Quote from: TryNinja on January 23, 2019, 02:42:00 AM

Quote from: sandy-is-fine on January 23, 2019, 02:30:01 AM

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Merit is the same for everyone. Trust isnt due to trust lists. Thats why one is shown and the othet isnt. If a user doesnt know how trust works (he is jus someone passing by the forum and doesnt have an account), he surely doesnt know what merit is. So, it doenst matter.

My point is seeing the word "MERIT" which is generally defined and understood by the vast majority of people as being "good" (see def below) when showing on a scammers name as shown above without the bad trust makes one think the person is worthy of TRUST (not forum trust but personal trust) when they are not. When not logged in a scammer can be made to look like they are good by seemingly been given "merit" by someone or some thing on the forum. My point was either both or none should be visible to anyone not logged in.

The definition of MERIT is:
The quality of being particularly good or worthy, especially so as to deserve praise or reward.
Deserve or be worthy of (something, especially reward, punishment, or attention).
synonyms: excellence, goodness, standard, quality, level, grade, high quality, caliber, worth, good, credit, eminence, worthiness, value, virtue, distinction, account, deservingness, meritoriousness,
deserve, earn, be deserving of, warrant, rate, justify, be worthy of, be worth, be entitled to, have a right to, have a claim to/on, be qualified for

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-ab&q=define+merit