I was here before the new trust system was introduced, but true, not for too long. However, I witnessed the current trust system long enough to see how it isn't working as intended. There is a distinct difference between "working" and "working as intended," and I explicitly stated that I disagree with "working as intended."

Reading various comments and posts from Theymos, it's evident to me that he expected the majority of members to participate in the voting so that the default trust list would be a good representation of what the majority of members would agree on. Obviously, this isn't the case now because only a small minority of "active" members participate in the voting. What's even worse is that the vast majority of DT members prefer to walk in the shadows and not exercise their votes to exclude bad actors because they fear retaliation.


It depends on who is looking at it, to someone who had to delete a post they made in the P&S board to get a tag removed by a DT member -- it's certainly terrible (real story).


I don't think theymos takes our opinions too seriously . He does what he has to do even if the majority were to disagree. I think that at some point in the future, we could wake up to a new trust system. But until then, everybody's best weapon to fight abuse is to get involved in the trust system and, obviously, grow some balls.