Here are the 50 users with the most points using the algorithm I described. The top 30 are always the ones suggested, but their order is randomized.
theymos | 471.3498 |
Tomatocage | 192.7250 |
dooglus | 181.7917 |
BadBear | 180.2750 |
CanaryInTheMine | 153.0830 |
HostFat | 144.6331 |
gmaxwell | 133.5581 |
Akka | 109.1663 |
BCB | 104.3748 |
escrow.ms | 101.2499 |
phantastisch | 99.6915 |
ghibly79 | 65.8998 |
Michail1 | 65.2249 |
Maidak | 62.5085 |
Sampey | 61.8499 |
BigBitz | 58.6833 |
ziomik | 58.1333 |
malevolent | 52.4748 |
sublime5447 | 52.4665 |
Stemby | 51.0416 |
Dabs | 48.2251 |
Nightowlace | 47.6417 |
klintay | 46.5750 |
Raize | 44.0998 |
bitpop | 43.7249 |
fhh | 40.5083 |
zefir | 39.2083 |
squall1066 | 38.5001 |
philipma1957 | 38.4251 |
PsychoticBoy | 35.5750 |
KWH | 35.5581 |
terrapinflyer | 34.8666 |
binaryFate | 33.8332 |
Bicknellski | 33.5084 |
DebitMe | 30.1501 |
elasticband | 29.8501 |
TECSHARE | 29.3915 |
LouReed | 28.9249 |
2weiX | 28.6999 |
ManeBjorn | 27.5749 |
miaviator | 27.3333 |
androz | 26.2500 |
bobsag3 | 25.9415 |
nachius | 25.2916 |
CoinHoarder | 23.3749 |
mrbrt | 23.1249 |
EnJoyThis | 22.5167 |
WEB slicer | 20.3749 |
Rub3n | 20.0251 |
Ente | 18.9750 |
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A quick glance shows that I'm not one of the 50 most trusted members here? That's somewhat shocking to me. I also see that bobsag3 who openly scammed me and had his original username scammer tagged is on the list, adding positive trust for companies like Black Arrow who have stolen hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars from this community. Very disturbing because I thought the trust system we had in place was working out great and holding up well as evidenced by BFL_Josh's failed trust sabotage experiment. If you pay close attention to your trust network and use it appropriately, it is quite accurate in my opinion. I worry that this new method is already off to a bad start when I see known repeat scammers on the list who would give newbies a positive trust rating for companies like Black Arrow. Again, I just took a quick glance.
I think you raise a valid question: who benefits from the new approach? If shady characters and scammers can benefit from this, forget the system.
They are crying about the current system anyways and desperately trying to subvert it?