Either the trust system ratings are primarily for trade or they aren't.
I mean, right from day one, the trust system was about more than just trading:
- It's OK to post a rating about the person in general, not tied to a specific trade.
Without trade there is no risk. Without risk there is no trust.
This just isn't true. This might be your opinion of trust, but it certainly isn't true for everyone. There are plenty of trolls/crazies/scammers/etc on this forum I wouldn't trust as far as I could throw them, and I don't need a failed trade to take place to know that. Similarly, there are a handful of users who I would trust enough to make a trade without escrow, despite not having positive feedbacks for trading. Trust is based on behavior, integrity, character, principles, etc, as well as a good trading history. If you only want to pay attention to feedback left for trades then that's your prerogative, but many other users find feedback left for other reasons useful, as is evidenced by the current list of DT1 members who were voted in by the community based on the perceived usefulness of their feedback.