Quote from: Lutpin on January 25, 2018, 03:20:42 AM

Quote from: PureLove on January 25, 2018, 03:11:12 AM

Quote from: Lutpin on January 25, 2018, 02:59:11 AM

Is the selling of trust a problem right now?

the trust maybe not necessary if people didn't want to trade.

Trust is unlimited, I can give out 100 positive trust ratings today, and not lose anything (maybe my credibility, people would stop caring about my ratings, if I just spam them, but you get the idea).

sMerit is limited. I have a responsibility with it. I can use my sMerit to reward good posts, incentive good behaviour with that (publicly shown) reward and help make this forum a better place by increasing the post quality.
Or I can sell it (likely be banned for doing so), incentive spam and contribute to the already very evident problematic of shitposting.

I cant do both, as I have limited ressources. I have to decide, and if I care about this place, this is an easy decision.

Yes, selling trust is also a problem. However, it affects a smaller sub-set of users who use this forum to trade.

Selling sMerit could potentially be a bigger problem, because a lot of members use forum activity ranks for airdrops, bounties, etc.