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.
The things is though, at least on this forum, those messages are in no way private and are not said to be so. PM stands for 'Personal Message', not 'Private Message'. While you may not agree with this definition, it is not fair to use this as an argument against others.
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
Personally, I do not see anything that TwitchySeal did as being in the wrong. Regardless however, it isn't fair to assume people share the same notion of trust as you and further challenge them should they not.
Again, which part struck you as an extortion attempt?
You challenged RHavar with removal from the trust system VIA Mitchell should he not comply with what you were asking him to do.
Either way, let me know if you don't want to remove the trust rating and I'll just remove my trust of Mitchell so that I can get him out of my trust network that way. 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
Without possibly twisting words, you said that you would remove Mitchell (and by extension RHavar) from the trust network if he did not remove his positive trust on TwitchySeal. This is trying to get your agenda through force or threats;
quite literally the definition of extortion.
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.
The difference being that you hold a lot more base on this forum when compared to someone like TwitchySeal. A negative trust rating from members like that shows nothing to the majority of users here, you make a significant mark on people's reputation.
I do not have anything against you and I hope that this was just a lapse of judgement, but I don't think that you are in the right with the majority of things you are saying.