[...] 50% of the merit circulation going to legendaries makes sense, however I do believe that might be because there's some bias creeping in. I feel like some users are less willing to reward newbies with high amounts, because there's not enough data available to determine whether they would be a contributing user in the long term.
I would say that this is a double-edged sword, since ironically adequate beginners who have already figured out the intricacies of the work of the merit system may also feel biased towards themselves if sources and users of higher rank ignore the messages of newcomers believing that "encouraging a newbie post in may end up being wasted merit." Everything will come down to the idea of the expediency of spending time on the forum, it will come down to a thought that will eventually become a repulsive factor. Although by and large it is not important, because the less we talk about it, the better m'system works,
(not to mention the fact that there are more significant factors that repel newbies).