I trust most of Lauda's feedbacks. The one I countered, I didn't agree with and I rarely give a counter positive. I just did not think it was appropriate to neg a member because of a difference either in perspective of the facts or opinions. I'm pretty sure Lauda has a strong spine and can take a lot of BS that's thrown his/her way, so it was surprising when I saw that neg.
I don't want any more part of this drama than what I've already inserted myself into. And just because I countered a single feedback by Lauda doesn't mean I no longer trust Lauda as a scam buster and a member who generally stands up for forum issues. Since most of Lauda's feedbacks are spot on IMO, I'm keeping Lauda on my trust list. We tend to think alike on some of the negs we've left.
Sorry that certain individuals always cause collateral damage like this to others because of me. The day that I realized that people shuffle each other on trust lists because of singular cases of ratings[1] with which they don't agree with or are out of line is the day I stopped participating as much. Now you have to be very careful what you say (especially what you do) out of fear of others undoing a lot of work, quite a change of pace!
[1] Not talking about myself[2] before these people get a hard on; I've stopped participating that much a long time ago.
[2] I am controversy royalty.