I do not have Timelord in my trust list. Just went through it to make sure, but that doesn't mean I don't trust some of his ratings. He's right more often then wrong when linking accounts. Does he have a piss poor attitude? Of course, he does. That still doesn't make him wrong in most cases.
He might have some good investigations under his belt but his ratings are kinda invalidated when he'll throw out negatives based on little more than some ludicrous coincidences he thinks he sees.
I have Timelord on ignore and distrust for a long time now, and even so I can recall at least 10 cases when he has shown the judgement skills of a toddler.
Only ten? I haven't paid much attention to his ratings for a long time but he used to tag numerous people as alts because they were registered in the same
year as some other accounts or he's found some other random pattern in their accounts that only he can see. If he left those alone and only left negative after thorough investigations with evidence more than someone was registered in same huge time frame he sets himself then I wouldn't have a problem with him other than his petty attitude.
And astoundingly enough, you have experienced and "well trusted" members of this community who still come up with gems such as "his efforts are a tremendous contribution to the health of the community", at the expense of inflicting completely unfair injuries against valuable and totally innocent members of the forum
They are probably just looking at the decent investigations he has done and overlooking all the bad ones.
It is 100% irrational stuff like this that makes a lot of people suspect there is foul play going on in how the trust system is handled in this forum.
I wouldn't go that far. I think this is a case of where exclusions work. I excluded him a long time ago because half his feedback's were wildly inaccurate as have several others.
Perfect example of why timelord shouldn't be on DT and nobody should pay attention to his ratings.
Shit, I didn't even realize he was on DT. Sometimes Timelord2067 finds solid, obscure connections but sometimes there's a definite air of paranoia and/or straw-grasping going on in his head. I tend to respect him but it would probably be best if he wasn't on DT given some of his questionable feedback.
I'm not sure he was on DT but maybe someone yahoo trusted put him on their trustlist. I wouldn't have an issue with timelord being on DT if he didn't leave all the other grossly inaccurate ratings that unfortunately they spoil the lot.