way (even with a few words), we feel our effort recognized by someone, and this is motivating.

[Pmalek]

My detection algorithm has spotted another two merit sources:
1) HCP
2) FatFork who is active on the Croatian local board

Are you sure about FatFork? I don't think he is a merit source unless that happened in the last couple of days. The members of the Croatian local board would have found out about that, but there is no talk about him becoming a merit source from what I can see.

[FatFork]

My detection algorithm has spotted another two merit sources:
1) HCP
2) FatFork who is active on the Croatian local board

Are you sure about FatFork? I don't think he is a merit source unless that happened in the last couple of days. The members of the Croatian local board would have found out about that, but there is no talk about him becoming a merit source from what I can see.

So we have a real mystery here! 
 

[The Sceptical Chymist]

The most of the time I like to send merits to new users, because this can encourage you to be more participative and share their experiences with other users

That's good, and if I were you I would keep doing that--and thanks for the merit but don't merit my posts in the future, please.  Save those sMerits for Hero members and ranks below that (just a suggestion; I'm not telling you what to do), because they're the members for which merits are actually useful.  For Legendary members, it'll be just a dick-measuring contest unless Theymos adds a rank above Legendary--but I'm pretty sure that's not in the works.

What happens is that many are just looking for that extra income, and getting this is not as simple as many try to count. It's simple yes, but they require work and dedication. In turn, those who are not willing to have this work and this dedication, end up leaving the forum.

Or worse, they stay and crank out one shitpost after another, and their post history looks like a list of posts of similar length and content, full of nonsense and devoid of thought or effort.  I think that happens more so than members leaving the forum voluntarily because of difficulties making posts for their campaigns or bounties.

[Pmalek]

So we have a real mystery here! 

You are not denying it, which could be seen as another way of confirming it, hmm.
I guess time will tell. Anyways, if it's true, then congratulations are in order. Welcome to the club of trying your best to share your source merits to those who deserve them without looking like a jerk who overlooks merit-worthy posts.   

[Coyster]

So we have a real mystery here! 

A mystery that can prolly be solved by only you

I think that happens more so than members leaving the forum voluntarily because of difficulties making posts for their campaigns or bounties.

Outrightly correct, I mean if users out of their own free will leave the forum cause they can't make posts of at least average/medium quality, then there will be a dearth of shitposts on the forum, they obviously do not leave cause they most times still get selected into one altcoin/ICO bounty whose manager (more often than not) cares less about whatsoever their participants posts per week, and such the circulation of shitposts continues.

[gagux123]

That's good, and if I were you I would keep doing that--and thanks for the merit but don't merit my posts in the future, please.  Save those sMerits for Hero members and ranks below that (just a suggestion; I'm not telling you what to do), because they're the members for which merits are actually useful.  For Legendary members, it'll be just a dick-measuring contest unless Theymos adds a rank above Legendary--but I'm pretty sure that's not in the works.

wow, is this serious? Are you kidding me!!? you are the first member here who told me this, lol, just kidding... 

So, thank you so much for your advice!
Well, I always send a merit for a quality post, no matter the user's ranking here on the forum, if the user posted something very useful, I always send it.

The merits that I send, nothing else is a fair way for me to repay the friendship, knowledge that I acquired here on Bitcointalk

[babo]

These are the monthly statistics for August 2021 below.

The most generous users giving merits (August 2021)

	User name	Sent merits	Received merits	Generosity
49)	babo	73 (in 42 txns to 16 users)	54 (in 26 txns from 6 users)	46 (max 46)

~~~~~

I'm going back to the top, but phillippone is still too far

[fillippone]

The formula is simple to understand. But it could be gamed if you hoard lots of sMerit, then you use all of it in a month.

I have noticed for a long time that the more merit you earn per month, the lower you go down in the table. It happened to me that I earned 350-400 merit per month and dropped to 5-6 place in the table.

	User name	Sent merits	Received merits	Generosity
1)	suchmoon	1208 (in 296 txns to 289 users)	134 (in 76 txns from 51 users)	1141 (max 1141)
2)	LoyceV	884 (in 206 txns to 129 users)	121 (in 72 txns from 50 users)	823 (max 824)
3)	DdmrDdmr	774 (in 690 txns to 358 users)	128 (in 107 txns from 55 users)	710 (max 710)
4)	fillippone	578 (in 288 txns to 111 users)	156 (in 121 txns from 47 users)	500 (max 500)
5)	Ratimov	700 (in 534 txns to 154 users)	437 (in 244 txns from 116 users)	481 (max 482)

If I earned little merit, then I immediately became 2 or 3 in the table.

Indeed.
As discussed in the Russian Board (how and why did I miss this thread?), this formula tends to award he who sends a lot of merits without earning many. So you are right, the more merits you earn the harder you fall toward the lower position.
This is @Coin-1 game, after all!
Maybe you want me to merit you again so you it will be more difficult for you to be #1?? [/joke]