Mike, if you're describing how the moderators critique on their own turf, I think your analysis is reasonably accurate in practice. Particularly when I encounter work from a newcomer (or someone otherwise new to me), I'll spend more time on technical matters because I see it as my job to do that. That may mean that less gets said about esthetics, but that's simply because there's only so much I can cover in the time I have. If meter is not an issue, qualitative matters can get equal attention.
There are members, though, who read all the poetry boards and who comment in much the same way on all of them. Some readers are most moved to comment when they especially enjoy a poem, others when they especially dislike one. Their different habits probably limit the usefulness of any generalization about what Met is for.
The bottom lines as I see them: if you need to learn about meter, come to Met. If you've got a rough draft, something not well developed yet, try it out at Met. If you'd like bad news to be phrased a little more moderately, come to Met.
I'll be interested to hear how others see things.
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