I don't think this is ever going to happen. The entire basis of the DefaultTrust system is that each depth is chosen by a higher depth. As theymos wrote: it's a "special exception" that was introduced instead of having theymos hand-pick all DT1-members, and I don't think this should be introduced on all DT-depths.
Do you have a particular user in mind for this suggestion? And if so, have you checked how your suggestion would influence the DT-status for that user? If it's Lauda (I'm assuming this based on your recent negative feedback and Flag), you may be interested in reading
this and
this.
re: what o_e_l_e_o said: I like that idea but that would massively shrink the size of DT2. I guess that's not necessarily a bad thing?
Loyce crunched some numbers on that a few months ago. At the time, it would have shrunk the list of DT2
from 229 to 63.Actually, it would have gone from 378 to 149, based on the link you posted. It's still a significant reduction and would mean more concensus and less individual power.
I've made suggestions before, to improve DT:
I've posted a few suggestions before, it won't fix everything, but I think it would make DT better if:
1. Each DT2-member needs at least 2 inclusions from DT1 (this would cut the number of DT2-members in half and make "Selfscratching" impossible without collusion)
2. Each DT2-member must have been active and posting in the past 6 months (this gets rid of abandoned accounts on DT2)
3. Getting banned should instantly remove a user from DT1/2, and their DT1-voting-power should be removed.