I'm not up to speed on what the ponzi accusations are against mdayonliner, but I have mixed feelings about tagging ponzi promoters on bitcointalk anyway.  Most (but not all) people here know these schemes are just a game and that ultimately most players are going to lose.  I can see how scammy they are and I do understand why ponzi promoters get tagged.

But aside from the ponzi stuff, I think the feedback about the escrow offer was somewhat harsh--but again, I completely understand hilariousandco's reasoning.  If you don't have a reputation as an honest escrower, and suddenly you offer your services to a deal requiring the escrow to hold an amount like $100k, you couldn't convince me the noob escrow wouldn't be tempted to take the money and run, and that the motivation behind offering to do that escrow would be to do just that. 

My opinion is that mdayonliner is just being too ambitious in trying to establish a reputation here on the forum.  Aside the popularity contest aspect of having a good reputation, if you have a good trust score it makes it much easier to do deals if you're so inclined or to leverage that trust for any number of other purposes.  I think when he offered to do the escrow, he was trying to build his reputation quicker, sort of in the same manner of newcomers who start off trying to bust scams.  So ultimately I think he was being way too ambitious, but my gut feeling tells me that his intention wasn't to scam.  However, when you're dealing with online personalities, huge sums of money, and an irreversible and semi-anonymous currency, you just never know.  Even members like Master-P, who was previously trusted, ran off with a small fortune.

Bottom line is that the escrow offer was ill-conceived at best.  I think the red trust was probably necessary as a warning.  Whether it stays put or not, hopefully mdayonliner has learned his lesson here.