Quote from: Lauda on January 28, 2018, 10:01:03 PM

Quote from: MadZ on January 27, 2018, 10:52:58 PM

Quote from: Lauda on January 27, 2018, 10:47:20 AM

You should paint the people that are red tagged appropriately in that table using [color=red ].

I will consider adding that in the future. I don't think red trust necessarily disqualifies someone from being a merit source, and I'm sure theymos or whoever chooses takes it into account already. I might also add a note for accounts that have sent a suspiciously large amount of merit to individuals for no obvious reason. That being said, I'm pretty sure that's also already being looked at when choosing.

What are you trying to say here? That someone who is a scammer is going to properly distribute merit points among the users, without abusing it in any possible way? That's just outright naivety.

Not too long ago, you yourself had red trust. There are other users, such as TMAN, who have red trust, yet would make fine merit sources in my opinion. Obviously, the vast majority of users who have negative trust would be terrible choices, my point was simply that red trust does not necessarily equate to being a scammer in some cases.

My main reason for not tagging people with red trust is because theymos has explicitly stated the merit system was released with the intention of putting an end to the trend of giving people negative trust for being shitty posters.

Quote from: theymos on January 25, 2018, 10:17:03 PM

That's partially why I sped up work on merit. I don't agree with using the trust system for pure spam; that's not what it was designed for.

Whether you or I agree with this or not, I am trying to interfere with the selection process as little as possible. Do you really think any of the sig spammers who have been tagged actually have a shot of getting accepted anyway? I highly doubt it.