The number of 17 additional merit source was mentioned in an earlier post but the number of total merit source has dropped from 109 to 88 according to the
stats page. Is this a unilateral decision by theymos or a collective one between him and some senior members/admin?
Are you implying that out of 109 old merit sources, Theymos created 17 new Merit Sources, and destroyed 38 other MS?
This makes me wondering who was demoted. I had no clue about such an high number of MS being so inactive.
Well, I have a few ideas, but I don't know how to check for that number in reality.
In reality, that is what it is. If we remove some members that have left the forum, at least those we know of and accounts that were banned like that of Ratimov, that will drop the numbers and for those, it's perfectly justified that they be removed from the list. But I don't know if such accounts are that many yo make up for the 38 MS that were dropped.