Quote from: Sceptical Chymist on Today at 05:16:31 PM

This month I have had to tap into my earned sMerits a few times, but overall it seems like my source sMerits are being replenished a lot more quickly than they used to be. [...] Yeah, that's a lot of merits to have sent out in a month--and I took a look at your history and you tend to give out 2-3 merits per post, just like I do and I only gave out about 1/3 of what you did last month.

Sceptical Chymist, What is the difference in your opinion between your own earned sMerit and the automatically replenished sMerit? After all, the goal is one, or do you leave your personal merit for some special occasion? I want to add that I like the distribution policy of suchmoon and LoyceV, for example. In the sense that both of them at some point raise the minimum bar for evaluating posts, thereby stimulating the merit machine on the scale of the entire forum. Btway, if you installed a bot that reports mentions or citations, you should edit your personal settings. I'm talking about notifications associated with the nickname Sceptical Chymist, (perhaps this will speed up adoption).

Quote from: fillippone on Today at 05:21:27 PM

As my personal text says [...]

Don Merit Fillippone, Be careful what you wish for, as your fanatical statement may lead to the formation of a new gang without your knowledge. After all, I've heard that some are already close to claiming to be your Consigliere, although I personally refuse to join any gang that I would become a member of.