Vendors are free to discuss things amongst themselves if they wish - that is their right under the freedom of speech that is guaranteed here for all. Have you got access to the Vendor Roundtable? Do you know that motek is indeed on the blacklist? 
I wasn't justifying it because many vendors don't use it, I justified it by the fact that vendors are entitled to freedom of speech just like the rest of us. Many buyers keep lists of vendors that they will not buy from, and post threads in the Rumor Mill saying "don't buy from Vendor X for such and such a reason" - should we infringe on their right to say that because it is 'unjust'?
This is a rhetorical question, so I'm not going to attempt to answer it because you already know the answer. You inferred something that I never said; I never said that blacklisting should be disabled for all vendors. Just for this vendor in this situation because it has no substance to blacklist someone because they didn't comply with your threat.
Allow me to ask again, where do you draw the line between freedom of speech and threats/ blackmail?
I did not make any inferences, I said what I did in order to justify my position and the position of Silk Road that vendors are entitled to keep a blacklist if they so choose, just as buyers are entitled to keep a blacklist. It is an informal list - not something supported by Silk Road. We do not limit people's freedom of speech so there is nothing that we can do in this instance regardless of whether one or more people have an entirely subjective view on whether or not a vendor adding a buyer's username to the blacklist constitutes a threat / blackmail.
To answer your question, it is not my place to draw the line between freedom of speech and threats / blackmail in regard to a vendor blacklist of troublesome usernames. Neither of you know whether motek's username is on that list or not meaning that you are basing your entire argument on an assumption.
Before you tell me to "take this seriously", please research the history of the situation.
I've been messaging motek personally and have been investigating the whole situation for myself, which apparently he hasn't been asked for details by any member of staff. Therefore I am one step above you in the research. I'm neither an admin or a forum moderator but I'm a concerned member of the community.
Again, nothing personal here. You (Libertas) do the best job that you can given the responsibility that you have. But again I use the collective "you" as in staff assessing the situation. Thanks for your replies thus far.
What motek says is one thing - what is actually provable is another. I'm not calling motek a liar, but I am stating that you cannot take forum PM's as being factual because they are simply re-posts of other information; that information is easily edited before it is sent on.
I am a forum moderator and I have sent the issue up the chain, receiving no response. I did my part, doing as much as I could to ensure that it was seen by an administrator, but it is up to motek to communicate with SR Support regarding this. SR Support are experiencing backlogs dealing with messages so if he has not yet been asked for details by any member of the support staff there is nothing that I can do.
I appreciate that you are speaking in a general sense, but your comment "Now please take this seriously." was quite clearly directed at me given the sentence before it was: "Libertas, put yourself in Motek's position." If there is an issue with staff addressing the situation, that issue should be taken up with the staff that have responsibility for it.
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With great feedback too! LOL 