This is what I posted in Vod's thread
How recognized are you in the bitcointalk world?:
For consideration:
If you're counting the initial (airdropped) Merit, which was based on Activity, aren't you double counting Activity?
Vod changed the calculation to exclude airdropped Merit.
Then again, by multiplying Posts and Activity, you double count those too.
Its a rough guide for determining the potential chance that what somebody has to say is going to be interesting.
If this is what you're looking for, why don't you just divide Merit by Posts? Add one to give Newbies an unbiased chance, so:
WoP
2.0 = (Merit
earned + 1) / Posts. That would give:
satoshi: 2.10
theymos: 0.33
LoyceV: 0.17
soniclord: 0.00
The drawback is that old posts may be good, but didn't get merited because they're old. Over time, this will become less important.