Quote from: DdmrDdmr on May 30, 2018, 12:25:14 PM

In conclusion: in general people do not just sMerit their buddies as shown by the averages; far from it.
It is true that one tend's to move in certain parts of the forum and reads certain topics that tend to be what one finds interesting. Those topics may have a larger presence of people that one merits and vice-versa over time, since the topics are of a common interest.

How likely is your conclusion to be valid for people who sent much less sMerit? I don't expect the top merit senders to do "vice-versa trading". The top 50 is filled with Legendary members, who don't need more Merit for anything.
I'm curious to see what your conclusion would be if you do the same analysis for users who for example sent 50 sMerit:

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629. 50 Merit sent by zupdawg (#815389) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
630. 50 Merit sent by udonmez (#915899) to 8 unique users in 12 transactions
631. 50 Merit sent by torikan (#859512) to 1 unique users in 2 transactions
632. 50 Merit sent by spartak_t (#202461) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
633. 50 Merit sent by spartacusrex (#80045) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
634. 50 Merit sent by shapeshiftscam (#400908) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
635. 50 Merit sent by schn�tzel (#220381) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
636. 50 Merit sent by savioroshan (#905665) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
637. 50 Merit sent by nyteo (#18346) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
638. 50 Merit sent by monkeynuts (#81962) to 2 unique users in 3 transactions
639. 50 Merit sent by mekar sari (#615339) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
640. 50 Merit sent by ltcrstrbrt (#214323) to 3 unique users in 3 transactions
641. 50 Merit sent by jiggytom (#361695) to 3 unique users in 4 transactions
642. 50 Merit sent by goxed (#29424) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
643. 50 Merit sent by girino (#143492) to 20 unique users in 33 transactions
644. 50 Merit sent by flyer88 (#246683) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
645. 50 Merit sent by devollito (#1001911) to 1 unique users in 2 transactions
646. 50 Merit sent by dakota neat (#343531) to 1 unique users in 2 transactions
647. 50 Merit sent by casinobonusgiveaway (#559717) to 1 unique users in 2 transactions
648. 50 Merit sent by casinobitco (#37924) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
649. 50 Merit sent by cacucacok91 (#841996) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
650. 50 Merit sent by bumbacoin (#324489) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
651. 50 Merit sent by be.open (#986242) to 23 unique users in 36 transactions
652. 50 Merit sent by YulyNov (#1617346) to 15 unique users in 15 transactions
653. 50 Merit sent by WaDa (#985812) to 4 unique users in 12 transactions
654. 50 Merit sent by Visesrion (#135065) to 1 unique users in 2 transactions
655. 50 Merit sent by Urbinklin (#1462029) to 2 unique users in 3 transactions
656. 50 Merit sent by TwinWinNerD (#16614) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
657. 50 Merit sent by Taxidermista (#33457) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
658. 50 Merit sent by Rw13enlib88 (#202054) to 4 unique users in 5 transactions
659. 50 Merit sent by RayX12 (#225943) to 19 unique users in 27 transactions
660. 50 Merit sent by Phore (#319535) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
661. 50 Merit sent by NeverArgueWithWF (#1825808) to 9 unique users in 13 transactions
662. 50 Merit sent by LTU_btc (#547435) to 48 unique users in 49 transactions
663. 50 Merit sent by Ksjywe4ka (#1334470) to 2 unique users in 13 transactions
664. 50 Merit sent by ICOcountdown.com (#818789) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
665. 50 Merit sent by Gothorum (#674078) to 29 unique users in 48 transactions
666. 50 Merit sent by Gizfreak (#316552) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
667. 50 Merit sent by George5 (#94260) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
668. 50 Merit sent by FrictionlessCoin (#127521) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
669. 50 Merit sent by Ekaterinat (#1428236) to 12 unique users in 14 transactions
670. 50 Merit sent by Doell (#888614) to 36 unique users in 36 transactions
671. 50 Merit sent by DIA7 (#831236) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
672. 50 Merit sent by Come-from-Beyond (#46556) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
673. 50 Merit sent by Cazkys (#817937) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
674. 50 Merit sent by BogdanCo (#521780) to 3 unique users in 3 transactions
675. 50 Merit sent by BarkingHawk (#1115343) to 2 unique users in 4 transactions
676. 50 Merit sent by Ale88 (#932931) to 26 unique users in 44 transactions
677. 50 Merit sent by AbraxasCcs (#102607) to 1 unique users in 1 transactions
678. 50 Merit sent by Abiky (#397633) to 3 unique users in 4 transactions

Many of those made only 1 transaction. That may not be the best sample for your analysis, but it looks suspicious to me.

People with 65 to 70 sMerit sent could work:

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405. 70 Merit sent by hanspeter77 (#110642) to 7 unique users in 7 transactions
406. 70 Merit sent by frankkkkkkk (#322576) to 1 unique users in 3 transactions
407. 70 Merit sent by Jonesd (#216432) to 4 unique users in 5 transactions
408. 70 Merit sent by DaveyJones (#340148) to 2 unique users in 3 transactions
409. 70 Merit sent by Cassius (#211531) to 2 unique users in 3 transactions
410. 70 Merit sent by BitcoinEXpress (#29445) to 2 unique users in 2 transactions
411. 70 Merit sent by Alondre (#191793) to 1 unique users in 3 transactions
412. 69 Merit sent by xzhybbs (#232631) to 5 unique users in 6 transactions
413. 69 Merit sent by sofu (#340026) to 6 unique users in 7 transactions
414. 69 Merit sent by poptok1 (#741872) to 43 unique users in 46 transactions
415. 69 Merit sent by o_solo_miner (#395806) to 12 unique users in 13 transactions
416. 69 Merit sent by juicejoyce (#114902) to 2 unique users in 3 transactions
417. 69 Merit sent by ifightformerkel (#206417) to 4 unique users in 4 transactions
418. 69 Merit sent by delfastTions (#234281) to 35 unique users in 38 transactions
419. 69 Merit sent by Sumo (#391698) to 2 unique users in 11 transactions
420. 69 Merit sent by Samarkand (#1010454) to 40 unique users in 55 transactions
421. 69 Merit sent by S3cco (#199973) to 36 unique users in 48 transactions
422. 69 Merit sent by PrintMule (#113333) to 4 unique users in 6 transactions
423. 69 Merit sent by Chris! (#662129) to 13 unique users in 13 transactions
424. 69 Merit sent by BernieCoin (#738537) to 2 unique users in 4 transactions
425. 69 Merit sent by BALIK (#810882) to 8 unique users in 11 transactions
426. 69 Merit sent by 007eminem (#344090) to 2 unique users in 4 transactions
427. 68 Merit sent by tyz (#153644) to 50 unique users in 64 transactions
428. 68 Merit sent by saugwurm (#176754) to 21 unique users in 24 transactions
429. 68 Merit sent by layer1gfx (#7779) to 23 unique users in 28 transactions
430. 68 Merit sent by kenobius (#188136) to 46 unique users in 61 transactions
431. 68 Merit sent by julian071 (#393354) to 13 unique users in 16 transactions
432. 68 Merit sent by iasenko (#1291828) to 55 unique users in 63 transactions
433. 68 Merit sent by d@nte (#881041) to 15 unique users in 31 transactions
434. 68 Merit sent by adjiadjo (#231127) to 23 unique users in 37 transactions
435. 68 Merit sent by Matthias9515 (#1018510) to 24 unique users in 27 transactions
436. 67 Merit sent by rorschach1 (#668854) to 8 unique users in 10 transactions
437. 67 Merit sent by Nivir (#893705) to 44 unique users in 46 transactions
438. 67 Merit sent by Financisto (#114848) to 61 unique users in 67 transactions
439. 67 Merit sent by CoinCube (#151761) to 10 unique users in 15 transactions
440. 66 Merit sent by yangS (#515507) to 8 unique users in 8 transactions
441. 66 Merit sent by wttbs (#123869) to 11 unique users in 15 transactions
442. 66 Merit sent by vella85 (#560058) to 35 unique users in 42 transactions
443. 66 Merit sent by otrkid70 (#183495) to 17 unique users in 17 transactions
444. 66 Merit sent by bobita (#963279) to 30 unique users in 44 transactions
445. 66 Merit sent by adonay72 (#929600) to 4 unique users in 13 transactions
446. 66 Merit sent by BayAreaCoins (#137773) to 7 unique users in 8 transactions
447. 65 Merit sent by wavesroom (#854905) to 4 unique users in 4 transactions
448. 65 Merit sent by thew3apon (#154221) to 10 unique users in 16 transactions
449. 65 Merit sent by superscommessebitcoin (#178502) to 3 unique users in 3 transactions
450. 65 Merit sent by solosequenosenada (#80810) to 18 unique users in 27 transactions
451. 65 Merit sent by mfort312 (#182284) to 45 unique users in 64 transactions
452. 65 Merit sent by goodyang (#307546) to 7 unique users in 7 transactions
453. 65 Merit sent by athanz88 (#1141886) to 40 unique users in 54 transactions
454. 65 Merit sent by Script3d (#697888) to 40 unique users in 47 transactions
455. 65 Merit sent by Paredao (#385013) to 26 unique users in 57 transactions
456. 65 Merit sent by KenChanYu (#221660) to 3 unique users in 3 transactions
457. 65 Merit sent by ETFbitcoin (#359716) to 39 unique users in 62 transactions
458. 65 Merit sent by Dunkelheit667 (#106872) to 39 unique users in 59 transactions
459. 65 Merit sent by Coin++ (#990983) to 2 unique users in 4 transactions
460. 65 Merit sent by 2112 (#33083) to 28 unique users in 65 transactions

Most of them have at least several transactions to different users.