~ Since my data collection is being used to hand out negative feedback, I hope someone will transfer my concerns to the Russian topic too.
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I will translate your post into Ru local.
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Conclusion: trust abuse.
Even if they're all alt-accounts (we can't check the "family members" claims), I don't agree it's Trust abuse to add your own alt-accounts to your Trust list. To quote myself:Don't confuse your Trust list with feedback
Trust feedback: leave feedback to people you trust or don't trust. Or leave neutral comments.
Trust list: a list of people who's judgement on others you trust (username) or don't trust (~username).
The only "abuse" that happens by adding an alt-account to your Trust list, is influencing DT1 voting. If that's a concern, open a topic in Meta so theymos can exclude them from DT1-voting.Trust feedback: leave feedback to people you trust or don't trust. Or leave neutral comments.
Trust list: a list of people who's judgement on others you trust (username) or don't trust (~username).
Given the context of other actions of this farm, this is a rather serious abuse. Thanks for the link, I will post in that topic so that this farm is excluded from the vote.
Including your own alt-account(s) on your Trust list means nothing more than trusting the feedback left by those accounts. It's not the same as leaving yourself positive feedback, in which case I would agree it's Trust abuse.
In this case, however, I can't say it is abuse. It's quite useless to do though, because one account only left one neutral feedback, and the other account didn't leave any at all, but that's a mistake many users make when they create their own custom Trust list.
In this case, however, I can't say it is abuse. It's quite useless to do though, because one account only left one neutral feedback, and the other account didn't leave any at all, but that's a mistake many users make when they create their own custom Trust list.
Perhaps after theymos expels this farm from the vote, it would be wise to change the feedbacks of this "trick" to neutral, but not earlier. There are a lot of scammers in Ru local and we are just trying to protect ourselves from them (be.open DT1 this month)
To prove my point:
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I wouldn't call hilariousandco and DarkStar_ Trust abusers for adding their alt-account to their Trust list.
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I wouldn't call hilariousandco and DarkStar_ Trust abusers for adding their alt-account to their Trust list.
Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems to me that comparing the actions of obviously honest users with the actions of a fraudster and also out of context cannot lead us to reasonable conclusions.