Today I just visited meta board and saw
this topic and some old question in my mind araise once again that-
We know that forum has total 109 merit sources and as this
info total Smerit generation of up to 32990 in a month. So questions is-
-Are all merit sources have same smerit generation?
-Another question is once a merit source can be a lifetime merit source? Or is it also pick and drop system like DT¹
member election?
All merit sources don't have equal smerits allocation. Technically I think the amount of smerits different merit sources get from their refill is quite fixed and the volume of smerits they get is actually fixed based on some predetermined factors like the allocation Theymos made for for each source depending on how much smerits they spend, and how many boards they visit and distribute merits to. I think merit circulation is also relative to how much smerits sources get during each refill because if merit sources are giving out excess merits the merit system will get messed up so will ranking.
I think a merit source remains one forever except they choose to stop being one of which I have never come across since my time on the forum.