In
another topic, theymos commented on Merit. It's relevant to this topic, so I'll quote it:
Theymos gave me instructions to try and do my best to distribute all of it. I'm doing the best that I can; yet have already had complaints.
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If they complain about amounts, tell them to complain to me. It's best if sources try to exhaust their source allocations, even if it means giving posts higher amounts than is typical. If you have 150 source merit and you only see 3 merit-worthy posts in a month, then I'd rather you over-give each of them 50 merit than let the merit expire. That way there are more people capable of sending merit, and the "merit economy" is less top-down.If a DT member tags you for something stupid involving merit (ie. probably anything less than selling merit), then they're not going to be a DT member for much longer.Aside from that, if people complain about whether things deserve merit at all, then that's something to perhaps
think about, but if you conclude that they're wrong, then that's that. You don't need to stress about it or defend yourself constantly. It's
conceivable that someday you and I will end up disagreeing too much about this stuff and I'll remove your source status, but it's really not a big deal.
~quote shortened~I've been ill for a few days, so my sMerit is piling up. Until now, the amount of Merit I gave for a post was more or less related to how much Merit I'd give to posts of similar quality. From now on, I'll give more if my supply is higher.
Note:
suchmoon pointed out that theymos said this to a Merit source. I'm not sure if the same applies for other users.