Since this pertains to the market, I might as well answer it as the MS lead.

From the outside looking in, it's very easy to make bad assumptions. MS has had very little impact on market price fluctuations in items as the majority of the time, price volatility is caused by the owners of a respective item, their demand, and a fluctuation of interest in an item, for whatever reason. MS has not adjusted prices of items since I have become lead and therefore, do not apportion market fluctuation simply on one factor: being the market squad. That's of comparative nature to blaming the stock exchange for a rapid decline in price, no.

Alternatively, transparency is awesome, and I treasure it as a consumer, and, decision-maker generally in life. I am not against a) producing a summary of discussions had or b) actual logs of discussion relating to market changes. However, it should be common knowledge, at least to those I have interacted with within the community: that a lot of market decisions revolve around the majority of users, and, not for the beneficial opportunity for members of the MS. The Market Squad has never been a team to provide only for its own members, and discussions which could include conflicts of interest are handled appropriately to nullify that conflict if you need specific details as to how: "any discussion where conflict of interest arises, either don't give your piece and allow others to discuss." Additionally, as MS lead, I don't have any conflict of interest and will often refer to other upper-level staff due to them having a similar nature of having zero ulterior interests, so, no. There is no conflict of interest when a market decision is needed.

I am also not going to place covenants on what volunteers are allowed to do in a community in which they're sparing their schedules and knowledge at essentially 0 gain. That is counterproductive and would lead to more harm than good being produced.

I am open to more transparency, that is a goal that I hope to achieve in my tenure as MS Lead, and, there is a reason as to why I am actively seeking feedback for potential additions to the current dueling rules, however, the majority of your concerns come from idk.

Nevertheless, have a good day and I hope I've at least rectified MS's position.