I am offering a bounty of 5 merit to anyone who can find the quote from Theymos where he explicitly states deleting and adding negative ratings over and over again in order to manipulate the trust system is considered by him to be abuse of the trust system. I looked but I can't remember when or where I read it, I just know he said it at one point.
Do you really think that I care what theymos said about the old system? He is wrong, and when one is I do not stand down just because the user in question is an administrator. That would be a very pathetic display of existence, but you know very well how that feels. I care as much as he cares what I tell him in private, and it won't go beyond that. He's no authority and neither am I. He's free to wave the centralizing wand and do as he wishes though. 
I offer an extra 10 merit if the post is relevant to the current trust system or what I'm doing or whoever decent finds it first. 5 is too pajeet.
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