Let me quote this for attention:
All that being said, I still discourage retaliatory ratings, and with these changes I encourage people to try to "bury the hatchet" and de-escalate rather than trying to use any increased retaliatory power you now have.
It seems to me the opposite is happening since the DT-changes.
Where exactly is this happening? Link?
- You should be willing to forgive past mistakes if the person seems unlikely to do it again.
Good luck convincing a certain people about this. I've been privately suggesting a downgrade to neutral in a few disputes recently.