There should be the opportunity for some civil dialogue in order to repair the already-strained relations.
I see no reason why the Russian forum must create their own DefaultTrust list to follow without having the security of the (literally thousands of) negative feedback targeting scammers.*
U got it in a wrong way. Look at the Personal Text I wear. It reads - sets up your own DT0. That's it. And in our local board we encourage ppl to do so. Nevertheless, the fact that our DT1 representative was ripped off for the simple reason that he is "random' is forcing us to rethink this approach and build the centralized Russian oriented DT0 that excludes DefaultTrust entry.
First of all, thank you for the insightful response. It's important to create discussion as some users may know things that others do not.
My main point is that DT in its current state tags a huge number of scammers that manifest in the English boards (some in the Local boards as well). The issue with excluding DT1 members is that not only do their feedback stop propagating but also the DT2 members under them.
You may say that this is not an issue because they have some ratings you disagree with but there is a better solution: one that can solve your problem without enabling scammers.
If there is feedback you disagree with, you can counter it with your own positive trust (for those that are in your local DefaultTrust system) and potentially undo the negative by vocalizing it in Reputation or elsewhere. There will be times that the DefaultTrust members are unwilling to negotiate but since you've countered the trust, to all people who align with
your DT0, they will see a positive rating.
Think of it this way: (arbitrary numbers)
Suppose Lauda has 1000 good ratings and 10 bad ratings.
If you exclude Lauda, you lose all of those 1000 good ratings.
If you counter the 10 bad ratings, you keep the good ratings and nullify the bad ratings.