Ok so how's about neutral feedback for trolling or "low quality posts"?
Tell me this, is + trust given for well-thought out economy posts or helpful free tools posted? No. You can have extremely high quality posts yet not get + trust. So it makes zero sense to give out - trust when not meeting the trust-givers standards.
Is that so?
Whether or not you like to admit it, but the trust system has no rules. The question is usually whether or not someone will consider your ratings as trusted or not. Ratings like (I will quote my own trust page here)
THIS DUDE HAD SEX WITH MY SISTER AND DIDNT EVEN CALL HER AFTER THE FIRST DATE. DISRESPECTFUL, ARROGANT AND AN OBVIOUS FUTURE SCAMMER. DO NOT TRADE WITH!
are perfectly fine and there are no actions taken against them as long as the person is not considered trusted (e.g. by being part of the default trust network). If the person is considered trusted you can talk to person that considers them trust worthy. E.g. if someone from DT2 put the rating you can talk to the person on DT1 that has them in their list. If they think a rating like:
Made an excellent tutorial on creating and verifying bitcoin signatures.
is fine, there is nothing you can do about it besides trying to escalate the issue further (two from DT 1 can effectivly remove someone else from DT 1).
As such there is no "abuse" as there are not allowed and disallowed uses. The only exception maybe is spam.
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That is not the intent behind the trust system.
What the trust system
should be used for is based on those that are considered trusted within the system. Mainly those on level 1 as they select those on level 2 and those are considered trusted by the majority of users (as they dont change their list). Any list anyone here can come up with, will most likely be only a rough estimate or overview based on the past.