I've always been (or at least tried to be) conservative in leaving (negative) feedback, so from my perspective, many others are indeed too "trigger happy" when it comes to tagging accounts.
I'll quote myself because I'm lazy this morning:
Since the increase in DT-members, I've already noticed an increase in red tags. I can imagine a new user easily feels threatened, and I can also imagine many users don't mean bad. I'm not talking about the obvious and less obvious scammers that deserve red trust (and continue scamming with the next account), I'm talking about the "gray" cases in between.
I'd hate to see the supply of real new users dry up because of this. When someone isn't a clear scammer, don't they deserve the benefit of the doubt?
I'd like to add to this topic: before leaving feedback, ask yourself if your feedback makes the forum better, and (if applicable) is it worth destroying someone's reputation?
I just wanna point out few things from
LoyceV's Beginners guide to correct use of the Trust system that i think people should keep in mind more often. In general I think that more people should read this guide , even more times if it is needed.
- If you really hate someone and he's a terrible troll, that does not deserve negative feedback.
Be the bigger man!With great power comes great responsibility (
source unknown). Especially when you're on DefaultTrust (or if you want to be on DefaultTrust in the future), you shouldn't (ab)use that power by leaving (negative) feedback when someone does something you don't like. Your Sent feedback is what others use to judge your judgement.
If someone on the internet is mean to you:
boo fucking hoo! Use the Ignore button, and forget about them.
Thanks, I wanted to post the same thing
