I thought that the DT1 members are being elected by the members in the DT (both DT1 and DT2). If the DT1 are being selected by Theymos, what are the criteria?. I have come across cases in the reputation board where a DT member is accused of manipulating the DT elections. So how does the election works?
DT1 members are not elected from members in DT1 and DT2, Theymos does the selection by himself and he periodically changes that and update the list from time to time. You can check this
link on the criteria he uses to select DT1 members and also, this
link will give you the list of members currently in DT1 list.
I don’t know or even think that elections are being conducted to elect a DT1 member but when users abuse the DT system, they can bring up discussion about it in the reputation but I think Theymos still have the final say to what will happen to such user even when found guilty. Hence why updating the DT1 list periodically.
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