Quote from: Quickseller on April 11, 2019, 03:02:40 AM

Quote from: suchmoon on April 11, 2019, 02:47:35 AM

Quote from: Quickseller on April 11, 2019, 02:30:16 AM

The above practice is analogous to the government refusing to impose modest regulations on the actions of an oligopoly, which results in the oligopoly imposing many restrictions on what citizens can and cannot do, and acting unfairly in the process. It is nearly impossible to rid the oligopoly of its power, due in large part to high barriers to entry. While on the other hand, if the government were to impose modest regulations unfairly, voters could vote the government out of power.

It's not like that at all. What you're proposing would put all decisions into the hands of one individual - theymos, and that doesn't seem to be something he wants. Nor is he elected in any way so if the community doesn't like his decisions - SOL. On the other hand, the current system is based on voting and the community has a lot of influence on how DT is formed.

Perhaps you'd have more success if you actually exposed the "massive regulation by a select few who are accountable to no one" using facts and not some cockamamie theories. Simple math shows that this mythical group would need more than "few" of the ~80 DT1 members to have any sort of control.

I would refer you to this thread. There are many people who agree lauda should not be on DT (if you don't believe me, look at the below list of the 1st 75 people who have excluded lauda), and the person behind the thread did not come anywhere close to achieving its stated goal despite stacking the deck in its favor by using 5 alts to boost its goal.

Despite being involved in an extortion scheme, and multiple other controversies, he has successfully excluded everyone that has left him negative trust. The same is true for others with high trust scores who selectively scam people.

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~Lauda is Distrusted by:
1. HostFat (Trust: neutral) (~~DT1~~ (-7) 82 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
2. mich (Trust: -4: -2 / +0) (11 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
3. TECSHARE (Trust: 268: -0 / +28) (~~DT1~~ (-3) 236 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
4. emersonlogan62 (Trust: -2: -1 / +0) (0 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
5. JusticeForYou (Trust: -32: -5 / +0) (21 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
6. phantastisch (Trust: 118: -0 / +12) (DT1! (4) 237 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
7. OgNasty (Trust: 19: -4 / +55) (~~DT1~~ (-1) 640 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
8. Tomatocage (Trust: 200: -0 / +20) (177 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
9. Varyg (Trust: neutral) (0 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
10. doothewop (Trust: neutral) (0 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
11. DannyHamilton (Trust: 150: -0 / +15) (391 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
12. louisBSAS (Trust: 10: -0 / +1) (1 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
13. whistle11 (Trust: -4: -2 / +0) (0 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
14. BG4 (Trust: 160: -0 / +16) (11 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
15. cryptohunter (Trust: -7: -3 / +1) (130 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
16. Ikinoki (Trust: neutral) (0 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
17. defcon23 (Trust: -240: -8 / +16) (0 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
18. nomad13666 (Trust: -4: -2 / +0) (0 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
19. monocolor (Trust: neutral) (110 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
20. dreamhouse (Trust: neutral) (165 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
21. fisheater (Trust: neutral) (101 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
22. KyrosKrane (Trust: neutral) (0 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
23. Timelord2067 (Trust: : -2 / +6) (159 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
24. jeremypwr (Trust: -1: -3 / +7) (155 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
25. dukeneptun (Trust: neutral) (0 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
26. dfox101 (Trust: neutral) (0 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
27. exstasie (Trust: neutral) (112 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
28. MoreBloodWine (Trust: -8: -3 / +0) (0 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
29. bitcoinicon (Trust: -4: -2 / +0) (0 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
30. LiQio (Trust: neutral) (2 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
31. ItaCraft (Trust: neutral) (0 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
32. vikingchild (Trust: -4: -2 / +0) (0 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
33. pandacoin (Trust: -2: -1 / +0) (0 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
34. shorena (Trust: : -1 / +13) (288 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
35. henriquelb (Trust: -4: -2 / +0) (0 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
36. Grrizz (Trust: neutral) (0 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
37. jamesclark (Trust: neutral) (0 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
38. strasboug (Trust: neutral) (0 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
39. Tupsu (Trust: 60: -0 / +6) (3 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
40. TheCoinFinder (Trust: -16: -4 / +0) (1 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
41. Rmcdermott927 (Trust: 209: -0 / +22) (DT1! (1) 31 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
42. ACAB (Trust: neutral) (0 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
43. Hatcher (Trust: neutral) (11 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
44. mattermaster (Trust: -32: -5 / +0) (0 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
45. teeGUMES (Trust: 80: -0 / +9) (228 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
46. NoxX (Trust: -4: -2 / +0) (2 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
47. Sniper76 (Trust: -4: -2 / +0) (0 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
48. Muhammed Zakir (Trust: 60: -0 / +6) (4 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
49. crypto-rainbow (Trust: -32: -5 / +0) (0 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
50. windows88 (Trust: neutral) (0 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
51. boost523 (Trust: neutral) (0 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
52. ABitNut (Trust: neutral) (0 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
53. z0n0 (Trust: -2: -1 / +0) (6 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
54. ingiltere (Trust: neutral) (19 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
55. bamb (Trust: -4: -2 / +0) (1 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
56. Nalien (Trust: neutral) (0 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
57. BTCfarm (Trust: neutral) (0 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
58. Thule (Trust: -4096: -12 / +0) (24 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
59. amingo51 (Trust: neutral) (0 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
60. Quickseller (Trust: -8178: -13 / +14) (418 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
61. zazarb (Trust: : -1 / +23) (~~DT1~~ (-3) 482 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
62. Undermood (Trust: -4: -2 / +0) (0 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
63. kusumadewi (Trust: neutral) (17 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
64. nasituygun (Trust: -2: -1 / +0) (6 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
65. jerowacik (Trust: -2: -1 / +0) (0 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
66. Last of the V8s (Trust: 5: -0 / +2) (1514 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
67. WhiteManWhite (Trust: neutral) (DT1! (0) 58 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
68. Zeroxal (Trust: 200: -0 / +20) (6 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
69. vlom (Trust: neutral) (80 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
70. SPQRCoin (Trust: neutral) (27 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
71. termo$ (Trust: neutral) (0 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
72. my luck (Trust: neutral) (10 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
73. FutureBitcoin (Trust: neutral) (3 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
74. salamyman (Trust: neutral) (2 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
75. kzv (Trust: neutral) (172 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
76. TheFuzzStone (Trust: 13: -0 / +2) (DT1! (0) 289 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)

Notice how almost everyone who excludes Lauda is also excluded from the default trust list? I am sure this is just a coincidence...