Together with plagiarism / copy-paste / bragging himself, Ratimov also became a merit source. As a merit source he managed to organize an army of minions supporting him in many ways, because he was meriting them.
If there was any doubt about that now here's proof in plain sight: a Hero user (
Hero!!!), having no idea how Trust should be used, although he is on the forum for more than 2 years already, which admits that he added Ratimov on his Trust list because of merit showers and for reading 2 topics.
Makes sense, right?
I hope that, at least, DT users don't add people on their Trust lists because they helpd them to rank up or for reading 1-2 topics.
First of all, you are very wrong about me, chill.
I am not his minion and and his support has nothing to do with helping me to rank up, I have never asked for anyone to merit me, never ever. My point was that this user helps high quality posters to rank up (exclude me if you want) and when I saw his list of users whom he helped, I understood that he reads their posts and doesn't randomly choose them, I think this is not his negative side. Then I see that this user also creates some good topics, like the ones I included above and his merits probably prove that he is not a low quality poster.
Also, there are the following guys in my trust list: davef, oeleo, notatether. Did they buy me? C'mon. I like them, like what they do, appreciate them and that's why I added them.
Yes, I am a hero member but I have never put much importance on trust system. When I have a technical question, trust doesn't care for me. When I want to answer someone whether Ledger is a good choice or not, trust doesn't care for me. I don't trade with anyone on this forum, at least yet.
Also, I apologized if I used it wrongly and said I'll be more careful.
That sounds a lot like buying your vote.
C'mon, read my response above this quote. I just thought he was a good guy like DaveF and others that are in my list. No one has ever bought me and I have never asked for anything on this forum. I think I don't deserve this title.