That was a courtesy. People ask me to remove people from my trust list all the time and present their case. I am usually happy to assist by removing my trust if there is a legitimate reason and am even thankful when something like that is brought to my attention.
I would've been willing to do the same, but you didn't exactly present a case for me to look at. You just stated it as fact, and threatened to remove mitchell from your trust network if I did not.
As I stated, I don't quote private messages out of respect for people's privacy, even if they are in the wrong and harassing me. I assumed you would take my word for it, but said it was fine if you didn't want to.
It was again, an attempt to keep you in my trust network, as in, I wanted to trust you. Why you felt the need to break that trust and share a PM with some sort of spin that I was attempting to extort you, I'll leave for the community to speculate on.
Let's be honest for a second, this isn't about your trust network. You already gave TwitchySeal negative trust, it's not like you're going to accidentally trust him. It's rather apparent you only wanted me to remove my trust to make him appear red by default. And you knew threatening to exclude Mitchell is a far stronger deterrent than threatening to exclude me.
As you said, I had already marked TwitchySeal with negative trust. It was a courtesy to you as I assumed you wouldn't want to condone that type of behavior, and I even reassured you that you didn't have to do anything and there would be no hard feelings.
No hard feelings against you either way. I just figured asking you would be better than disconnecting myself with Mitchell, who I did think was trustworthy. Not any kind of problem though. Good luck with you in the future. Always nice to speak with another Bitcoin enthusiast.
Again, which part struck you as an extortion attempt?
(BELOW COMMENT IS NOT DIRECTED AT RHavar but a general observation!)Ironically, this situation is very similar to me being asked to remove my signature. Only difference is that I didn't threaten if anyone refused to act, I didn't make threads about anyone, I didn't make any private messages public, and I didn't strike first or at all with negative feedback. Had I done those things, I would certainly be guilty of whatever I've accused TwitchySeal of doing.