I guess you and most everyone else would define ‘the problem’ differently. The way I see it, things are looking pretty good: you have been reprimanded for incentivising other users to spam, and, if I understand correctly, you have decided (or at least promised) not to do it again. So the community might not have to deal with any more spam instigated by you. Should your negative trust remain for some time, including until eternity, I don’t see that as a problem, as that makes it at least somewhat more difficult for you to reoffend.

With all the forum space taken up by spam orchestrated by ‘successful bounty managers’, surely there is also room for a teensy weensy little negative trust documenting your ways. Ordering other community members to remove themselves from a public discussion about the spam problem you are part of seems pretty standard spammer behaviour. I assume you would prefer us to discuss how poor little legitimate businessman you is being pushed around by this anti-spam ‘mafia’, and that you don’t take kindly to having it pointed out to you that spammers, if any, are the mafia here, polluting this discussion forum for everyone in exchange for a quick buck for themselves. Thank you for being such an example to others who may be contemplating a path similar to the one you have chosen.