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Hello cryptohunter, i understand your worries. Sometimes i see that Merit mafia too but is just paranoia. That high merit receivers/givers are circle jerking and backslapping each other and not seeking out lower rank members Some users roll that way, i mean, if you become a friend of merit sources that resumes in more chance to get merits. But the merit sources are working hard to make a fair distribution of merits, or at least is that way in the Spanish section with our great merit source JetCash. This guy is making weekly merits giveaways to give the chance to all users to get merits as you can see on this thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5064480.0 and he even create a thread called 'The merit to become junior' ( https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5030808.0) on that thread he offers one merit to newbies if they bring a good quality post. So, as you say we see a lot of users making a merit circle, but a lot of them are helping newbies too. So, let's not be paranoids and if you see someone abusing the system, then report him.
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And here I was trying to ease off the stats.... The Top 50 Receivers have received 26,38% of their sMerits on average from within the top 50 Receivers. That means 73,63% comes from outside of the top 50. Good enough for me .. nMeritTop50: Merit Received from top 50 Receivers . nMeritReceivedTotal: Total Merit Received. nMeritTop50 nMeritReceivedTotal % user_id name url 490 1172 41,81% 1582324 DdmrDdmr https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1582324 393 1203 32,67% 459836 LoyceV https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=459836 387 1044 37,07% 397737 hilariousetc https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=397737 338 779 43,39% 897509 xtraelv https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=897509 307 991 30,98% 479624 Last of the V8s https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=479624 302 817 36,96% 1067333 micgoossens https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1067333 299 869 34,41% 487418 The Pharmacist https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=487418 297 2878 10,32% 35 theymos https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=35 273 776 35,18% 698159 Jet Cash https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=698159 250 643 38,88% 1188543 o_e_l_e_o https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1188543 247 602 41,03% 1291828 iasenko https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1291828 243 507 47,93% 787736 marlboroza https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=787736 240 764 31,41% 976210 nullius https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=976210 230 900 25,56% 234771 suchmoon https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=234771 219 613 35,73% 120694 xhomerx10 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=120694 215 427 50,35% 579628 bob123 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=579628 207 585 35,38% 11425 gmaxwell https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=11425 206 816 25,25% 30747 Vod https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=30747 206 448 45,98% 867786 HCP https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=867786 200 697 28,69% 98986 TMAN https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=98986 195 709 27,50% 188198 Piggy https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=188198 179 487 36,76% 1560793 sncc https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1560793 172 471 36,52% 557989 BTCforJoe https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=557989 167 564 29,61% 569455 BobLawblaw https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=569455 167 501 33,33% 181806 HairyMaclairy https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=181806 158 555 28,47% 1180530 theyoungmillionaire https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1180530 155 465 33,33% 1554927 bitmover https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1554927 150 420 35,71% 1424178 mole0815 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1424178 148 404 36,63% 881377 Hhampuz https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=881377 147 733 20,05% 290195 achow101 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=290195 142 447 31,77% 49008 jojo69 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=49008 138 424 32,55% 143168 TheQuin https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=143168 134 443 30,25% 41175 infofront https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=41175 128 758 16,89% 520313 Lutpin https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=520313 124 425 29,18% 252510 JayJuanGee https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=252510 123 416 29,57% 1339716 coinlocket$ https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1339716 118 402 29,35% 163318 Torque https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=163318 110 641 17,16% 101872 Lauda https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=101872 101 579 17,44% 1000199 krogothmanhattan https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1000199 90 422 21,33% 18321 OgNasty https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=18321 77 442 17,42% 507936 DarkStar_ https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=507936 68 1263 05,38% 3 satoshi https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3 63 395 15,95% 64205 Carlton Banks https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=64205 45 447 10,07% 1878246 abhiseshakana https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1878246 39 614 06,35% 1275282 joniboini https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1275282 36 465 07,74% 24140 qwk https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=24140 14 426 03,29% 369212 zazarb https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=369212 1 396 00,25% 1071136 PHI1618 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1071136 1 478 00,21% 1076869 pitipawn https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1076869 0 400 00,00% 1090672 Smart man https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1090672
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And here I was trying to ease of the stats.... Why? You're good at it! The Top 50 Receivers have received 26,38% of their sMerits on average from within the top 50 Receivers. That means 73,63% goes comes from outside of the top 50. Good enough for me .. My adjustment in red. Is this what you meant? And if so, can you do the same for the Top 50 Senders?
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November 09, 2018, 02:21:48 PM Last edit: November 09, 2018, 03:10:17 PM by DdmrDdmr |
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Got a bit bored at seeing some comments and thought I could use the time otherwise… Thanks for the correction; can’t be working, and cooking and scraping and doing stats all at the same time…
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November 09, 2018, 02:26:01 PM Last edit: November 09, 2018, 02:40:57 PM by cryptohunter |
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And here I was trying to ease of the stats.... The Top 50 Receivers have received 26,38% of their sMerits on average from within the top 50 Receivers. That means 73,63% comes from of the top 50. Good enough for me .. nMeritTop50: Merit Received from top 50 Receivers . nMeritReceivedTotal: Total Merit Received. nMeritTop50 nMeritReceivedTotal % user_id name url 490 1172 41,81% 1582324 DdmrDdmr https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1582324 393 1203 32,67% 459836 LoyceV https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=459836 387 1044 37,07% 397737 hilariousetc https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=397737 338 779 43,39% 897509 xtraelv https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=897509 307 991 30,98% 479624 Last of the V8s https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=479624 302 817 36,96% 1067333 micgoossens https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1067333 299 869 34,41% 487418 The Pharmacist https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=487418 297 2878 10,32% 35 theymos https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=35 273 776 35,18% 698159 Jet Cash https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=698159 250 643 38,88% 1188543 o_e_l_e_o https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1188543 247 602 41,03% 1291828 iasenko https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1291828 243 507 47,93% 787736 marlboroza https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=787736 240 764 31,41% 976210 nullius https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=976210 230 900 25,56% 234771 suchmoon https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=234771 219 613 35,73% 120694 xhomerx10 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=120694 215 427 50,35% 579628 bob123 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=579628 207 585 35,38% 11425 gmaxwell https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=11425 206 816 25,25% 30747 Vod https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=30747 206 448 45,98% 867786 HCP https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=867786 200 697 28,69% 98986 TMAN https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=98986 195 709 27,50% 188198 Piggy https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=188198 179 487 36,76% 1560793 sncc https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1560793 172 471 36,52% 557989 BTCforJoe https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=557989 167 564 29,61% 569455 BobLawblaw https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=569455 167 501 33,33% 181806 HairyMaclairy https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=181806 158 555 28,47% 1180530 theyoungmillionaire https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1180530 155 465 33,33% 1554927 bitmover https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1554927 150 420 35,71% 1424178 mole0815 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1424178 148 404 36,63% 881377 Hhampuz https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=881377 147 733 20,05% 290195 achow101 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=290195 142 447 31,77% 49008 jojo69 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=49008 138 424 32,55% 143168 TheQuin https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=143168 134 443 30,25% 41175 infofront https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=41175 128 758 16,89% 520313 Lutpin https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=520313 124 425 29,18% 252510 JayJuanGee https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=252510 123 416 29,57% 1339716 coinlocket$ https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1339716 118 402 29,35% 163318 Torque https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=163318 110 641 17,16% 101872 Lauda https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=101872 101 579 17,44% 1000199 krogothmanhattan https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1000199 90 422 21,33% 18321 OgNasty https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=18321 77 442 17,42% 507936 DarkStar_ https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=507936 68 1263 05,38% 3 satoshi https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3 63 395 15,95% 64205 Carlton Banks https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=64205 45 447 10,07% 1878246 abhiseshakana https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1878246 39 614 06,35% 1275282 joniboini https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1275282 36 465 07,74% 24140 qwk https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=24140 14 426 03,29% 369212 zazarb https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=369212 1 396 00,25% 1071136 PHI1618 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1071136 1 478 00,21% 1076869 pitipawn https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1076869 0 400 00,00% 1090672 Smart man https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1090672
Thank you for that. Very helpful. So we are saying a 26% of smerits to the top 50 come from the top 50. So they are sending roughly 3/4 to those outside of the top 50.
That does not even seem a little high for a board with apparently 2M members?
Would it be possible for you to do that for the top 10 , top 20 and top 100 at all? That would be very go to know. I am dreadful at math and stats. Just one of those things. I remember at school getting out from a calculus lecture and a looking up where the social science block was. Edit - - hold on i notice a change to something. so the top 50 are receiving roughly 75% of their merits from out side of the top 50 ? Is this the same as saying the top 50 merit holders send approx 25% of their total merits to the other top 50 merit holders. If that is the case that is not great on a board of apparently 2m users? but still I had suspected it could be even higher. So to just be clear can someone fill in the X top 50 merit holders send x % of their merits to top 50 merit holders. top 20 merit holder send x % of their merits to top 20 merit holders. top 10 merit holder send x % of their merits to top 10 merit holders. top 100 merit holder send x % of their merits to top 100 merit holders. that would be great.
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What no offer of help?
You could get some additional merit for such a useful tool.
Why would I need more merits? My time is better spent sending merits, not receiving them. These are quite interesting and confirm that meta although generally receiving 10x less traffic than the alt discussion board (where most new people are posting) still gets nearly 13x more merit activity. So that is quite alarming if you are going on a post to probability of merit ratio alone. 130x more likely to get merit for a post in meta- - Is that even vaguely correct?? Math is not my best thing actually so no shame in asking for assistance and confirmation.
There is no surprise that good posters and otherwise valuable members also tend to care about forum issues and comment on them in Meta. Even bitcoins main forum that is far more moderated to raise the level of post quality.. is at 10x more posts and 2x less merit. So the ration there is better than the alt board but king of the hill by far and where you want be posting is meta, and you want to be in the top 50.
And that's the wrong conclusion. Shitty posters in Meta get laughed at and their posting histories get looked into and they often end up worse (neg trust, plagiarism reports, etc). You got the correlation/causation thing wrong. Posting in Meta doesn't mean you'll get merits. Making good posts in Meta or elsewhere may increase your chances of getting merit. Making shitty posts may decrease your chances of getting merit.
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So we are saying a 26% of smerits to the top 50 come from the top 50. So they are sending roughly 3/4 to those outside of the top 50.
That does not even seem a little high for a board with apparently 2M members?
Hm, let me consider this. No. Not at all. ![Tongue](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/tongue.gif) Apparently, it looks like favoritism / nepotism of some kind at first glance. But keep in mind: a large share of freely available merit comes from merit sources. Merit sources are (if not by definition) people who usually also receive a decent amount of merit. Why? Because that's how you become a merit source in the first place. To become a merit source, you'll have to have a history of actually giving away merit. To have such a history, you'll have to have merit in the first place. How do you get that merit? By making meaningful, quality posts that are rewarded with merit. In simpler terms: 1. write good posts 2. receive merit 3. give away merit 4. theymos sees "hey, he / she's giving away merit" 5. you'll become a merit source That's why, in the end, many merit sources are also good posters (not all, though). ![Cool](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cool.gif)
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Yeah, well, I'm gonna go build my own blockchain. With blackjack and hookers! In fact forget the blockchain.
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Hold on a bit for the discussion of the stats.
I just want to confirm and fill in the X's for the top 10, 20, 50, 100.
Then we can all just take a closer look make more informed comments.
@ qwk - thanks for reply... let me just see those x's filled in then I will certainly be down for a discussion of we think those are showing us.
It will be of great interest to hear everyone input and for a sensible and adult discussion to take place.
@ suchmoon these are certainly important points to further analyse and discuss.
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Repeat this until you're convinced 99% of the accounts doesn't deserve any Merit ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif) Why bother with such a complicated approach? Check the first 100 posts on https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=recent;patroland you will see ![Wink](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
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Yeah, well, I'm gonna go build my own blockchain. With blackjack and hookers! In fact forget the blockchain.
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Well the first thing to point out is that this forum is not a decentralised project. It has a standard hierarchy of officials and members.
Indeed, and I think a lot of newcomers to crypto latch onto this "decentralized" word as some sort of holy grail to be achieved in every one of the world's problems/systems/structures, and it's just not feasible. To give an example, the prison system in my state used to operate pharmacies at each prison and jail and did this for years...until they figured out that it is much more cost-effective to have all the medications get dispensed out of a centralized location. That cut down on the staffing needed and improved communications. Almost the same situation happened with long-term care pharmacy, i.e., nursing homes and other residential care facilities. Sure, they all have Pyxis machines on premises, but all the scheduled meds come from pharmacies that resemble warehouses, with orders getting faxed in, technicians packacking meds up into blister packs, and pharmacists making IVs and checking the prescriptions before they go out the door. Bitcoin is decentralized, and it's a unique concept for a currency. Bitcoin talk is not decentralized, and it's not a unique discussion forum. A lot of the top merit-givers happen to be older members, and many of them are also very good contributors and receive a lot of merits themselves. That isn't surprising to me, but I get the feeling (well, actually he outright stated it) that OP thinks there's a "good 'ol boys" club of members passing merits between themselves for some undefined yet nefarious purpose. OP, if you want to take a minute and look at the members I've given merit to, you'll definitely see a lot of recognized accounts, some of them merit sources, some of them on DT, but there are a lot of members below Hero rank that I've given merits to as well. In my case, I actually try to avoid giving merits to Legendary accounts or Hero members who already have enough merits to rank up to Legendary and are just waiting to get enough activity. Sometimes I can't help myself, sure, because there are a few Legendary members who make excellent posts that I feel compelled to merit, but overall I'm at least trying to target lower ranked members for merit. Some users roll that way, i mean, if you become a friend of merit sources that resumes in more chance to get merits. But the merit sources are working hard to make a fair distribution of merits, or at least is that way in the Spanish section with our great merit source JetCash. This guy is making weekly merits giveaways to give the chance to all users to get merits
Jet Cash is exceptionally generous and has that type A personality that makes him want to be a doer, and he's doing a great job being a merit source and trying to help the forum in general. There may be members who only trade merits back and forth between their buddies, but I don't think that's the norm for merit sources. The sad fact is that it is extremely difficult to find posts made by lower-ranking members (especially Newbie & Jr. Member ranks) that would fit the criteria of being "just good". There are so many members of those two ranks nowadays that certain sections are flooded with posts by them, and they all tend to be generic, uninteresting, usually poorly-written, and sometimes even plagiarized. I'm sure a lot of merit sources have a hard time sustaining the motivation to keep searching for worthy, lower-ranked members to give merits to. I have Jet Cash's "Snow Eagles" site bookmarked, but so far there are only a few members on there, and the site needs some serious improvement before it becomes useful. I'm speaking for myself only here, but I'm more than happy to reward a Newbie, Jr. Member, or any rank below Hero with merits IF the post deserves it and IF I can find the post. I have fairly high standards, but not impossibly high.
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November 09, 2018, 03:05:26 PM Last edit: November 09, 2018, 03:19:35 PM by DdmrDdmr Merited by Foxpup (3), cryptohunter (2) |
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<...>I just want to confirm and fill in the X's for the top 10, 20, 50, 100.<...>
This should be it for the day ...: Top 10 -> 9,57% received merit from Top 10. Top 20 -> 17,80% received merit from Top 20. Top 50 -> 26,38% received merit from Top 50. Top 100 -> 32,69% received merit from Top 100. There are currently 24.234 forum members that have received >= 1 sMerit, so the 100% will be reached on the top 24.234. Also, we should forget the 2 million user mith. In practice, there are many less even posting and therefore postulating for merit on the whole (see The real activity of bitcointalk.org + full stats). Only 137K have made a post over the last three months for example, as seen on the referenced thread.
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I see where is cryptohunter going. Let's make this dynamic, from the next 3 users how many merits send between them: LoyceV DdmrDdmr The Pharmacist LoyceV > DdmrDdmr = ? LoyceV > The Pharmacist = ? DdmrDdmr > LoyceV = ? DdmrDdmr > The Pharmacist = ? The Pharmacist > LoyceV = ? The Pharmacist > DdmrDdmr = ?
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This should be not so surprising as if you dug a bit more into Meta you will find that part of the merit sources cannot find posts to give their merit to. Which makes the whole situation even more complicated. Theymos wrote some time ago that it's better for the sources to unload all the source merit instead of let it "burn" with the time. It's not really burning but if you don't use it , it doesn't replenish. So instead of wasting the generated smerit just pass it so it generates more, but sure it's not easy to find someone new to give meirt to.
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As of last Friday (last Merit Dashboard update): LoyceV > DdmrDdmr = 45 LoyceV > The Pharmacist = 13 DdmrDdmr > LoyceV = 15 DdmrDdmr > The Pharmacist = 9 The Pharmacist > LoyceV = 4 The Pharmacist > DdmrDdmr = 5. But that doesn't really show nothing much in general in my opinion on a one to one basis. What's more, all three coincide posting in some sections, and all bring decent stuff (dare I say) to the table, so reciprocal merit overtime is natural and is not a deep issue as I stated here: Is it true that we only send sMerit to our “buddies” ?.
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I also understand OP worries. However, I’m afraid the opposite can be happening up to a point. I haven’t been sending merits to Legendaries and I’ve seen many people commenting along the same lines, not only on that thread but on other threads on the forum. I think what happens actually is that most forum members tend to lower their standards when they send merits to lower ranks. If among all the shitposters, they find a newbie who writes a good post, they tend to merit him. And I’m talking about a “just” good post, not a very good or exceptional one. They probably wouldn’t give merit for that same post if it was written by a Legendary. It is a way of stimulating lower ranks to be positively productive instead of shitposting. For me, it is not surprising that the top posters send and receive merit from the other top posters. I wrote that post because I found that if I didn’t save merits for lower ranks, I was sending them to the high ranks and when I saw a newbie worth meriting I was out of merits. P.S: I recently decided to send merits also to Legendaries because I get merit more easily now, so I have more merits to send, but I’m still biased towards lower ranks.
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November 09, 2018, 04:20:48 PM |
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... Let's make this dynamic, from the next 3 users how many merits send between them: ...
You can check this with the SQL Merit Explorer made by Piggy yourself if you want. The queries I used (Bitcointalk/Cloudflare don't like SQL Scripts in posts): https://gist.github.com/mainconceptx/3d843db920308cf09669e3e8961d8cd7Just copy/paste it. Result: FromUser ToUser Merit The Pharmacist LoyceV 4
FromUser ToUser Merit LoyceV The Pharmacist 14
FromUser ToUser Merit DdmrDdmr LoyceV 15
FromUser ToUser Merit LoyceV DdmrDdmr 45
FromUser ToUser Merit The Pharmacist DdmrDdmr 5
FromUser ToUser Merit DdmrDdmr The Pharmacist 9
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November 09, 2018, 05:12:01 PM |
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As of last Friday (last Merit Dashboard update): LoyceV > DdmrDdmr = 45 LoyceV > The Pharmacist = 13 DdmrDdmr > LoyceV = 15 DdmrDdmr > The Pharmacist = 9 The Pharmacist > LoyceV = 4 The Pharmacist > DdmrDdmr = 5. But that doesn't really show nothing much in general in my opinion on a one to one basis. What's more, all three coincide posting in some sections, and all bring decent stuff (dare I say) to the table, so reciprocal merit overtime is natural and is not a deep issue as I stated here: Is it true that we only send sMerit to our “buddies” ?. This is the right information to drop the conspiracy theories... It only proves how the main merit senders don't send merits to their friends' circle. Thanks for the info DdmrDdmr ![Cheesy](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif) so, cryptohunter now you can be sure merits are used in the right way.
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OgNasty
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November 09, 2018, 06:44:56 PM |
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Merit is easily abused by those with multiple accounts. As such, there will be bad actors with artificially inflated scores. Anyone who watched the first couple of days of merit distributions witnessed that very obviously. That’s why you should take merit with a grain of salt. Some of the most disrespectful and useless members of this forum have been near the top of the merit list. However, it’s also a fun way to reward strangers for thoughtful posts, so it’s a worthy trade-off in my opinion.
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