I'm not sure if users who abuse Merit system are being banned or not since it is not an official rule not to trade Merits, but you have definitely done that with your friend
the_doctor.
How on earth does a post like
this, which has been copied and spinned from
this article, deserve to get 10 Merits? It is a clear-cut case of abuse where you returned the favor by Meriting
this post of him using the 5 sMerits which you actually got from the Merits you got from him.
I'm also not sure if your account got banned because of that particular post since you have at least mentioned that you have copied it from a source you said "Daily Morning" in the post, but you must have done it somewhere else as well without giving any reference to the original source.
However, seeing your behavior in the forum, I believe you deserved the ban.
Nobody gave me 10 merit. one of the most merit to me is EFS. people are already afraid to give merit to each other because of these situations. every time we do, we are worried that we can eat banana. The reason to even open the #Proof Post. I say again. I'm not saying I didn't make mistakes. I may have made a mistake. I wish I'd been warned once. If I do the same error again, it's okay. I want to 1 chance