What's even more strange is that many BTT accounts are willing to pawn their reputation for weekly payouts by promoting their campaigns.
You said you're new to the forum, so you're obviously not aware that this is a common occurrence and has been for years. But I don't know who exactly is in the 1xbit campaign right now, but I'd be willing to bet that most of them are either throwaway alt accounts or members who never had a positive reputation on bitcointalk to ruin, so getting a red tag from a DT member doesn't bother them in the least.
How long has this campaign been running, anyway? I'm sure I can find out just by seeing when this thread was started, but it seems like it's been running for way longer than I figured it would. Ugh. Reminds me of Yobit.
F*ck them.
Well said, very well said indeed.