If we had to be extremely pedantic then I'd say masternodes are technically a way to mine an altcoin
That's the only excuse I can think of for that thread to stay there but then the mining board would be inundated with 500 other masternode coins.
POW - mining
POS - staking
IMO
What happens when we report a topic which is not in the right board?
Seems like the system does not count it as a good report.
No, it's fine, it would be counted as good if the mod agreed with you and moved the post. For example:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/i-need-amazon-gift-card-not-scam-4174636Was originally in Scam Accusations, I reported it, it got moved, it counts as a good report.
This sort of response by a mod has made me back away from reporting posts. I appreciate the difficulty faced by mods, but they should consider community opinion when assessing reports if they want our help.
Maybe the answer is to have a neutral rating, and not just good or bad.
There is a neutral rating - it's called "unhandled"... if it stays unhandled forever I'd consider that a neutral. Mods make mistakes too, I don't have a problem with that. I just wanted to make sure I'm not missing something obvious about that thread. I think I'll report it again and link back here.