For some instinctive reason I decided to check my entry on BPIP, and I was disappointed to see that I had dropped from DT1 to DT2, and I'm not sure what caused this. I know that TMAN was, deservedly in my opinion, a DT1, and he put me in his list, but as he has left the forum, I guess his opinion no longer counts. I've been pretty active and controversial in the covid threads, and I am saddened by the fact that most people don't seem to bother with the observable facts, and just accept the pharmaceutical narrative, and I wonder if this has affected my trust ranking in some way. I have also been having difficulty in awarding merits, and I don't want to compromise my ( possibly unpopular ) standards by just awarding them to empty my merit chest.

I believe that trust should be related to trading and honesty, but it is difficult to trade in this forum. My only relevant trading is the buying and selling of domain names, and there is not a usable board here, despite the interest of many members in web site construction. My other interest is the purchase of small quantities of Bitcoin for Sterling, and apart from JackG, I have not managed to find any such trades. I have advertised in my signature, and on a couple of the boards here, but with no success.

So my question is - how can members improve their trust ratings if there are no business trading opportunities in the forum?