Let me be clear once and for all. I am not the type of person who would beg others to send or trade merits with me. It's the same with trust. I won't bother other people, If they really liked my service, they themselves would give me merit or trust, I won't have to ask them. If somebody sends me then I'm thankful for that. If not then it's okay. I don't even care about merits or rank, I don't need it, why would I? I'm offering my own service lol so it's not really a big deal to me. All I care is about my reputation as a signature designer. I want to be known here in this forum (not as a rule breaker) but as great designer, even the best if I could.
Although if it's as you say, there're 2 factors that can be interpreted as merits exchange (at least for me):
Really? Oh God. Don't worry, the next time I send merits to someone I'll warn them not to merit any of my posts, especially if it's the same amount.
- It was to a thread of service
Well we technically collaborated our services before so it probably makes sense to put it in his service thread, right? No? I guess I should've just picked one of his random posts, man that'll save me all of this time explaining. Yeah I agree, people nowadays stopped using common sense.
I think there were other ways to appreciating the help Anyobsss gave you, like the Trust System
Yeah trust rating is commonly used when you made a trade with another user which involves transaction of money. We basically worked together. Too bad the option for a neutral trust comment didn't cross my mind that time. It will definitely save me a lot of time explaining to you something that you can't seem to understand.
If i remember correctly, the merits system was made to improve post quality (and things that help the community, i've seen that people give merits to do infographics about the merits system). Yes, they've good designs but there was another way to appreciate the help they were receiven, as i said before, by the Trust System. Are you trying to say that if they aren't merits souces, they can do merits exchanges?
As far as I know, you could give merits to posts or threads that you find useful to you or the community. Well, I found his service useful during the time that I needed it the most, and probably to the community as well, so yeah...
The way I see it, the merit system is flawed. That's a fact. Anyway, whatever. Just don't send back merits at all to those people who sent you if you don't want to be accused of trading merits.
I'm sorry if you find some of my words sarcastic and offensive. That's just how I am when I get upset.
I'm done here. I don't need to explain myself anymore. Let the admins do their job. They will act if they see that something is wrong.
Best regards.