I haven't dug too deep in to the thread, and rn is the first time seeing it.  I have no idea if and how bad the merit sourcing/farming has been, so I say all this a bit blinded atm. OG cares, and does do stuff like this to make the forum more fun.  Maybe ill feel diff after reading, and will share with OG my thoughts (@OGNasty, had some other thing to discuss unrelated anyhow, chat soon)

I am shocked at how few have gone through the Martin/Sirius-Satoshi emails or even know how to find it.  It's fn fantastic. I can't get enough! Still some to finish myself, but almost done... do yourself a favor!!  https://mmalmi.github.io/satoshi/