Oh and I just recalled read a while ago that placing someone on Ignore holds weight with the trust list as well, but where that explanation is I'm not sure.
there was nothing like that. just
this fancy feature. not sure why it was disabled but theymos said it was expensive.
That was an useful, very useful feature. I missed it especially after the cages of the newbie jail were opened.
It permitted to save your time by skipping without worries some long useless posts before you read them entirely.
In the thread you linked, seems that the intention of theymos was to reinstate it at a later time:
Why was this removed? Or are you going to make me find the relevant post in this 12 page thread...?
Liam
The feature took up too much of the servers resources so it was disabled:
I have temporarily disabled this feature unless you are logged in. It is very expensive. I plan to make it less expensive soon, but this requires many changes.
I've had to totally disable this feature. I will fix it in a few days.
Back on topic.
I like your idea OP to add the DT level, but please
do not rely (only) on the colours differences.
It isn't a matter of a limited palette, but mostly the fact that there may be many issues with them, like misconfigured displays or daltonic people. Furthermore, you still have to remember which colour means what.