Update:
- In the first week after the announcement, 286408 posts were made (-19.05%).
- In the second week after the announcement, 280503 posts were made (-20.72%).
- In the third week after the announcement, 259694 posts were made (-26.60%).
- In the fourth week after the announcement, 263685 posts were made (-25.47%).
- In the fifth week after the announcement, 240339 posts were made (-32.07%).
- In the sixth week after the announcement, 240045 posts were made (-32.15%).
- In the seventh week after the announcement, 219689 posts were made (-37.91%).
- In the eighth week after the announcement, 217774 posts were made (-38.45%).
- In the nineth week after the announcement, 215135 posts were made (-39.20%).
I'm starting to be curious how much of this was the result of the new Merit requirements, and how much of the post reduction is caused by the crypto price drops. But I can't easily distinguish between posts made by higher or lower ranks, so I can't really answer my curiousity.
Sep 10, $ 6,320.74
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Sep 17, 6,370.50
Sep 24, 6,634.65
Oct 1, 6,601.08
Oct 8, 6,639.74
Oct 15, 6,713.99
Oct 22, 6,490.82
Oct 29, 6,370.17
Nov 5, 6,451.78
Nov 12, 6,407.36
Nov 19, 5,154.91
I would probably blame it not so much on the price but on the drop in ICOs that really pay and the amount of reward claimed.
We might have hit a price where is more profitable to solve captchas than "doing bounty".