The PAPI tool for detecting these kinds of abuses is an excellent proposal for the community, and it’s clear that we should continue working on improving the UX and better educating nominators. Tools like this are genuinely valuable and move the ecosystem in the right direction.
That said, the behavior of these validators is completely unacceptable, especially considering that one of them is also acting as a curator in multiple bounties while receiving thousands of dollars per month from the ecosystem.
For example, Coinstudio has been a curator of **Polkadot bounties 31, 50 (**related post about this curator role in IBP) and 62, as well as several others in Kusama.
In addition, they operate multiple System Chains collators across both Kusama and Polkadot, and also act as a Paseo validator.
This represents a serious breach of trust and is extremely damaging to the credibility of the ecosystem. In my view, Web3 Foundation and Parity should take decisive action, including removing this individual from such positions and ensuring they no longer benefit from roles that require integrity and accountability.
@bill_w3f @kianenigma @Karim @Eric-W3F @alexdimes @alejandro @michalis @Birdo @ScytaleDigital