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.
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.
- 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.