Yes, ok, neutral by Lutpin but for merit begging and red tagged by a moderator. It looks to me like very low chances of becoming a merit source, the same way as becoming anything on this forum, like a moderator or to be added on DT. The red tag by hilariousandco is very important. Do you think someone he doesnt trust is going to be added as a merit source?
I dont know if that could be solved in some way, as sometimes red tags have been deleted or changed to neutral.
The feedback doesn't mean he can't be trusted to send merits, and others may even disagree with the feedback. Admittedly no scam was committed, though he did try to escrow a deal for over $100k and has promoted ponzis in the past and for me that's untrustworthy behaviour and I think there would have been a very high chance of him running away with the money if he ever secured it and that's why I left the feedback. Others, including theymos, may disagree. I haven't looked into his merit history so I can't say whether he would be a good choice or not, but merely having negative (even from me) shouldn't 100% exude you from ever being a merit source, especially if you're an active member and are regularly giving out accurate merit for noteworthy posts. I'm sure theymos is intelligent and impartial enough to take all the available evidence and make up his own mind whether he should be a merit source or not and it's only him that gets to decide who is made one or not currently.