Quote from: bill gator on February 14, 2018, 06:32:17 PM

Quote from: Biomech on February 14, 2018, 02:43:14 PM

A new guy is LIKELY to put some weight to the trust system, and this makes my point valid.

Again, I would simply point out that BADecker is unaffected by this trust; if you could provide some or even one example of someone being unable to operate on the forum as they normally would if not for a trust rating about their opinion, then I would 100% be on your side. I just feel like this has no negative affects on BADecker's experience on the forum, nor is it stopping them from using the forum as they do.

Quote from: theymos on May 20, 2015, 07:21:38 PM

If anyone is abusing this by reposting negative trust unnecessarily or giving out negative trust too easily, then you should remove them from your trust network.

Quote from: theymos on May 21, 2013, 11:23:33 AM

- Do not rate people based on the quality of their posts.
- It's OK to post a rating about the person in general, not tied to a specific trade.

I don't think, and we may disagree, that Vod is giving out ratings too easily. I know you said that this is a systematic problem, but we can not target an abstract system, we must target individuals and individual acts one at a time.

According to theymos, it is ok to rate a person "in general", not tied to a trade at all. As long as you are not rating them on the quality of their posts. I would say this is different from rating them in the way Vod has.

I largely agree with you, and again, I chose this example because the men in question are known to me. Vod is generally not malicious. BADecker is generally a PITA. But Vod is in a position of trust within the forum, and should restrain his disgust when dealing with someone who has not ACTUALLY crossed any lines. In this particular example, you are probably right that no harm is done. I've seen little evidence that BADecker is doing anything here other than running his mouth, so it doesn't greatly affect him. But what if he WERE doing business? And what if you were a new guy, seeing red trust? I, after being here for many years, am quite aware of how to remove someone from default trust FOR ME. There is no way to do it IN GENERAL, other than action by the mods, therefore it behooves those on the default trust list to behave.