This should be handled case by case and not only looking by "merit sharing" only, you're correct meriting your own alt is merit abuse, but you need to look more deeper, does he got benefit after meriting his own alt? I find nothing.
I agree with that.
who knows how many others lurking around with multiple accounts, creating fake threads, boosting his army of shills... When you think about it, Philip's mistake looks innocent. It is only 3 merits if I see it right, pretty much nothing.
Well, While some reputed well-known members used their alt and they informed the community that- This is my alt, At the same time a lot more people using their alt and maybe they also meriting their alts. But we don't know until they get exposed. I am not accusing him of merit abuse, and I am not expecting a harsh reply. I want to see how the community react when it varies from person to person.
Show me the account of the person who gave merit to their alt and, in the meantime, told everyone that it was his alternate account.
I guess most of them are exposed by others.
While I am not accusing him of merit abuse, I also don't understand why he needs to merit his alts since he is not participating in any signature campaign.