Exactly, I imagine its a simple, you scratch mine & Ill scratch yours. Literally 10 PMs & youre in.
maybe its time Theymos updated the criteria, 1000 merits per vote or something that is harder to achieve.
For months I've been suggesting that the qualification criteria be revised. At the very least I think it's time to increase the number of DT1 inclusions to qualify for DT2. Right now a member only needs on DT1 inclusion to be on DT2, I would like to see it raised to at least two, maybe three would be better.
An increase in the merit requirements for votes and super-votes might be a bit premature, but I suspect that's not far down the line either. Over the last couple of months we've had as many as 126 people qualify for DT1, out of which 100 are randomly selected. I prefer that DT1 remain limited to 100 members, but the more people qualify the more randomized it'll be. I'm not sure how people feel about that, whether it's a good thing or a bad thing, but I tend to prefer stability. So, we can either increase the number of DT1 members, or reduce the number members who qualify.
Your concerns about russian board is too high. In russian local, compared for example to turkish there no trust-because-origin but in return there some trolls and crypto haters from russian local into DT.
I agree with this statement. There were issues with the Russian members and their inclusions in the past, but I think that's mostly resolved now.