Quote from: Magic8Ball on January 08, 2015, 07:06:18 PM

From my own experience, Vod reacts fast when I message some of the trusted members to mark some defaulter or potential scammer. There was one instance when there was a delay in marking SuperDay, and he scammed Blazedout419 and was attempting more before finally getting marked. That was a rare case when Vod was late, and it also demonstrated the need to have someone like Vod who is usually very fast in marking them.

I am not saying Vod is right in this as I assume it would feel terrible to be at the receiving end of a wrong mark. But if Vod is removed then I can see a big problem, unless a few of the others step up publicly and say they are going to act on reports without delay.

IMO, we don't need VOD, Tomatocage does a wonderful job. One "scambuster" is enough (if not too much). Furthermore which does more damage? Maybe missing a scammer that will come back on a new name minutes later anyway, or potentially losing honest members who invested time into this community and wish to trade legitimately? I say that those innocent users caught up in his obsessive behavior are much more of a loss than the "service" VOD provides if any.

Quote from: Quickseller on January 08, 2015, 07:28:34 PM

The account he "accused" of being hacked was actually proven to be hacked, the person who hacked the account admitted to hacking the account, and theymos confirmed it was hacked.

Actually no. You are thinking of another user. He also falsely accused iCEBREAKER of having his account hacked in the form of negative trust after he started pointing out his abusive behavior as well.

Quote from: Sumerian on January 08, 2015, 07:32:05 PM

I'm concerned that this "pointing-fingers at each other" behavior is getting worse and worse on this forum. Everyone seems to be hunting down each other and enjoying it. Specially the members with a reputation are being fired on, in my opinion very immature and not a good sign.

I have been pointing out this for a while in reference to the staff policy on default trust moderation, basically opening the doors for all kinds of infighting, but they insist I only bring it up because I am "butthurt", and pretend it is not a real issue. As far as records for going around and accusing people, VOD is unmatched in this arena.

Quote from: redsn0w on January 08, 2015, 07:20:50 PM

Vod will be never removed from the defaultTrust list.

Just my two cents.

Well in that case Badbear, Canaryinthemine, and Tomatocage and some of the staff are all letting VOD make them look incompetent at best, nepotists at worst.

VOD clearly didn't remove those ratings because he "realized the error of his ways" or something, he did it because the community finally stepped up and called him on his bullshit, even if the staff made sure they were looking the other way. He has had a clear pattern of excessive behavior just like this over and over and over. This demonstrates to me VOD is only sorry when it effects VOD, therefore he is a liability to this community in his position of default trust. If that doesn't concern the staff, Badbear, Canaryinthemine, and Tomatocage, well I guess that is just what the community will have to suffer from because they are unwilling to make hard choices and do what is right for everyone, not just their buddies.