Bad ratings happen sometimes. Look at the garbage ratings owcatz has left me (who you trust). I believe bidding on your own auctions is much more warranting a negative mark on your record. One thing is certain though, people who want on DT to gain more bargaining power over others are the exact type of users that DT needs to keep out of the trust network. I think that’s what you aren’t understanding. The timing on Vod’s rating is crap, but it’s not like others haven’t received bad ratings for less. I would agree that worse things have been swept under the rug as well. For instance, minerjones doxxing Canaryinthemine, or hosting an auction for TMAN and allowing him to manipulate it, or doing a non-transparent ICO escrow with Lauda and Blazed while moving funds to a single centralized party without any explanation leading to massive losses for investors. Is DT perfect? No. Is there abuse that gets swept under the rug because people don’t want to make waves? Sure. However, your case is far from the worst abuse, and adding in more members who want to make the problem worse by leveraging their positions to sweep more bad behavior under the rug is not a step in the right direction. That being said, I’m always on the lookout for users with good judgement to add to DT2.