⭐ Merited by nutildah (4)
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eddie13's post above which I have merited is bang on the money. If you are voted on to DT1, for good or bad then you are going to be subjected to scrutiny. The same is true in public life with politicians, CEOs, royalty, etc. With a position on DT1 then your trust list no longer only makes a difference to you, but now makes a difference to the 2 million or so accounts using default trust. You will be held to higher standard. No one cares if a newbie trusts a bunch of scammers and rule breakers, because only that newbie will see their ratings. If you, as a DT1 member, trust a bunch of scammers and rule breakers, suddenly their ratings become "trusted" for 2 million other accounts.
This scrutiny has happened many times before. A few months ago there was a similar drama with another local section that I am hesitant to mention so it doesn't get brought up again. There has been similar scrutiny of various very established accounts (again, I won't name names), but including very trusted users and staff members. The expectation on the forum generally seems to be that as a DT1 member, you will be mature enough to consider the evidence presented and remove any proven scammers from your trust list. Failure to do so will generally result in you being removed from DT1.
I've essentially stayed out of this drama thus far, because honestly, I'm getting a little tired of all the different but endless drama that goes on in the forum, but in this case I'll agree with the posters above that your current behavior is not winning you any friends.
You and Eddie13 raised some excellent points. There is great merit in DT members being subjected to a higher scrutiny.
Problems and as you correctly noted "endless dramas" arise when some public avengers and vindictive members take it upon themselves to use the righteous pretext of "cleaning up DT / Forum / whatever" to pursue their so blatantly bitter and spiteful personal vendettas against certain people or groups of people, in this case the Turkish section; the very mention of this section continues to trigger defense mechanisms and ad hominem attacks amongst some veteran forum members (thus leading to the accusations of Dalton Gang by Wolwoo, although I'm excepting Foxpup, s/he seems completely blameless in this episode)...
I wonder what Darkstar_, who holds the keys to the most coveted bounty in the forum makes of all this. You and some other enlightened members usually exhibit excellent professionalism and would be welcome by most companies to represent their brand; however recent evidence suggests that most rational people would agree the same cannot be said for some other members who are currently wearing the Chipmixer signature...
As a famous Turkish anchorman often says "I'm merely asking"
I bet a lot of people value a spot on the Chipmixer signature far higher in their priorities than a spot on DT, so I believe it would only make sense the lofty code of conduct expected from DT members is also directed towards some of the deep rooted, calcified Chipmixer campaign (ab)users...