⭐ Merited by fillippone (3)
You remind me of this one user, his departure is highly expected by most cheaters and scammers, so he is really a concern for rule breakers. Because Lauda was such an important member, his passing will always be remembered [that's what I think].
Yes, after all, such users were valuable assets for the forum in the fight against scammers and spammers for many years, and I personally participated in 2 signature campaigns managed by Lauda and both were at the highest level, similar to today's CM. Therefore, my opinion is that we should not look at how good/bad a user is towards someone individually, but how good he is for the forum as a whole.
I can somehow relate when I first started I even recall earning some shit tokens back in 2017 which was my year of starting in crypto.--- I kinda wished I experienced those years in crypto in your perspective, but hey since I went full Bitcoin holder, it is never too late to buy one. 
A lot has changed since then, even when it comes to the faucets with which I actually earned my first Bitcoin. Back then, there were no irritating short links and claiming rewards was quite simple, but also very fast if you used a good faucet rotator - in less than 1 hour you could earn at least 100 000 satoshis, and with active referrals, even 500 000 satoshis per day. I remember a Russian site that was something like a PTC with faucets, and there I often used to get 200 000 satoshis in one click - which of course was not much considering the price of Bitcoin in those days of only $200+.