Some thoughts because it's late in here...
"Misuse of trust"
This forum is a shitshow. There are so many scammers/shitposters/people who only care about money that it would be a wild west without the DT users tagging those who can't be trusted. Do we see abuse? Of course. But most of the times the tag is justified.
"Automatic hate towards newcomers"
I'm sorry if 95% of the newcomers are just spammers (and I say this because I'm on this forum every day and I can confirm that's true). There are so many spammers every day splitting nonsense for the sake of ranking up and getting money. It's really annoying. But when a golden user appears somewhere (someone who actually wants to discuss/be part of the forum), no one is going to attack or hate him. Fact. I help many newbies here every day and if they are not shitposters, I respect them and actually make some time for them. I've had long conversations with other users through PM, helping them with their doubts or problems. The rank is not the problem. The problem is their intension in this forum.
About the "Lack of updates and new integration" section, there is a new forum software being developed (it actually already finished) and we are on the bug testing phase. There are no constant updates here simply because it's pointless. The forum will move anyways, so why change anything now?
https://github.com/epochtalk/epochtalkNew forum software
So, what even changed from this:
Honestly, I'm starting to think these "experiments" on shitposters are just shitposts themselves. You aren't helping the problem lmao, they won't stop shitposting so that makes your post pointless. I've seen at least 50 of these posts today about things like yobit and people posting crap, just stop.
to you making this thread? What is your idea to "help the problem"? Looks like you are just pointing out the obvious (which we already know and many users already stated multiple times). Basically, nothing new to see here.