Quote from: LoyceV on September 03, 2018, 02:03:02 PM

<> And there I was, thinking I overtook nullius on Merit (even though it took me more than twice as long). It turns out he found a way to be on top again without even logging in! <>

@nullius gained 12 sMerits during August, so even now the user account is still being merited. @satoshi gained 80 sMerits during the same period of time, so theres probably another (deserved) record: max. merits received during August without logging in

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<> Could this be due to merit trading? Say someone buys 10 Merit to become Member, and receives them on a few different days to avoid detection? To test this hypothesis: can you add a line to the table (number 4.) for Members who received exactly 10, 11 or 12 Merit? <>

The thing is that streaks only consider consecutive days, and Im only displaying the Max. Streak (which is a partial view of all the users received sMerits). The more elaborate cases would do it over different days I guess, and non-consecutive while being at it. I do suspect the Members rank has a fair share of Merit abuse/purchase though, since the number of merits is the lowest requirement of all mid-high ranks.

The following list is derived from the Table number 4s underlying data:

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ndays nmerit nUsers
1 1 1569
1 2 442
1 3 154
1 4 108
1 5 231
1 6 49
1 7 37
1 8 36
1 9 34
1 10 559
1 11 18
1 12 19
1 13 5
1 14 8
1 15 8
1 16 1
1 17 1
1 18 4
1 19 2
1 20 18
1 21 2
1 22 4
1 23 1
1 24 2
1 25 5
1 27 2
1 28 1
1 29 1
1 30 7
1 31 1
1 32 2
1 35 1
1 36 1
1 40 4
1 42 1
1 44 1
1 45 1
1 48 1
1 50 16
1 56 1
1 76 1
1 84 1
1 103 1
2 2 188
2 3 154
2 4 105
2 5 64
2 6 83
2 7 62
2 8 44
2 9 30
2 10 125
2 11 21
2 12 13
2 13 6
2 14 2
2 15 5
2 16 2
2 17 5
2 18 2
2 19 1
2 20 3
2 21 2
2 22 2
2 23 1
2 24 1
2 26 1
2 29 2
2 30 2
2 33 1
2 39 1
2 40 3
2 50 1
2 51 1
2 54 1
2 60 2
2 76 1
3 3 31
3 4 44
3 5 27
3 6 40
3 7 23
3 8 27
3 9 14
3 10 47
3 11 7
3 12 6
3 13 7
3 14 1
3 15 3
3 16 2
3 17 1
3 19 2
3 20 3
3 21 1
3 22 1
3 24 1
3 28 1
3 36 1
3 40 1
3 46 1
3 61 1
3 70 1
4 4 2
4 5 2
4 6 8
4 7 8
4 8 10
4 9 7
4 10 18
4 11 7
4 12 4
4 13 5
4 14 1
4 15 7
4 17 2
4 18 2
4 19 2
4 20 1
4 22 1
4 23 1
4 26 1
4 28 1
4 35 1
4 36 1
5 5 1
5 6 1
5 7 3
5 8 2
5 9 4
5 10 1
5 11 6
5 12 2
5 13 2
5 15 1
5 16 1
5 19 2
5 21 1
5 22 1
5 28 1
5 50 1
6 8 1
6 9 2
6 13 1
6 15 1
6 27 1
6 32 1
7 10 1
7 12 1
7 19 1
7 20 1
8 26 1
8 28 1
8 43 1
9 29 1
12 33 1

I prefer adding the list than modifying table number 4 (it is less cumbersome as a list and we can see a bit more).

What does stand out is the following:
-   Most 1 day streaks involve 1 or 2 merits, decreasing progressively the number of people that get a larger sum of merits (logical).
-   Nevertheless, for the 1 day streak, the peak at 10 merits (559 people) is noticeable in comparison to the 9 merits (34 people), 11 merits (18 people) and 12 merits (19 people).
-   This happens again with those that received 10 sMerits on a 2 day streak (compared to 9 and 11 merits, although less noticeable.

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This list can easily be gamed: I see a possibility to put satoshi on top, all I need to do is send him 1 Merit for one of his posts for the next 32 days Cheesy

True, but you wouldnt really consider it unless you were aware of the existence of streak records I guess the OP lists are the purest we can get, without any awareness of the streak records.
Theyre there basically for fun, as a curiosity, but they do show how it does get increasingly more difficult for people to being merited various days in a row.