Oh look, here we are months later an all the same bad actors in control of the trust system again, only more of them. Much better.
The Administration isn't blind, but they are busy. I assume at some point they will step in if things continue to go this way. Personally, I'm hoping that once DT fills up, the older more knowledgeable members of the forum will be given precedence in the system by their userID. It's really blatantly obvious that the new users are working hard to gain control by teaming up to damage the reputation of anyone they feel stands in their way. When I look at my trust settings list, nearly all the older members are included, while nearly all the newer members are excluded. This goes way beyond coincidence.
I suspect that there are at least one or two accounts that have been farmed and are being used by one or more of controversial players in DT that is currently in DT.
I find it difficult to believe that certain fairly new people have become so well known in a short time to have enough trust inclusions to be in DT1.
Personally, I'm hoping that once DT fills up, the older more knowledgeable members of the forum will be given precedence in the system by their userID
If the list gets too big and the limitation is automatic then it would make much more sense to increase the minimum required amount of total inclusions a member must have: +2 or +3 instead of the current zero for example.
Or it could be manual with explicit white- and blacklists.
I dont think the root cause of issues is the number of people, but rather that the current system is vulnerable to manipulation.