I see. Thanks for the hint.
@BoXXoB, is it possible to get Joel back into the campaign? I'd hate if he was excluded because of that.
edit: sent him a PM.
edit2:
The post I sent him negative rep for was this:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.13733052As I said: he drew the wrong conclusions. How it really was:
- that guy the thread was about was trying to extort money out of someone
- I came into the thread, told him to stop this crap ("I'll send you the 0.02 BTC and you promise to leave this guy alone", something along those lines)
- later, a thread about this guy came up (the thread linked above)
- Joel saw that an address of mine sent him said 0.02 BTC and wrongly concluded that I was associated with that scammer.
If anyone feels it's necessary, I'll go through my posts to find the one where I sent him the money to stop annoying others.
edit3:
This post in the same thread already clears it up:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.13733081So, I hope I could provide some transparency, now. And I hope we can put this issue to rest without anybody suffering any consequences.
Also, I hope it's clear that the trust rating wasn't totally out of thin air (nobody likes being called a scammer, especially if it's not even true). But as I already mentioned, I should have at least provided a link.
Edit 4:
allyouracid - good of you to come by and respond. I also like the attitude of being willing to sort out the issue; not enough of that going around.
Of course - while the rating I gave him was based on a false accusation (I think I even pmed him, but got no response... but I'm not 100% sure of this, I'd have to check once I'm back home), I'm sure his intentions were good. Errors just happen, and I think the best way to sort out issues is to talk to each other, which I'm more than happy to do.
Edit 5:
Loyce pointed me at it... for those wondering why I left that rating that long after Joel's post: this was simply because I only saw that post that late, when I either googled for my BTC address or used that one block explorer which also shows mentions of BTC addresses on the web.
Edit 6 - hopefully the last:
I talked to BoXXoB: he only thought of removing Joel from the campaign but never actually did. So, at least Joel didn't incur financial damage because of that.