I recently wondered one question and would like to hear from other merit sources.
As I understand it, when theymos created the merit system, he meant that after the merit sources received merit from him, they in turn distributed them to users. And users who received merit from the merit sources also distributed them to other users. In total, a certain scheme turned out that 8 merites issued for merit sources turned into 15 merites in total, because the merites distributed were always divided by 2 and new smerites were obtained, which continued to spread to users.
8 - 4 - 2 - 1 = 15 meritsBut some users break this scheme of distribution of merites, leaving them with themselves and without sending them to anyone else. For what reasons they do not distribute them, it is not known, maybe they are just too lazy to do this, or maybe they are very demanding on the quality of posts and are looking for posts of the Satoshi level to evaluate.
For example, when evaluating posts, if I see that a user has been banned for a long time, I will not send him merit, because that makes no sense. He will no longer need him. Yes, and in the discussions when this issue was raised, all the same, most were inclined to the fact that it makes no sense for banned users to send merits. Better send to active users. Those who have not appeared on the forum for 2-3 years can also be equated with inactive.
So now the question itself: Do you pay attention to those users who never send anything to anyone when sending them a merit or you don't care, the main thing is that the post is useful.
I would like to know your opinion regarding such users.
Sorry for mistakes 