The gentlemen above have a valid point, what your initial comment means to the average folks like us is that you reported giveaway threads to get them moved to off-topics and you are suggesting to keep only yours in b&h
but I have reported other giveaways thread and they were moved to the off-topic board. I believe all merit giveaway should be in the off-topic and local board. Then an update like the one i created can be in B&H board to help those users interested for easy navigation.
This is either a language problem or selfishness to wanting to keep only your thread there.
However , you have not admitted to any of these but i would like to assume it's simply a matter of a poor choice of words from your side and call it a day.
now back to your original claim that most of us who start these giveaway threads do it for self-interest of getting merit, i have to strongly disagree with you, i for example promised to give 10 merit on my topic and 10 merits were given to newbies and jr members. I have not monitored other threads but i am willing to bet that your claim is false and discouraging, and if you are certain about your claims then support them with evidence.
as far as the explanation goes, khalid gave you a perfect explanation here.
Members are meriting those threads because they don't have enough time to look for good posts by themselves.
I for example took the time and effort to support the low rank members, you have no idea how much of an effort it takes to read tons of shitposts to find 1 good post that deserve a merit, and i am sure others feel the same way, so your claim is pretty lame to say the least.
as far as why i think such topics must be in B&H is because those low rank members usually use that board much more than off-topic , this is at least what i think.
however i personally wouldn't mind if my topic was moved elsewhere.