I won't go so far as to say this makes him a "scammer," but its pretty dishonest behavior. Its obvious what TS has been doing over the past few months, and its evidenced best by him adding
6 Turkish local board DT1s to his trust list weeks or days after they were added to DT1.
There should really be an open discussion as to whether or not this type of behavior is an acceptable practice for a DT1 member, and as shown by the fact that TECSHARE is now back at -1, its safe to say that the community agrees that its not.
Let's take a look at his include/exclude history according to
BPIP:
7/23/2019 9:34:59 PM TECSHARE (0) trusts by rallier (2)
7/28/2019 3:18:28 AM TECSHARE (0) no longer trusts by rallier
7/23/2019 9:45:04 PM TECSHARE (0) trusts PHI1618 (1)
8/2/2019 5:33:52 PM Matthias9515* (2) trusts TECSHARE
8/2/2019 8:25:25 PM TECSHARE (0) trusts Matthias9515 (2)
8/4/2019 10:00:19 PM TECSHARE (0) trusts bobita (2)
8/5/2019 10:07:57 AM bobita (2) trusts TECSHARE (0)
9/4/2019 4:43:55 PM TECSHARE (0) trusts Kalemder (1)
9/6/2019 5:32:09 AM TECSHARE (0) no longer trusts Kalemder (1)
9/6/2019 5:24:47 PM TECSHARE (0) trusts Kalemder (1)
9/7/2019 2:29:57 AM Kalemder (1) trusts TECSHARE (0)
9/7/2019 3:50:44 AM TECSHARE (0) trusts mhanbostanci (2)
9/7/2019 10:13:59 AM mhanbostanci (2) trusts TECSHARE (0)
*became DT1 at this time
As you can see, Matthias9515 was the only member to trust TECSHARE first, and TS didn't get a reciprocal trust from by rallier or PHI1618. He also added Vispilio to his list, who recently fell off DT1 for not having the minimum requirements. He also did the same thing with WhiteManWhite:
(sometime between 3/31 and 4/6) TECSHARE trusts WhiteManWhite
5/30/2019 2:39:17 PM WhiteManWhite (2) trusts TECSHARE (0)
Would you trust somebody who goes around adding new DT1s to his trust list despite having no previous interaction with them whatsoever, and who doesn't speak their native tongue? I wouldn't.
I can forgive the new DTs for not really having a respect for or knowledge of how the trust system works, but as TECSHARE is one of the more veteran members of the forum, he should really know better than this by now.
You are supposed to be adding members to your trust list who you _trust_, and who you think do a good job of leaving feedback, not out of hopes that they will reciprocate by adding you to their lists.
Allowing this kind of thing to happen without calling it out sets a dangerous precedent going forward.