Exactly, trust is to prevent scams and offer a decentralized reputation system to recognize trusted (having many successful trades) accounts.
ok, that might be a good signal but has not "having many successful trades" also proved in part to be unreliable and prone to manipulation?
A few dollars trades, or taking short and small loans just for the sake of gaining positive trust.
a closed system is almost being created, where some novices can gain trust very hard and slowly.