Quote from: The Pharmacist on April 12, 2019, 11:38:50 AM

I'm not going to pretend I'm blind to people's faults and foibles, but it's hard to know what you're talking about without knowing who you're referring to. And I have no clue what you mean with point #2 above, using people as bait to earn merit. You'll have to explain that one. Same thing with #3.

I think #2 relates to the uptick in activity in reputation threads. The ones where someone either posts a very flimsy connection of alts or suspected merit abuse. I know reading some of the threads or comments, I get the feel that it's done in the hopes of gaining merit. Probably doesn't help when people create threads offering merit to connect accounts, "I'll reward you for telling me what I want to know"

#3 could be inline with the last bit or possibly the "tag alongs" I've noticed some members who pretty much only mirror feedback. Maybe they'll change or update but I think quite a few people took to this strategy to work towards DT. Might just be my impression as I've been reviewing a lot of feedback recently.

I don't really agree with the pleas to administrators. It does show me you don't really have a grasp on how the forum operates in regards to set rules from the top down. Easy mistake most of us take a while to figure out this place is different in that regard. You would be better making your appeal to the general forum members and engaging in the debate with references to get your point across.

I can say this I wish you would express your ideas from your main account. If you haven't done anything that clearly deserves a negative rating it would only help clean out members who shouldn't be "Trusted for fedback" in DT, if anyone tagged you for an unpopular opinion.