I nearly did yesterday, but thought I’d see if there were any legitimate arguments against such an action prior to me doing so. I’ll likely do it next time I’m at a PC instead of on my mobile. However, my action alone isn’t enough to make much difference, which is why I’m bringing this issue to light. Besides a more accurate scoring system, we will need to do our jobs as a community and fill in the gaps of some historically relevant users. I suggest people who frequent certain Bitcoin related sites or use a certain software application take the time to learn who is behind these things, and leave them appropriate ratings.



Even in the current contributions scenario, it shouldn’t count total merits received and instead count the number of users that have left an individual merit. This would at least dull the effects of merit circles a bit, but unfairly reward users who have multiple alts (it already does, so this idea might be a step in the right direction). One could also make the argument that the number of accounts who received merit from a user would cause them to be recognized, but it would unfairly reward merit sources and users like myself who seek out new users to reward with merit, so it’s too self-serving an idea for me to push.