What I am saying though is if somebody is unwilling to explain why they distrust you and you have had nothing but positive interactions with that person, then there is no way you're going to trust the judgement of that individual.
You're taking this way too personally. Someone might think that you just need more time or something. Just imagine this from the logistics perspective - are you going to troll the whole list every day to check if someone excluded you without explanation so that you could counter-exclude them?
Correct, but without one I am only able to conclude that they have done so without reason. This would lead me to distrust their ratings; how many other exclusions, inclusions or even ratings are without reason?
Absence of explanation is not absence of reason. Perhaps they didn't want to contact you to avoid this exact drama. I've never been contacted by anyone who excluded me nor would I typically contact my exclusions and I don't have any expectations in that regard. I don't think there is a general expectation in the community either.
You're free to do what you want with your list but what you're describing sounds like some cringy and unnecessary quid pro quo.
Sorry for reposting, somehow I managed to delete my post.