I had put this section on ignore until 2025 but I remembered I had this thread so I will respond without going into the other dramas in the section.
I'm basically on the opposite end of the spectrum when it comes to this issue (as in, I think "predictive" scam-busting, and "aggressive" tagging is more harmful to the community than helpful, by a wide margin).
Why? I do not deduce it from the following you comment.
The thing is, I've never, not even once, been "saved" from anything by the trust system. (And assuming that I'm an OK choice for a "representative" user, then the thoughts that follow from an earnest appraisal like that are worth reflecting on, IMO.)
I am not surprised. Of course tagging someone when they have already scammed and disappeared from the forum is not going to save you from anything.
I honestly think that under the guise of protecting others, some fraction of the DT membership simply enjoys being empowered to attenuate behaviors that they personally find upsetting (while either ignoring or maybe being unaware of the collateral damage being caused by their imperfect senses, and the knock-on effects being produced by them not really thinking much beyond their own private scales of justice). In my experience, almost all people (and especially sticklers) like to engage in activities that make them feel better, without paying much attention to what's actually being accomplished.
For me you give too much importance to being a nickname. I rather see it as me being a shitty nick on this forum if I can help naive people before they are scammed I do it, I think that helps more than waiting for them to be scammed and leaving the red later.
Assuming I enjoy being a sadist or something for leaving a red tag is giving much more importance to typing on a keyboard in an anonymous forum than I do.
I have, and I also pointed out why your approach would make most members take the feedback system and trust flags less seriously with time, since many profiles would be carrying flags and negative tags due to any accusation that come up. Maybe you are the one who hasn't understood my point.
I have seen some services, especially casinos take a few weeks or months to get the issues that come up resolved. To immediately tag them when accusations come up because you are trying to use a preventive approach can turn out to be harmful in the long run. It could also make the forum a much more toxic space for most services trying to announce themselves here.
No, you still don't get it. So, I who am known to be aggressive with tags why haven't I red tagged all the casinos that have any accusations on the Scam Accusations board?
According to your argument I should have left dozens of red tags.
Taking a preventive approach does not mean dropping red tags at the slightest accusation. And, in fact, of all the cases that you can find listed here:
Scam Accusation Cases Against Betting Platform on The Forum[/url]
I have not red tagged any of them. So the apocalypse you predict has no foundation.