I'm dead sure he was looking at $$$ instead of his respect at the moment, That thread he created was to superficially save him from the damage he knows will happen, So it was a safety precaution.
It might be too early in the morning for my brain to be functioning correctly, but are you talking about Yahoo62278's request for feedback from the community prior to him taking on the job as Yobit's campaign manager? If so, I'm pretty sure he was trying to protect his reputation as well as doing right by everyone. Yobit was going to run a campaign regardless of whether he managed it or not, and there was a lot of talk about Yobit needing a manager IIRC, because we all knew what was coming--a flood of shitposting.
So you agreed to promote a scam on the forum that will steal from users that register on the so called website "yobit" just because a reputable manager handling the signature campaign will lead to less spam...
I wasn't in the campaign; I just supported Yobit having a manager who'd be strict as far as shitposting is concerned. As I said, they were going to run the campaign anyway, so it was basically a damage control situation.
I might add that Yobit's reputation wasn't always what it is today, and during the time period you're talking about I don't think I was convinced they were a scam exchange (which I do believe now). I'd used them many times for very small trades and never had a problem, though I certainly was aware of their abominable customer service and of the many scam accusations against them (many of which were never followed up on, though).