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It's easy to complain.
It's a lot more difficult to come up with something better.
Many better alternatives have been proposed and rejected. Like getting rid of "default trust," for starters.
Is that the sort of thing you're looking for?
Default trust serves its purpose for helping new members avoid scams. It may not be perfect but it's the best we have.
Any data to back that up, or just a guess?
I always thought Bitcoiners weren't into nanny-state protecting us from ourselves? You realize that's exactly what the default trust is, right? A guy at the top deciding what's good for everyone, those who know what's good for them agree and become the next tier down, the rest, if they know what's good for them, suck up to the second tier and get their green treets.
If they suck good enough and long enough, one day they too may get on tier 2 default trust.
I, personally, no longer give a fuck about this place. It's hit the scumbaggery critical mass a while ago, it's no longer about bitcoin. It's about making money off bitcoin, about *selling* warez & hacked accounts, about loansharking and getting pickpocketed in the lending section, about running second-rate scams in the "securities" section, about buying and selling accounts, about posting shit just to get paid from a sig ad, about running ponzis and about fucking moron marks who "play" them.
Thanks for protecting n00bs tho.
Holy shit, I'm not sure I could have paraphrased that any better. You are exactly right... I had not even gotten that far in my thinking with regards to how things are run around here, but now that you point it out it really is a travesty and a joke. DefaultTrust is there to "protect all the newbs!" but those in the DefaultTrust and otherwise let all sorts of other amoral shit go on in the name of freedom and libertarian idealism bullshit.
Now that you've clarified it, I'd go so far as to say anyone who thinks DefaultTrust is a good idea is a hypocritical twat. Do something about all the scams and hinky shit going on nearly everywhere on the forum before you bitch about how DefaultTrust is helping newbs and it is a good thing.
I gotta hand it to you dogie, you have perfectly visualised what a "Good-old-boy" network looks like. It's near perfect visualization of Congress, lobbyists and politicians in a microcosm. Bravo! Satoshi must be turning over in his grave right about now.