Preface: By posting this, I 100% expect abusive negative trust, which further proves my point.

I *never* get involved with forum politics, but I have seen too much! I think that something must be done immediately regarding the abusive negative trust and over-policing of this forum. At this point, it has gone to the point where forum activity and growth is slowing down because members like me are starting to leave/become inactive due to how badly managed the trust system is. Let's take a look at some recent trust ratings. Take a look at a screenshot of trust Lauda has left Quickseller: https://gyazo.com/d69255a43ec4475ea391a6485dafb7f7

If you deal with this user you will get burned, and I will tag you as well.

What? Is Lauda staff to be doing something like that? Deal with Quickseller, and you get a red tag? This is too much, by not doing something, we are allowing this kind of abuse. I have had enough. Fix the situation, or suffer the consequences of declining growth, a toxic atmosphere, and abusive elite-rank members who ultimately we don't even need tagging most of the accounts anyways.

Please discuss.