Obvious. but what of community reactions to the DT that sell it?
We can no longer count on DT members to be honest...
Did any DT member actually do it? The DT members who commented in that thread (LoyceV, Coolcryptovator, Jet Cash, ...) seem to share your opinion.
I wouldn't do it. I don't think it's appropriate for a DT member.
I don't know if there is a difference or not, but I feel like they are trying to buy "reputation" as opposed to trust. This is just because they way it is worded, in that it doesn't ask for feedback or that is has to be a positive post about the experience.
They're not asking for it, but I don't think it's a coincidence that of all possible ways to word it ("trusted users", "trusted gamblers", "expert degenerates", etc) they chose to solicit default trust members.