Quote from: holydarkness on Today at 06:08:29 AM

Sadly, I have to disagree. In my opinion, [negative] tagging Haunebu [and 3kpk3] account for merit abuse would violate the quote from theymos.

I'm really trying to understand, why Haunebu and his Alt 3kpk3 shouldn't be punished for what they did and where it violated the quote from theymos but when doing research on Reputation and Meta, I'm just getting even more convinced, that it would be very deserved to give out a negative tag for both.
Even then, they could create a new account, moving on and (hopefully) learning from the mistake, they did on their old accounts.

Quote from: holydarkness on Today at 06:08:29 AM

Combine that with what yahoo said here on #22 that the merit exchange happened close to when the merit system is being introduced and everybody is still fumbling with sending and receiving merit, and that he has never exchanged any between both ever since, there's a huge chance that Haunebu didn't know what he may or may not do with his merit. So, it's a case of merit cluelessness rather than a merit abuse, which warrant even more less [negative] tag.

The abuse happened until late 2018, where everyone was well aware how Merit should be used, how important it was for ranking up.
We had many guides on Meta, that sending Merit to our own Alt is not allowed: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2766177.0

Quote from: hilariousandco

Can I give merit to my alt accounts?

No, this is frowned upon and will almost certainly lead to you receiving negative feedback if discovered.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2766177.0

I just can't believe it's just "Merit cluelessness", it seems much more like deliberately sending it to his own account.
Repeatedly, back and forth, again and again. This abuse happened from April 2018 to November 2018:

https://bpip.org/smerit.aspx?to=Haunebu&from=3kpk3

https://bpip.org/smerit.aspx?from=Haunebu&to=3kpk3

This is massive abuse and it's running for over half a year. A total of 39 Merit was abused (16 3kpk3 account, 23 Haunebu account)

I'm not buying the excuse that some members were "clueless" about Merit.
It's everyone's duty to read the Merit guidelines.
Back then, DT's position was very clear that there's no excuse of using Merit fraudulently.
Many abusers played the "I didn't know" / "I'm just a but clueless" card. But DT called the bluff right away.
And for the case of Haunebu and his Alt 3kpk3, it's very clearly deliberate abuse. Sending Merit to our Alts is not allowed.

Another important point, why I believe Haunebu and his Alt 3kpk3 shouldn't complain in case DT will tag them, is because we have seen many similar cases.
Like for example here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4862145.0
Similar case, where Merit was sent between Alt accounts, Alt Accounts were proven by solid proof.
Abusers got tagged by marlboroza and Lauda. Didn't cause any controversy.
Case happened also in late 2018.
And in my opinion, our Haunebu and 3kpk3 case is much worse.

That's why I believe a negative tag is appropriate and deserved.