Well sorry to bump into "Super elitist" kingdom with what I reckon is the judgment of the powerful.
You see, I am a newbie member, I have 0 merit and I have been on this forum for about a year and a half. And I assure you, I am a real account.
I can say with certitude because I have been following this project since day one that it is not fraudulent, obviously I dont really understand how your merit system works because I reckon I havent been a hardcore user of your forum but also I dont believe I have had a bad behaviour or have done anything wrong, I have been just a bit participative, and im not crying for not having received merit or someone getting it. All this struggle looks to me (especially when you come to condone a whole project because of a merit system in a forum) personal vendettas, power struggles and political shit.
You guys have the responsability to protect users I do understand, but ALSO TO PROTECT CRYPTO PROJECTS that contribute to the space and not play kings and gods because you feel like it.
What you are doing is also a small piece of the puzzle that push people not to adopt crypto, but you look like you dont care as long as you can have what you want.
The truth is I am more scared of you for your actions than the guy who gives merit to fake accounts (if they are at all) and you even go to calling a project a scam, you represent exactly what most of the people want to escape from the banking system when they come into crypto.
You see, if I wanted to fight this I couldnt because I have no merit so what I say doesnt matter, this is the truth of your little system so in fact its as fair as you decide it is.
Im nobody, I am everyone. You certainly dont deserve the ranks you have to represent what should be in crypto and I am ashamed. You can probably untrust me now because I said something you didnt like, just like in a real community with interesting values.
Yes, maybe a bot wrote that.
ps: By the way, since I look at Lauda's trust feedback, you people in this forum really think your system is working ?
You might want to check what names give him trust, how many times, in case they might correspond to what names supports what he claims.
I am not even speaking of the thousands of bitcoins that he is apaprently stealing in escrow - and you let this kind of people claim some people scam others.
Definitely, crypto is far from being adopted as long as this kind of people are all mighty in the space.