Again, if you drive a car without a driver's license, might work out, sure, if nobody detects it. But if it is detected, it is getting pretty rough.
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Royse might have been the passenger, also without a license. Somewhat in her defense I'd say.
In that case, the passenger doesn't get punished (but shares the risk of crashing). That seems like a pretty accurate analogy.
Yes, shears the risk of crashing. Thanks for getting the point.
Let me ask the community here: going from where Royse is and we say she is NOT to be red tagged, how many percentage points of her current reputation score should we deduct to come to general consensus that a red tag DOES apply?
Minus 10%? 20? 30? 40? 50? 60? 70? 80? 90?
And then, based on what reasons? So, 30% sounds fine? Cool! Let's go with that!
For those in "defense" of Royse, I am also in defense of Royse. Clearly, as Hhampuz stated, transactions including myself going first are still possible (not sure how much Hhampuz would go for though), but what about the red tag policy? Should we fuck up just anything below "Legendary"? Or is it the merits? But we need to check whether there was merit abuse at play then right? Or is it just the "subjectively perceived" reputation? Well, then give Theymos a call and tell him to get rid of merits.
I am definitely not making a case against Royse, I am making a case against making a case an emotional lottery. It is and will always be complicated when a highly trusted member of our community gets involved into dubious stuff. Slippery slope, my friends. And a slap in the face for newcomers who try to climb up the forum (political) ladder without any chance whatsoever.