Quote from: The Pharmacist on June 01, 2020, 06:58:22 PM

Yep, and this is not surprising behavior coming from that little clique. As I've expressed before, I'm all for local board merit sources, but it seems like the Turkish section has placed massive importance on having at least one representative who's a merit source, to the point where it appears suspicious to me as to why. I'm definitely not saying the Turkish section shouldn't have a merit source, but I do question whether it should be from any of the current pool of applicants (and I'm only familiar with two so far, wolwoo and vycl87). I get the strong feeling that there would be a ton of abuse.

The new members are scared to come forward because of the very jingoistic tone used about "Turk vs Non-Turk" in any argument.
See how they ostracized @mindrust when he called out untrustworthy behavior there. I went to the local section to have a conversation but the same clique joined in there chorus about "Global Gang". I think a lot of confusion also arose due to Vispilio selectively deleting my replies to some members like @Bthd i was talking to. I just got tired of explaining myself. Maybe I'll try again by opening an unmoderated topic there. The language barrier is also an issue.

The stakes involved are pretty huge and the old members don't want to let go off the way they are running things there. I think there needs to be an introspection amongst the Turkish members themselves. Deep down they know that they have colluded negatively and there is enough evidence from the past. Over time, some members may evolve who can stand for ideals and fairness of opportunity to everyone. Right now, it seems like they are just trying to gain as much control as possible over merit-farming and Trust circles.
They need introspection and a fair set of ideals to follow within the community. The Indonesian and Fillipino locals are great examples. While not perfect, they evolved there own mechanism and common understanding to not support spamming or account farming just for the money. It is simply unfair when a group colludes to take away opportunities from so many others. Cheaters like Polar91 ended up being despised. Theymos has said once that he is happy that the forum allows people to earn. Yet, it is against this basic spirit when "oversmart" individuals or groups steal opportunities from others. Only the Turks themselves can make things right. People like us can only do so much in expressing our disbelief, anger and trying to communicate using Google translate.