After reading though everything, I think I’m for moving the posts back to the original topic if Discourse’s chronological merge is working, or making a separate topic about CV onboarding, as the posts in question are less about the algorithm and more about how CV is introduced to users.
I don’t think “arbitrarily” is accurate in this case. @jdmore thought about his actions and made a deliberate decision. Whether it was the best decision can up for debate, and I can understand being frustrated by it, but it wasn’t arbitrarily made as far as I can tell. I don’t want to speak for him, but I imagine he felt the discussion was a better fit for the CV improvement discussion.
I hear you but it’s not possible or often advisable for moderators to obtain permission from every contributor to move posts, and moving posts is a mechanism that is clearly described in the Forum Guidelines and listed as something moderators may do. But, best practice is to write a post below the posts you moved, provide a reason, and include link to the original topic - we’ll strive to do that consistently in the future. If you think the wrong decision was made, please say something in Forum Feedback.