I don't have merits to give anymore but I left him positive feedback
I suggest you to reconsider your feedback, I would say neutral feedback is more appropriate in this case. I'm not saying he's bad, but catching one cheater is still not deserved to be trusted.
Ask yourself, can a 5 months user who's doesn't have any financial deal can be trusted? feel free to disagree if you think I'm wrong.
I think I
disagree with you on this;
Does s/he need to catch all the cheaters in this forum before he could be trusted, if catching one cheater is not enough.
Ask yourself, can a 5 months user who's doesn't have any financial deal can be trusted?
Trust has nothing to do with how long the person exists in the forum. I will give you two instances;
- There was a user who wanted to pay for evil fee or copper membership, but theymos mistakenly sent him some btc, as new as s/he was and having joined the forum with a concealed ip, s/he chosed to return the btc. He recieved enough positive feedbacks without waiting for him to reach 5 years in the forum
- Haven't you seen someone who is trusted by many forum users for years, and they ended up with a major exit scam?
I do not think that the positive feedback is inappropriate.
How about if s/he messaged the cheat and asked them to share their rewards with him/her else they would be exposed. Don't you think that the cheat would have complied and the cheating will continue?
Looking at it from the forum way, there is a difference between positive trust and including someone in the trust list. The scam burster might not qualify for the later, but he is qualified for the former if not both.