"I'm waiting to see threads that provide concrete evidence right-away rather than saying they have some thereof."
Is it not better to begin an accusational thread with that of the substantiated evidence?
What has more impact and sounds more reliable?
"We have evidence but we're not showing it right now."
"We have evidence and here it is:"
We possibly agree but only in part. Our reasons were:
The board full well knows this same evidence has been presented many times before. We were giving hhampuz a chance to say that he is not knowingly employing such persons and move straight to a thread for the sponsor. He has not given us a definite "no" answer. However, he has confirmed that the sponsor is FULLY aware. They will need to explain their own actions in the next thread. Hhampuz seemed to know precisely to who we were referring to with no need of any further immediate evidence.
We need "concrete" evidence to start an investigation thread or we get red trust? how will anyone discuss "possible" infractions or possible scams if you need "concrete" evidence to start it is not permitted to release it in stages after the initial post? If any DT brings an investigation thread without "concrete" evidence at the start must they too receive red trust? That is not what you are saying but it is what others are claiming in their red trust source links.
We accept presenting "concrete" evidence at the very start is MORE compelling and initially convincing. It is not more reliable. If the evidence presented at ANY point is observable then it is completely reliable. The evidence can not be cast in doubt due to the stage it is released in that case.
We in each stage of the initial post raised questions. We decided to release the evidence in stages so that any rebuttals or refutations could be clearly dealt with without confusion in some order.
So to recap - the extortion we believe is probable but we are open to debate, the lying and scamming is observable and undeniable, the trust abuse is clear to us on lauda's part, the previous trust abuse is self confessed on tmans part, the escrow debacle is not yet examined since there does not seem enough detail to make a full judgement but looks rather worrying. We may start an entire thread just on that very topic.
There have been 0 attempts to deny, excuse or refute the evidence by any of the persons involved. They have had time to leave multiple red tags in order to silence these observable events being examined.
Red trust is not a weapon to be used by liars and scammers to silence whistle blowers.
This argument, that you need to list all of the evidence right away, or else the evidence is in some way less valuable, seems unreasonable. If that is what you are saying. That is only possibly correct in terms of the initial post. In the context of the entire thread then a gradual release to allow ordered discussion and debate is a better way to go. In our humble opinion.