Quote from: H8bussesNbicycles on February 05, 2019, 11:09:50 PM

Quote from: theymos on February 05, 2019, 10:46:22 PM

Quote from: suchmoon on February 05, 2019, 07:11:31 PM

Is stingers still a merit source?

Not anymore. That's clear abuse, awarding merit for political reasons rather than any idea of quality. Only because he was a source, I effectively undid those merit sends. If he had not been a merit source, I still would've blacklisted anyone who got into DT1 through that type of shenanigans.

I hadn't read into the thread deeply enough to see that stuff. Those are better arguments against the trustworthiness of H8bussesNbicycles & co., but note that the current negative-trust-ratings were sent long before that. Before February, the thread looks like politics to me

Theymos I agree with your statement and promise that I will not buy any merits to vote against lauda and the cult. Though I have mentioned it I will refrain.
I might state that merits given toward the cause are helpful but I promise I will not buy any merits. I did not solicit Stingers for merits but only after he showed up point him to where merits would help.
I did not know he was a source until suchmoon or someone pointed it out.
It is fine with me that you rescinded those merits.

Quote from: theymos on February 05, 2019, 10:46:22 PM

That said, using selfmod topics in a deceptive way can be an appropriate reason for negative trust.

I do not believe that I have used selfmod topics in a deceptive way.
I have only kept their signature spamming and merit whoring out of my thread and kept it to the topic.
Many of their quotes are still there for all to read whoever responded to them. If I was trying to hide their statements I would have deleted them too.

My 6 posts in that thread that you deleted, H8bussesNbicycles, were relatively innocuous. They were not signature spamming (I have no signature) and they were not merit whoring because I have plenty of merits and I was just attempting to make experiential observations on the topic, and even largely substantively neutral posts, since I was not trying to get deeply involved into the politics.

I am a bit skeptical about your deletion of my posts, whether that rises to the level of deception on your part or merely a heavy deletion finger remains somewhat unanswered, at least from my perspective.