Re: Q: Should hilariousandco *really* be a moderator of bitcointalk A: no
I think you messed up your quote 
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I think a better question I should have asked was do you think you deserve to be on default trust? You and lauda were both in very similar situations I think. Both were respected users and both had silly/slight hiccups and both felt the dire consequences of their actions, and I think neither of you had truly nefarious or immoral intentions (though I guess I could be wrong about either of you and maybe we'll never know). However, the difference here is one of the parties handled themselves like a man - sorry, woman - with dignity and accepted his - sorry, her - fate, the other lost his mind and turned into a disruptive childish troll on a vendetta with nothing to lose except his reputation, dignity and respect (which you have successfully achieved - congrats). Had you have behaved like lauda and lauda behaved like you it would probably be him asking why I've added you to my trust list and trying to troll/harrass me into changing my mind. I actually agree with you that escrowing wasn't exactly the crime of the century as did BadBear and it certainly wasn't unforgivable and I'm sure it could and would have been forgiven had you of just taken it on the chin and carried on like the user you used to be, but because you made so many enemies by cowardly attacking others on alts (like you are still doing now) and behaved like a spoiled child having a temper tantrum wherever you could it got blown out or proportion. Now you look like this:
Whilst Lauda looks like this:
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I would have trusted you and probably even added you to my trust list even after your little mishap after it had all blown over because I trusted your ratings and contributions which were valuable to the community, but I certainly wouldn't now with the way you have conducted yourself. Now I trust lauda's judgement and contributions over yours and he gained my respect whilst you lost it. It's a shame. None of this needed to have happened but you were destroyed by your own ego and I don't think you'll ever accept that sadly whilst lauda just dusted himself off and carried on as if nothing happened. Anyway, like I said before, I wish you the very best and hope one day you can just move on from this mess but I'm probably just going to ignore anything from you and your alts now because there's no point just feeding trolls and it's going to get us both nowhere. Peace.
:Can you answer me this:
If you want to add me to your trust list, fee free to do so. If you are wanting to add "me" to your trust list, you are going to have to add my QS account and am unable to provide an alt account to add to your trust list (as a couple of people have asked for).
Sure charing an "escrow fee" may have been less than 100% transparent, however these charges were refunded, and ignoring refunds, customers received an advantage, as they would have paid an amount greater than what they paid plus the escrow fee if they dealt with "QS" directly on any hypothetical trade, so ignoring any refunds, my customers received an advantage using me as escrow. Also, both said they would have been willing to send to me first if they were trading with me directly.
Adding me to your trust list would not change the level of respect I have for you. I leave very little trust (if any) for the few trades that I do engage in here, and spend significantly less time here than I have in the past to investigate (potential) scams. If you prefer, you can review my sent ratings and add your own ratings as you see fit.
Adding me would also not change my expectation that you will do the right thing (especially regardling Lauda).
QS, can you answer me this: Do you think you should still be on default trust? Do you think I should add you? Would you lose respect or gain respect for me if I added you? Would be interesting to know.
I think you messed up your above quote.If you want to add me to your trust list, fee free to do so. If you are wanting to add "me" to your trust list, you are going to have to add my QS account and am unable to provide an alt account to add to your trust list (as a couple of people have asked for).
Sure charing an "escrow fee" may have been less than 100% transparent, however these charges were refunded, and ignoring refunds, customers received an advantage, as they would have paid an amount greater than what they paid plus the escrow fee if they dealt with "QS" directly on any hypothetical trade, so ignoring any refunds, my customers received an advantage using me as escrow. Also, both said they would have been willing to send to me first if they were trading with me directly.
Adding me to your trust list would not change the level of respect I have for you. I leave very little trust (if any) for the few trades that I do engage in here, and spend significantly less time here than I have in the past to investigate (potential) scams. If you prefer, you can review my sent ratings and add your own ratings as you see fit.
Adding me would also not change my expectation that you will do the right thing (especially regardling Lauda).
I think a better question I should have asked was do you think you deserve to be on default trust? You and lauda were both in very similar situations I think. Both were respected users and both had silly/slight hiccups and both felt the dire consequences of their actions, and I think neither of you had truly nefarious or immoral intentions (though I guess I could be wrong about either of you and maybe we'll never know). However, the difference here is one of the parties handled themselves like a man - sorry, woman
- with dignity and accepted his - sorry, her - fate, the other lost his mind and turned into a disruptive childish troll on a vendetta with nothing to lose except his reputation, dignity and respect (which you have successfully achieved - congrats). Had you have behaved like lauda and lauda behaved like you it would probably be him asking why I've added you to my trust list and trying to troll/harrass me into changing my mind. I actually agree with you that escrowing wasn't exactly the crime of the century as did BadBear and it certainly wasn't unforgivable and I'm sure it could and would have been forgiven had you of just taken it on the chin and carried on like the user you used to be, but because you made so many enemies by cowardly attacking others on alts (like you are still doing now) and behaved like a spoiled child having a temper tantrum wherever you could it got blown out or proportion. Now you look like this: Whilst Lauda looks like this:
. I would have trusted you and probably even added you to my trust list even after your little mishap after it had all blown over because I trusted your ratings and contributions which were valuable to the community, but I certainly wouldn't now with the way you have conducted yourself. Now I trust lauda's judgement and contributions over yours and he gained my respect whilst you lost it. It's a shame. None of this needed to have happened but you were destroyed by your own ego and I don't think you'll ever accept that sadly whilst lauda just dusted himself off and carried on as if nothing happened. Anyway, like I said before, I wish you the very best and hope one day you can just move on from this mess but I'm probably just going to ignore anything from you and your alts now because there's no point just feeding trolls and it's going to get us both nowhere. Peace.