That's what that thread is for, and it's one of my favorites.
I don't think I've read any of MV1986's posts, because they're apparently all in Bitcoin Discussion which I have on ignore (because of all the spam threads and posts). No doubt if he'd posted those interesting threads in Economics, I'd have merited them.
His threads could not go unnoticed given their number in the Bitcoin Discussion board, so anyone who did not ignore that board could reward him if he thought he deserved it. Personally, I am not in favor of merit sources being influenced in this way, but that is something that is not against the rules of the forum.
Merit sources are just members who've (sometimes) volunteered to be distributors of merit, and they have no obligation to keep any sections un-ignored if they so choose. I assume that's what you meant in your above statement, though it wasn't entirely clear what "being influenced in this way" was referring to. As I said above, I've got Bitcoin Discussion on ignore, and that's just one section of many. There's too much garbage in too many sections to keep looking at new threads popping up in my unread threads feed that I know I'm not going to read. Believe me, I'd love to not have to ignore Bitcoin Discussion--it should be the most interesting and important section on bitcointalk, but the reality is that it isn't and hasn't been for years.
You mostly don't understand what he's talking about, but you're fascinated by how much content he can produce in a short amount of time. This is a bit strange though, as the quality does not come from the walls of the text and the number of threads.
Lol. Excellent point.