Quote from: Quickseller on May 08, 2019, 08:49:15 PM

Quote from: TECSHARE on May 08, 2019, 08:27:36 PM

Quote from: theymos on May 06, 2019, 08:00:25 PM

I pressured several people to remove inappropriate, unconstructive ratings amongst each other.

So are you finally admitting you moderate trust ratings instead of trying to pretend you don't while working privately behind closed doors to manipulate and pressure people using your authority here to achieve the outcome which serves you personally by making administration simpler for you rather than being fair and equitable? It is almost like you are ignoring the real causes of these problems and they have happened before... No matter, there is no need for objective standards, you are Theymos, you ARE the law. Go anarchy.

I dont think any kind of standards could be enforced if anarchy was implemented in the trust system. If anything, the current implementation of the trust system is very close to anarchy, with very few exceptions, and this is not going very well.

The anarchy comment was facetious. I don't think anarchy is viable for anything except small groups with high levels of trust. I was alluding to the fact that Theymos persists with these delusions of maintaining some kind of anarchist policies around here when he is literally doing the exact opposite. Anarchy means without rulers, not without rules, and the rules are completely arbitrary and arbitrarily enforced, and he is essentially a dictator so... pretending anarchy is anywhere in this is a joke. If anything I would categorize the form of government Theymos is fostering on the forum as some where between and Oligopoly and Democracy aka mob rule, and then a Dictatorship when he deems it convenient.

We need OBJECTIVE standards for negative rating users, such as proof of theft, violation of contractual agreement, or violation of applicable laws. The free for all itself is a security risk, as once some group or entity has control of a sufficient number of highly ranked accounts it can then use that leverage to force compliance with anything it chooses, including staying quiet about theft or other genuinely fraudulent activity. This is not just a bad system but a HUGE security hole.