⭐ Merited by Foxpup (4)
Because the rate of new users getting scammed would be ridiculous otherwise.
Why? Explain please. I think that this is a baseless statement. 
If I were fooled by a scammer, only I would be responsible and I think it's right.
Let's toss everyone into chaos. After all if we can protect some users, why should we? It's their responsibility to protect themselves. That is nonsense that can't be applied to this.
Sorry, I will repeat myself, why? Could you explain how you see this? I can. I never trust someone by default. I know that there are many good people on this forum, but still, by default I don't trust anyone. I will check everything by myself. At least, I need to do my own research. But, by default -- never. 
Enough with this fallacious nonsense.Who are you going to trade with, some random that never did paypal-to-btc or someone who has 100+ such succesful changes? Oh right, don't trust verify the 0-trade-newbie offering reversible methods of payment. <- shows how absurd your attempt is.
I see your point, and the answer is -- the escrow. <- shows how absurd your attempt is.Yeah, "Who you can to trust if you do not trust anyone?", but still, if an escrow have a thread (not self-moderated) and there is a lot of feedbacks, so after checking these feedback and the account owners I will make my decision to work with that person or not.
* Lauda facepalms
So, why so many years I "trusted" you by default? ("You", in the context of DT1)
Here's a simple solution: Remove Defaulttrust from your trust settings and lock this thread. I'm not sure whether this is utopian-styled "we can educate everyone on the planet not to be naive", or dystopian-styled "throw everyone infront the bus, it's their responsibility" thinking. Whichever it is, it is wrong.Edit: Many typos.