Oh really? Please explain the primary method of earning a positive reputation here other than trade. I am very interested to see this verbal semantic dance.
Not sure how to put this to you so that you wouldn't make it into a conspiracy theory, but I'm not really that interested in wasting my time explaining things that you make up. Particularly since I don't think that trade or the whatever-the-fuck-you-mean-by-profile is anywhere near the top of the list of what this forum is for. So knock yourself out.
That is a rather convenient out from your self contradicting arguments. Funny how that works (no conspiracy necessary).
EDIT: Bitcoin us designed as a method of exchange and trade, but trade is no where near the top of the list of what the forum is for? Sorry but your personal values don't translate globally. Saying trade isn't important on a Bitcoin forum is like saying food isn't important on a cooking forum. This is an additionally asinine comment considering the trust system is designed to help protect people during trading, not to rank up in like BitCop Simulator 2.0.