that is the intended behavior of the new system!
That's kinda why I answered this to TMAN

All good and well in a closed community - but as soon as they venture outside of the local sections then it is a free for all, especially when as in the case of the Russian section they are excluding the most prolific trust senders on the forum. I would love to back some of the local sections that are not represented on DT-2 and have started a thread for it in Rep
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5098962.0 - I totally understand how own trust lists are so important, but its the newbies who will get taken advantage of if its not handled correctly.