Merit source observations

[LoyceV]

Is this a case of reduced merit sources but with bigger amounts of sMerits vs what they had in the past?

That would be my guess. Then again, I don't like guessing so let's check the data:

Just under 7 years ago:

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There are 131 merit sources with a total merit generation of up to 21045 sMerit per 30 days

That's 160.65 on average.

Now:

There are 86 merit sources with a total merit generation of up to 31022 sMerit per 30 days

That's 360.72 on average.

[hosemary]

There are 85 merit sources with a total merit generation of up to 30972 sMerit per 30 days

According to Merit Stats, one merit source has been removed.
I'm not 100% sure, but I think it was ThemePen, who was caught abusing the merit system, and also cheated in the pizza contest with multiple accounts.

You can visit JollyGood's topic, for more information about ThemePen's account farm.
How big is the "CryptoYar" account farm?


Edit:
I just noticed theymos has merited JollyGood's topic. Now I'm 100% sure it was ThemePen.

[fillippone]

I am getting lost in this round of accusations.
Let me try to recap: a merit source was supposedly orchestrating a series of alt accounts, and he even applied to be a merit source with one of those alts?
I don’t know anything about what happened, but the fact theymos stripped his MS title is enough for me.

[notocactus]

There are 85 merit sources with a total merit generation of up to 30972 sMerit per 30 days

According to Merit Stats, one merit source has been removed.

Thanks for the update in this thread.

Edit:
I just noticed theymos has merited JollyGood's topic. Now I'm 100% sure it was ThemePen.

How about a merit source reported many weeks ago, not removed as a merit source yet?

Likely theymos missed that case as I believe if he knew about it and felt convincing about that case, he would remove both of them at the same time.

[Halab]

How about a merit source reported many weeks ago, not removed as a merit source yet?

Check the date when a drop in the number of MS was recently noticed :

Not sure how long this has been the case, but there has been a stark reduction from the latest observations (109, to 88 and now down to 86).

Check the date of the last login for the profile you are referring to.
Draw your own conclusions .

[notocactus]

It's about two years without update.

Dataset

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     +----------------------------------+
     |      date   meritsource   smerit |
     |----------------------------------|
  1. | 01aug2026            85    30972 |
  2. | 07jun2025            88    33138 |
  3. | 15sep2024           109    33190 |
  4. | 01may2024           109    32990 |
  5. | 22mar2024           108    32890 |
  6. | 28nov2023           109    33140 |
  7. | 31jul2023           109    33940 |
  8. | 11jul2022           110    33989 |
  9. | 06jul2021           111    34139 |
 10. | 28jun2020            97    21171 |
     |----------------------------------|
 11. | 15nov2019            98    21671 |
 12. | 14nov2019            90    18821 |
 13. | 30oct2019           130    20895 |
 14. | 27jun2019           131    21045 |
 15. | 15mar2019           130    20605 |
 16. | 06feb2019           122    20835 |
 17. | 05jan2019           123    20735 |
 18. | 22dec2018           120    22055 |
 19. | 17nov2018           119    22045 |
 20. | 17sep2018           120    23045 |
     |----------------------------------|
 21. | 11jul2018            83    19100 |
 22. | 06jul2018            82    18900 |
 23. | 18may2018            80    18500 |
 24. | 22mar2018            80    17800 |
 25. | 12mar2018            77    17650 |
 26. | 01mar2018            57    11975 |
 27. | 26jan2018            49     9025 |
 28. | 24jan2018            35     8125 |
     +----------------------------------+

Not sure what's coming next after a signature ban

I'm still thinking about ways to resolve this issue, possibly involving rejiggering how merit works.