This is not news. This has been a known issue for years. Why is anyone surprised? Might as well let the Fed moderate this thing.
Probably due to the large amount of users that still have positive trust view of him despite his being a confirmed liar and overall disgusting human being.
you mean his colleague's alts? Vodie wont stop until his abusive friends are all out from the DT hierarchy.
The current DT system rewards the most motivated and willing to manipulate. Obviously the conmen are going to put in more effort than the rest of us to maintain their ratings, especially if thats the only thing they associate with being relevant. You can only hope that one day the system stops pandering to scammers and starts rewarding innovation. Unfortunately, I fear Bitcoins success turned many of its cypherpunk protectors into scared businessmen.