Vod gets his position on default trust from Tomatocage. Tomatocage is solely in charge of whether or not Vod stays on.
(Sorry to take away from your wall of text with just one line quoted lol)
How many times do we have to post this? Tecshare will still lie that I'm protected by admin. We may need to accept the fact he just won't get it.

Unlike you, SS, I
do care if I stay on the default trust. Not for the power to negative rate someone (I'm ok to give that up), but for the last three years I've legitimately left HUNDREDS of negative trust ratings on hundreds of scammers. If I get removed, all that disappears into untrusted feedback. Many accounts have been abandoned, but I'm sure many would come back given a legacy account and a clean slate to scam again.
Tomatocage has contacted me about my trust, and I've listened. Tecshare will claim this is my fifth or tenth or fiftieth chance, but the point is I believe TC and I've made adjustments. I told him I would rather stop posting all together rather than let those hundreds of scammers loose onto the forum again.
(Speaking of hypocrisy, Tecshare has left at least three people negative feedback based on feelings alone. Why is he complaining if he feels others do it?)