But the fact that the Perl troll army is after me because I rate my own module

well, think about you're coming into a house where people are already sitting together, and somebody tells you that it would be nice if you take off your shoes inside. now you reply "Haha, now I'll walk an extra round through the mud and then come in with my dirty shoes.". would you be surprised if people don't want you come in then?

that's how you've been behaving (in my eyes).

where is the problem with removing your rating? if you don't wanna do that, then don't complain. you have been told (twice), you refuse to accept that convention and now you're complaining that you're haunted by a "troll army". could have foreseen that maybe.