Quote from: mikeywith on December 25, 2018, 02:00:20 PM

looking at the amount of complaints from users on both Meta and Reputation boards, you get to see that many people are not happy with how the trust system or specially how DT members use it.

Yeah, mostly it's a bunch of blowhards who got tagged by some member of DT and you can't expect those members to be happy with the trust system--having said that, I've always said it was broken from the beginning and still do.

Funny how people whine hard about the trust system and what they see as unfair trust by DT members who likely are doing their best to keep the forum clean, and yet they don't whine about the simple fact that Theymos allows scammers to use this forum however they like. It's not against the rules to scam someone here, in case anyone here hasn't noticed. If there wasn't a system whereby some trust feedbacks counted for more than others, how could anyone get a reliable warning about a scammer?

As broken as it is, I have yet to hear anyone come up with a better alternative to the trust system we're stuck with except to create your own. And just because incorrect feedbacks are sometimes wrongly given by DT members, that's no reason to scream that the DT system should be scrapped. There have been miscarriages of justice all throughout history, but if there wasn't a justice system there would only be anarchy.

This is all up to Theymos, however. He did mention that he's thinking about making some changes to the trust system, but I'm hoping what results from that doesn't resemble anything most of the whiners are suggesting.

Quote from: Lauda on December 25, 2018, 03:09:41 PM

As long as the amount of misuse is insignificant, it is acceptable.

And I'd also point out that if a DT member is thought to be abusing the trust system, he'll get removed from DT. That's happened numerous times (you got removed, but there was never a reason given that I saw). The DT list is not set in stone and I've already been removed once, then reinstated. Other DT members have been removed for scamming as well. I don't know if there are any members right now who are using their DT status for their own gain, despite accusations being made. Mistakes? Sure? But everyone makes mistakes and mistakes don't mean a bad feedback is abuse.