For some people on the list, it appears there is an effort to coerce people into distrusting them.
I can see where there might possible be an effort to coerce someone to either remove or not include someone on the trust list. However, I think when someone takes the extra step to actually exclude someone from the trust lists, that person is pretty committed to the idea.
LoyceV, would you be able to calculate the sum of all trust scores of one's "excluders"? Or sum of merit scores? Perhaps do the same for "includers" and then calculate the difference. Or some sort of other metric in addition to the number of exclusions, which is heavily skewed by sockpuppets and bus-and-bicycle schemes.
I agree. At the moment many of us are distrusted by the same people who also seem to hate busses and bicycles. I honestly didn't mean to be as annoying as a captcha.