I remember how bad you felt when it was discovered the number of merits you awarded naim027 and his alt-accounts, especially after he wrote to you asking for you to review his post history.
I wonder why he would ask for you to review the post history on the John Abraham account when he was already participating in the highest paying signature campaign (whirlwind)
Yeah, I was probably thinking of that exact case when I wrote what I wrote, because I think it was the last time it came to my attention that I gave merits to someone I shouldn't have--but I know it isn't the only instance.
As to why he would ask me for more merits....reputation-building, perhaps? And though he's in the highest-paying sig campaign he is 'only' a Sr. Member and I assume Whirlwind pays more for Hero/Legendary members, and even if they don't other campaigns do, so wanting to rank up and increase his available sig space makes sense. Usually the motives around here come down to money, just as they do in the real world.
When Royse777 had naim023 on his team when he was building the Casino Critique site, I never had an issue with the latter. It was only after he started all the drama with him at the center that he became a problem in my mind, i.e., when he got banned. You've got a much better memory about these things than I do, but I don't recall ever having a personal problem with naim023 (back then, anyway). I'll be following this situation and will be more vigilant with my merit-giving in the future, at least to the extent that I can identify alts.
Ugh.