I agree that viewing trust when not logged in could be beneficial. I see the other side of the coin also. Users should be discouraged from using multiple accounts any way possible in my opinion. This means annoying captchas and losing benefits when not logged in.
Viewing bitcointalk.org trust is a privilege, not a right (currently). If people want the privilege of viewing trust, all they have to do is sign up for a free account. Seems reasonable.
I agree but the thing is new users who end up here from for ex. Google searches don't know that is the case so maybe a banner that
ONLY SHOWS to unregistered forum viewers that says something like:
"SIGN UP FOR A FREE ACCOUNT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SEE USERS TRUST RATINGS. BE SAFE AND DON'T SEND ANYONE BTC WITHOUT THIS FREE BENEFIT"That would avoid having to show the trust ratings plus maybe get more registered users.