3. I also moved another thread of mine regarding the SWOT analysis of Merit System from META to Beginners & Help. And why? Sorry to say this but I find the high-ranked members of META that commented on my post very toxic. Instead of having a decent discussion on the content of the thread, they began criticizing me, the user. High-ranked members always proclaim themselves that their goal is to share knowledge and learn from one another. But for them to attack the poster and easily judge them, I think it is so haughty of them. And what makes them have this attitude? Is it because they have the merit to spare and they feel they have the authority to scrutinuze every post to justify if it is merit-worthy or not? I am just guessing here. I am also not generalizing.
You haven`t been attacked. That`s the mean problem in here, under my point of view. If you are posting about merits and also providing erroneous information -merits awardees are not only the higher ranked ones, then it is normal if you get some critics as a result.
Moving a thread from one to another board trying to win merits do not seems legit at all to me. Also, the user indeed said why and how she/he made that, even speaking about that as a good idea.
But I do believe everyone has the right to commit some mistakes. Since the user is not a shitposter -maybe a merit seeker, but not a shitposter, I think this is just a mistake, and I don`t think she/he is going to make it again.
To the user, not all your threads are going to have a nice answer, not only by higher ranked users but also from newbies. That`s completely normal, so don`t take it personally and become a troll by crying about that. This is a discussion place, with too many different minds, and it is normal to disagree at some point.
To the OP, I think this is normal to have some mixed feelings about that. The user has been trying to earn merits kind of desperately and she/he did encourage others. But maybe it is not going to be repeated since she/he likely has understood that it wasn`t the correct behaviour. In fact, all that I can see is that you both agree on the matter, to move threads in a search of merits is weird and even the user has told you it was a mistake.
But it makes a good example, this thread, I mean, of how imaginative can the people become in order to earn some merit at some point. I guess this is happening because the people puts a lot of effort in a thread and sometimes get nothing in return. But this is normal, nngella, as I said to you, just don`t take it too personally.