Deceptive behaviour is flag-worthy, see theymoses quote on account sales.
OP didn't asked TMAN to give merits to him or put on some highly intelligent trap to gain those merits hence not deceptive.
Any kind of highly deceptive behaviour is flag-worthy, there is no going around this. Precedent has been set. Why are you guys trying to defend people who are trying to defraud others (regardless in what way, even if it something as simple as merits)?
Not defending him, just not supporting wrong use of something which is setup to be used abided by some rules for the betterment. I can't act like you making my own rules here, it would look bad on me.
Are you stupid?
Deceptive behaviour is flag-worthy, see theymoses quote on account sales.
Here, I'm even going to do your job for you:
Agreed, creating a type-1 flag for sold accounts is an appropriate usage of the system. Individual cases can be debated on their merits, though; for example, these points of view could all be defended:
- Some people think that trading an account is an inherently untrustworthy act in 100% of cases.
- Some people think that trading an account is usually untrustworthy, but is OK if it's made extremely clear that the account traded hands.
- Some people think that trading an account is OK unless active deception is used (eg. lying in order to say, "this is not a sold account").
- Some people think that a little lying is not enough for even a type-1 flag, and a flag is only merited if there's also some additional underlying shady behavior; in other words, account trading can only further degrade an existing untrustworthy act, but cannot be considered flag material in itself.
I specifically do not want to decide which of the above is correct. The flag is an appropriate usage of the system in any case, though.
Look where active deception i.e. what OP did is. The points go from the strictest to the most lenient one. In case you all missed it, the quote also directly implies that
flag type-1 for lying is appropriate use of the system even in
passive deception let alone active deception. Some people may disagree with it and thus not support it, but it is appropriate use nevertheless.
If you don't see it, or refuse to see it I shalt post it at maximum font size on every other post.