However, the most important point is:
I believe that old forum users will not care about this.
I received a PM similar to this, saying older users were getting shafted by removing original merit from the equation.
Most Recognized stat shows how recognized the users are
today. Those users that are more active
on this forum today are more recognized than the builders of bitcoin yesterday.
If there was historical information from years ago the list would be different, and of course this list does not represent the Bitcoin world - just this forum.