I wonder if BM and co is vetting anything at all.
1. We met Mark a year ago at a Mastermind Networking Retreat in St. Martin. He impressed us.
2. We trust and respect the people who set up that meeting.
3. Mark continues to be recommended by those and other people we trust.
4. We have had good interactions and discussions with Mark - comparable to those we have had with equally trusted forum heroes.
5. We genuinely like Mark.
6. We are aware that there is lots of favorable and unfavorable web content out there - about us as well.
7. So the existence of both kinds of content is not in itself a reliable indicator of anything.
8. We have not hired a private investigator, government agency, or proctologist to do a background or backend investigation.
This is a decentralized, libertarian community open to anyone without needing our permission or blessing.
If this is going to work, this community needs to deal with newcomers in a way that allows them to bring and establish a reputation on its own merits.
Without alienating and offending them before they get a chance to do so.
And anyone who has worked in this troll-infested industry for very long is going to have lots of different opinions out there to be vetted.
Anyone who has ever tried for 100% customer satisfaction with a start up business knows how hard that is to achieve.
So feel free to ask about those issues, hear the explanations, and make up your own minds.
We have not, can not, should not and will not get involved in sorting that out for you.