Quote from: MoparMiningLLC on June 21, 2021, 07:06:07 PM

yes and then even using the dt view - it can omit many negatives - the default trust view of my profile omits the negs left by one person.

Yes, I see and this is correct

Let me explain again, maybe this time is better. So the Trust score can only be influenced by feedbacks given by Default Trust members. If a DT member gives you a positive feedback, you will appear as +1 / =0 / -0. If you get a neutral feedback from a DT member, you will appear as having a score of +0 / =1 / -0. The same happens for negative feedbacks too. And this is the correct score you have. Now if anyone has a Custom Trust list, this score is shown differently, based on which users are included or excluded in that person's Trust list. But your real score is the one shown if you access your profile url with a ";dt" at the end.

The positive, neutral and negative feedbacks given by non-DT users do not affect your score. Your score may show them, however, to some users, but only if those users seeing your profile included or excluded those non-DT members which gave you a feedback.

In your case, you received 4 negative feedbacks from a troll - game-protect - which is not a DT user and, as a consequence, those feedbacks are not reflected on your Trust score. But the negative feedback given by Vod is shown, because Vod is a DT member. So this is why your score is shown as +26 / =0 / -1 and not as +26 / =0 / -5 - game-protect's feedbacks are not counted.

However, if there is user on the forum which has game-protect in his Trust list inclusions, then this person would see your Trust score as +26 / =0 / -5 -- so game-protect's feedbacks will be counted as negatives for the person having game-protect in his Trust list. But that score would be false, because game-protect is not a DT member. So to make sure this person sees your correct Trust score (meaning the one which included game-protect on his Trust list), then he should access your profile adding a ";dt" at the end.

This was a simple explanation, but also not complete. I just tried to make it as simple as possible. However, the score can be falsely shown also not just for those included / excluded, but also for the ones included or excluded by the ones you included or excluded. This is the "Trust depth". You can set it at your Trust Settings from your profile and the depth can go up to 4 levels. It's up to you what depth you choose. However, for example, if you set a depth 4, this would mean the trust scores you see at others are influenced by:

1) the ones you included / excluded in your Trust list
2) the ones included / excluded by the ones from 1)
3) the ones included / excluded by the ones from 2)
4) the ones included / excluded by the ones from 3)

This is why it's best to always look at a profile with a ";dt" added to the url, in order to see to real Trust score - the one set by the feedbacks received from DT users, and not by other non-DT users. Of course, it's good to read all feedbacks someone received, to have a more clear image, but if you want to see that user's real Trust score, you can only see it by using the ";dt" argument.