With the new changes to DefaultTrust I would like to outline what is accepted and what is not within the community hopefully with all the new DefaultTrust members pitching in. Hopefully this provides a simple lookup for newbies that would prove beneficial. Most of this stuff is common sense and following basic moral codes but it might be a good idea to have it in writing to prevent any "ignorance claims". I would therefore like to create a list which will hopefully be expanded on by the community and we can create general guidelines to forum etiquette and what certain actions will land you but also to provide a more standardized approach to leaving feedback as a lot of people just use it wrongly and leave negative feedback for the wrong things such as spam which should be a moderation issue instead of a DefaultTrust issue.
1. Do not enroll multiple accounts to abuse campaigns.
Multiple accounts are allowed per the forum rules. But if you are using multiple accounts to abuse signature campaigns/bounty campaigns then you will get a negative trust rating sooner rather than later.
2. Do not use multiple accounts to send merit to each account.
This is called merit farming. Under no circumstances should you send merits to another account that you control. There are several members of the forum that are doing data analysis and have complete logs of all merit ever sent. If you are sending merit between alt accounts you will be found out.
3. Do not use multiple accounts to send trust to each account.
Trust farming. Exactly the same as number 2. but with trust instead. The exact same consequences will be met. Red trust.
4. Do not advertise scams e.g Ponzi schemes. (Do your own research)
When advertising any project whether it be a gambling site or altcoin do your own research and make sure that its a legit business and is following good ethnics. Unforeseen circumstances sometimes pop up but if you are found promoting a obvious scam attempt without doing any of your own research you may receive a negative feedback for supporting such a project.
5. Do not lend/trade with alternative accounts to farm trust or build a public reputation.
This ties in with trust farming but even if you are not sending trust between accounts and you are doing it in the public eye hoping that you can reference to that to build your reputation then this is a quick way of getting negative feedback once someone catches onto the idea.
6. Do not scam. E.g promising things you can't deliver
When offering a service/product and you have accept payment then you need to either deliver that product or offer a full refund. Not after getting exposed but as soon as the trade has fallen flat on its face. Bad customer service is not an excuse.
7. Do not lie
Lying is a bad trait to have anyway and white lies are told all over the forum. But if you are lying about sensitive issues such as owning a alt account and doing something shady with it. Just admit it and be as honest and transparent as possible if you want any sort of hope salvaging any sort of reputation.
8. Do not commit fraud
This includes; Selling carded credit cards, selling hacked accounts, selling hacked databases, selling bank details/personal data. What ever you are selling make sure that's legal in your country and that you have permission to sell sensitive data.
9. Don't buy or otherwise acquire (e.g. as collateral) Bitcointalk account(s). Don't sell or otherwise let others use your Bitcointalk account(s).
If you acquire an account you can be held responsible for any actions of the previous owner(s), and if you let others use an account you can be held responsible for their actions as well, including scams and bannable offenses. You're likely to get red trust for the purchase/sale as it is considered a deceptive practice similar to fake documents IRL.
Things that are not DefaultTrust matters:
1. Spam
2. Plagiarism
3. Ban Evading
All of these issues are down to the staff members to sort out. I don't think that DefaultTrust should get involved in this unless they are extreme cases and the staff don't seem to be doing anything about it.