I understand and
almost agree with @Cryptohunter's feeling.
But usually when you are in a privileged position you don't really notice what others might.
if i quote the pharmacist :
Awesome work Loyce
**Shoots 1 Merit at Loyce into the circle jerk**
Agree, excellent data though it still makes me look a bit like part of the jerking circle, as less than 300 of the 1023 merits I've earned came from outside the top 200 club. Or at least I'm betting that's how Cryptohunter will view it, though I haven't finished reading this thread and don't know if he's replied yet. And LoyceV, you'll have to excuse me for not meriting you for your excellent analysis. I don't have much sMerit left (still haven't figured out how merit sources get their sMerits replenished, and it always seems like I'm out of them), and I don't want to contribute to the "problem".
By the way,
putting cryptohunter on ignore
....is not a bad idea. Haven't done it yet, but it's been on my mind.
Edit:
Great work so far and I do appreciate the effort.
Ooops, that'll teach me to read the whole thread first before posting.
he seams happy to see that 30% of his merit doesn't come from the top 300
Well, i see it this way :
https://bpip.org/profile.aspx?p=The%20PharmacistMerit Fans of The Pharmacist
Profile Number Sum Rank
Foxpup ------133------286------143
TMAN------ 43------100------21
suchmoon------30------85------7
dbshck------25------47------287
LoyceV------21------21------3
Jet Cash------15------ 21------14
hilariousetc------12------21------54
Winner------1------20------never received a merit so not in classement - he only sent 3 time 20 smerit within 5 minutes to post on the goods section
o_e_l_e_o------ 12------18------14
paxmao------ 11------17------92
So if we do a little bit of maths for @The pharmacist
total sum received
from 10 users = 636 merit = 61% from just 10 persons all (except 2
are part of the top 200).
If we look at the top 100 (remove foxpup, dbshck, Winner)
He has received 283 merit from the Top100 it is 28% of his merits from just 6 persons.
If you take the top 150, then it is 569 merit received (56% of all his merit)
from just 8 persons, all in the elite.
I had a look to other names in the top 50 merit receiver, but without a bot it is time consuming and i am at work

@Lauda = 362 merit received ( 53%)
from 10 persons. https://bpip.org/profile.aspx?p=Lauda
@Suchmoon = 527 merit received (52%)
from 10 persons
https://bpip.org/profile.aspx?p=suchmoon@Jet cash : 479 merit received (56%)
from 10 persons (6 of them are in the top100 - merit by top100 = 295 = 35% )
https://bpip.org/profile.aspx?p=Jet%20CashI guess CryptoHunter is showing a mixed feeling of jalousie and also a will to get rid of the Merit-archy (word invented, derived from patriarchy but with the merit root). Let's be honest, everybody is a little bit racist, has a preference to the charity they give, only hire people that like, only make friends with people they relate, would be reticent to help a foreigner but quite keen to help a fellow citizen. Would rater help a hot mom with a stroller than an old homeless.
Merit
s do stay in the top 100 / 200 / 300 call how yo
u want.
The same way merit doesn't really cross boards. Merit earned in meta stays in meta.
I have seen some members that on spend all their meta received merit in their national board trying to help merit-deserving members to get the recognition that is very often just to hard to get.
post edited after suchmoon spotted a few typos. Edits are in
italic