Most common reason to be Pitted Appears to be Dishonesty?

Ditto.

Do you think the mods just read a pit thread and blindly believe every claim in it? Honestly, I’m insulted. But the consolidation of links to actual posts is sometimes convenient. And sometimes just being alerted that such and such poster bears watching prospectively is also helpful.

Note that reporting potential trolls does much the same as the latter, and can also be extremely helpful to the mods. It’s generally preferable, as it doesn’t “poison the well” for other posters. But of course, if you are worried about potential trolls not seeing the accusations against them, it’s far worse.

So I’ll go back to asserting that the mods don’t blindly believe everything they are told.