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Re: Soliciting opinions on how to deal with suspected merit abusers
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Jet Cash
on 04/04/2018, 19:57:46 UTC

I had expressed hesitation about tagging merit abusers early on, because there's so much subjectivity about the system, but at the same time there are some users who are obviously sending merit to people who don't deserve it.  Obvious to my eyes, anyway.  And that's the problem.  I realize my feedback now carries more weight than someone who's not on DT, and I know I ought to hand out negatives to people who really deserve them.  Do you guys think I, or any other DT member, should be tagging merit abusers?  EthanB suggested in another thread that a neutral might be appropriate, and I don't think that's a horrible idea when there's doubt.  But I don't think neutrals do much good.


Is there any penalty for the person if you tag them, and then remove the tag on appeal?
If there isn't, then you could tag them if you have good reason to believe that an abuse has occured, and remove it if the tagged member can provide a reasonable explanation.