Quote from: whistleblower2 on March 25, 2018, 09:53:55 PM

He is not the smartest person, claiming to not know how to take a screenshot.

Ouch!!

Are we equating intelligence with being tech-savvy these days? Because I can tell you that I'm the first to admit I'm a complete dumbass with computers--and the above is true, I don't know how to take a screenshot and make it appear in a post--but I don't think I'm an idiot.

Yes, my trust ratings remain, sometimes years after the fact. What I've found is that a lot of the people I've tagged in 2016 wind up scamming or doing some other sort of BS, so I see absolutely no reason to remove them because they've "aged". Most account dealers I don't trust. I say most, because there are the extremely rare examples of members here who have dabbled in this in the past but have since proven that they're not untrustworthy scumbags. So you will find that my hit rate isn't 100%. The world isn't perfectly efficient, nor am I.

Blazed added me to his trust list, I think, because initially I was red-tagging shitposters and he, like myself, got sick of all the garbage posts here. I'm actually quite surprised that he kept me on his list after the merit system was put into place and after OGNasty and Tomatocage excluded me from theirs. I do appreciate that, Blazed.

Please note, 1) I've never scammed anyone here, though I've had the opportunity to do so, and 2) I do care about the quality of the forum, and that includes shitposting, scamming, account dealing, and merit abuse. When I see those things, I will take the time to tag the users. Thus Blazed has two decent reasons for having me on his trust list; the former is because I've acted trustworthy so far here, and the latter is a practical reason (if my feedback carries weight, it'll make the scammers & shitposters squeal in agony). If anyone finds evidence that I've been dishonest, let them bring it forward, and Blazed and Hilariousandco will remove me as quick as lightning. But the fact is that there isn't evidence of that, because I'm not a scammer, and I haven't done anything with trust or merit that was for self-interest.

I'm not angry, though you implied that I was a dullard. I think having a discussion like this is very healthy for the community.

Quote from: whistleblower2 on March 25, 2018, 11:16:28 PM

His trade history does not exactly make him the experienced businessman that I would expect to be in DT.

I wouldn't really disagree with you there, but there aren't many shades of green trust here on bitcointalk, with darker shades for the experienced businessman. All I can say is that I don't have a history of jerking people around with deals and have no intention of doing that. I understand how important (and extremely fragile) reputation is in a world of irreversible money transactions.

Mexxer-2 got negged by at least Lutpin if I'm not mistaken. I've always had suspicions about Mexxer-2, but have kept them mostly to myself, as I have no evidence of anything. It was strange when he and Lutpin got put on DT when they were relatively new on bitcointalk. I don't know all the details, so I'm not slinging any mud. The disappearance of Mexxer-2 and the negative given by Lutpin and/or Lauda with no details was strange.