Quote from: KingsDen on June 27, 2022, 11:17:54 PM

I raised this topic after a post by 1miau, so that the community can discuss some issues bothering me.

No need to have any fear, speaking from what I've seen, DT is very friendly and when you known the DT rules and community standards, everything is ok.

LoyceV's guide is a very good start and I'm sure, you've read and understood it.
There's also an useful thread from xtraelv: Discussion about acceptable and unacceptable behavior. Community values. DT
In fact, DT is only acting if there's coordinated abuse ongoing.
We had a case some years ago, when some accounts from thee turkish section tried to manipulate their way into DT with friends or even alts. The accounts didn't deserve a positive trust and it was very clear that the accounts were trying to cheat their way into DT.

I've lost track about all the thready but here are some:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5247155.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5219960

The main discussion happened in the dedicated trust topic: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5095156.0 (I don't know which page exactly, maybe someone knows about it)

There have been very long discussions about it. The abuse was very clear and some accounts were red tagged. Receiving a red tag is only for serious offenses. And the case some years ago was very serious.
Today, the tools like from LoyceV are very advanced to detect trust abuse very early to avoid escalations.
Often it's enough when the abusers are distrusted (added ~ to the trust list), meaning they are getting excluded.
They might get a netrual tag to for pointing it out to potential trading partners.

But no need to worry here for you because DT is giving people a chance to improve. Or at least Iam doing this.
Keep in ming that the issue some years ago was a very clear offense, where many accounts were involved ans some more shady stuff.

So, you are safe.

Quote from: KingsDen on June 27, 2022, 11:17:54 PM

My understanding of the trust system is that it is not moderated, just as scam is not moderated and also the merit system. But the abuse of any of the above is not encouraged.

Exactly, DT is a decentralized reputation system created in the first half of the previous decade and maintained by the Bitcointalk since it was established (with some changes in 2019).

Quote from: KingsDen on June 27, 2022, 11:17:54 PM

Is a user trusted based on how long he has been in the forum?: I believe the answer is No. You can be 5yrs+ here and not trusted while a user like EZ0010 with only 5 activities would be trusted much.

Trust is mainly based on trades to evaluate whether the account in question can be trusted or not.
An account that has done 100 trades with 1 BTC is more trustworthy than a shitposter with 0 trades.

That's how trust was developed. Some years ago, there was a part where the feedback included a "risked amount" of BTC, to show how much BTC was involved.
More BTC = more trust worthy.

But that "risked amount" was removed in 2019.
I found it very useful but since BTC increased so much in price, it was removed...

Quote from: KingsDen on June 27, 2022, 11:17:54 PM

My fear about the trust system which is in accordance with 1miau: If a group of scammers upto 50 persons are working together and one among the 50 gets a positive trust. He can in turn trust the remaining 49 scam users and they inturn trust one another. Then, the trust system would be compromised.

Exactly, trust is to prevent scams and offer a decentralized reputation system to recognize trusted (having many succesful trades) accounts. [/list]