In particular, in my view:
Just wanted to thank you for giving some guidance as far as feedback-giving goes. What I get from your input is that trust feedback really should be about
trust, but we've all got different standards on that. TECSHARE wants trust to be solely about documented trades and such, whereas I tend to not trust [people for issues not related to a specific trade]
IMO.....
You should be able to articulate why it is dangerous to trade with someone you are giving negative trust to. The word "dangerous" would mean this person will attempt to steal money/property they are not entitled to in an average sized trade OR this person has tried to do this in the past (successfully or otherwise).
So if you observe someone doing
x, and you leave a negative rating because they did "x", you should be able to explain why "x" means someone is likely to attempt to steal money/property in the future ("x" could be a scam attempt, in which case, it would be pretty self- explanatory).
Someone engaging in a long con might successfully complete some trades before trying to steal from others, so successful trades should not automatically mean negative trust is wrong. However many successful trades should work in a person's favor if they have not tried to scam in the past.