There was a time when Trust on this here board was a rating established by counterparties who had engaged in deals with the subject, indicating whether or not said deals were satisfactorily concluded. In this manner, Trust was a relative indicator if engaging in a future deal with said subject would likely result in being defrauded.
These days, it seems the Trust system ain't nothing but a popularity contest. Absolutely useless for its stated purpose. The sooner theymos decides to abolish it, the better.
In the meantime, knock yourself out chasing that elusive meaningless glitter.
exactly
flensgold is the only person I ever put the trust flag on, he sourced and shipped me a number of euro spec thermostats to fit HVD.be waffle irons (long story). This was way back in the day, I think it was 6 BTC for the parts. I could not find an EU supplier that would accept a US credit card and my bank laughed at me when I wanted a wire transfer in the low 3 digits.
Point is, the guy could have given me the finger and walked with 6 BTC, instead he repackaged and shipped my parts.
Trust,
that is what it is for.