To Merit more different users, I'd have to read more posts in topics I'm not interested in, which I'm not going to do.
It's not necessarily about needing to read more topics. I think it's more psychological -- we may just lower our standards and find posts that are worthy of merit in the same topics we already read, even if they don't initially stand out.
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Personally, when I open a thread and see 10 replies, I already have a sense of which members are likely to have written a merit-worthy post. I often skip straight to their replies.
This naturally lowers the chances for other posters to get recognized, especially newer or less-known members. I doubt I'm the only one who does this !! I'm sure many of us subconsciously skip posts by people we don't recognize.
Oh, you nailed it. More reason why people perceive some merit distribution as sentimental, even if the sender doesn't think it that way.This naturally lowers the chances for other posters to get recognized, especially newer or less-known members. I doubt I'm the only one who does this !! I'm sure many of us subconsciously skip posts by people we don't recognize.