Quote from: nullius on January 09, 2020, 10:51:46 PM

Note the word attempted in the subject.

Noted. It's a great idea to edit the response title that suits the needs.

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I know full well that it carries no weight

I too was wondering how it's not known by a user like you (seems to have good grasp than most of the members in the forum). Good thing is that I was not wrong.

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but its obscenely abusive. I am not fine with it. It is a Sibyl attack, and it is spam of the trust system.

Absolutely and this is not the only user in the system. We have game-protect and many other users who do constant abuse of trust feedback system. And you already realized that I too is not fine with it.

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The theoretical futility of the act does not alter this.

Fact.

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the retaliatory flags against PrimeNumber7 and now Lauda (!) are just plain stupid

Yes and it seems the flags created by the user The-Devil are very wrong after all and according to your language, "I am not fine with it" in other words, I oppose the flags created against the users PrimeNumber7 and Lauda.

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I think it really boils down to the question of whether the forums administration wants to let such useless Sibyls lie dormant indefinitely, or clean them up as the trash they are. As a practical matter, I dont have a strong opinion on which way they should handle this; but the question is worth broaching.

I too have not much strong opinion but if I someone asks me while I am drinking in the pub on a nice evening with an intend to start a conversation with me then I would say, yeah put some restrictions (possibly allow a minimum rank) for users before they are able ~~to create flags and also~~ to vote. This will eliminate the brand new fake accounts to abuse with false support or oppose in a flag.