The biggest martyns mistake is this invented story about the brother and giving away the account, now it is much harder to defend the suspicion that it is an alt from a banned account. Certainly, the red tag is too aggressive at the moment unless the original owner appears with the claim that the account was hacked/stolen.
What do you expect? How many accounts you can name were given a chance when they admitted their mistakes. This forum does not work that way. There are some exceptional cases but from my observation I have seen many users admitted their mistakes but they never got a pass. Others were learning from it. So when someone get caught in something that is not standard practice on the forum they take their chance. It's a bad thing but if they can handle it well then all good. However, who would you blame for it? The victim or the ones who made a job to push others having fun asking stupid questions so that they can keep the tag they left. Sometimes I find it interesting that a group of users do all these all the time to keep their road clean so that no new competition come in their way and they can keep earning from the signature campaigns or build their accounts to benefit only for them.
The forum as a whole benefits when there are brotherhood and forgiveness for each others. It attracts others to join you and make you bigger. Only a few of us who know the environment well, it's a good place but ask someone who is not familiar with the community. For them it's a place which is not good for spending time as there are people who always try to devalue others and they insults other all the time. For accounts like you and me who have already established name, things are easy but ask a newbie or a lower rank member, for them it's a measurable place. They always take the insults, bad behaviors as like they have no value in the community. A group of people are making the place insecure for expanding the place.
Certainly, the red tag is too aggressive at the moment...
Well, obviously it doesn't seem aggressive to me or three other people who have left red tags.
It is aggressive. I don't think we need a vote here.
Three people left tag so far. Nothing new to say about JollyGood. You, perhaps a new invention is trying to make it a good place [questionable though] in your own way but it's not good how you are spreading things wrong way for several others. Not sure about lovesmayfamilis but you and JollyGood are aggressive for any case that pops up. I hope it does not feel you good to scratch others. There are few others from my look but let's not bring them since they are not involved in the case or did not leave a tag yet.
I imagine a place without some of you and in that case the forum as a whole would do better job. We could have more people joining in the forum and making the community even bigger. I am sorry if that hits you and hurts but it's the truth.