Quote from: mikeywith on January 18, 2024, 04:10:26 PM

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and nobody will offer a better solution that the majority can agree upon.

I don't think theymos takes our opinions too seriously Cheesy

. 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.

I've offered a better plan, it's just that "policing" this forum gives people with a god complex a hard-on and they've spent unimaginable amounts of time manipulating the trust network to get into power. They will not let a change go easily and since most of them utilized many alt accounts to get them where they are in the trust network, their opinion is overstated publicly here.

When theymos added flags, he added a negative to the network that wasn't countered with a positive. Meaning you have 2 ways to damage someone's reputation, but only one way (positive trust ratings) to support. The obvious solution is to remove negative trust ratings and let people be judged by how many people trust them, not how many trolls they've offended. Scammers can still be labeled with trust flags and new users won't be harassed by those seeking to tag everyone they can to prove some sort of value here, chasing away users in the process and making this place an overall negative place to build on ideas.

I'm not sure why the trust system has been left fundamentally flawed for so long, or why negativity is prioritized over positivity here, but it is the result of actions taken by the administration and is 100% fixable with a simple change to level the playing field. It has been proven that DT members are unable to act responsibly as evidenced from my own trust ratings (find me someone on this forum who has demonstrated more trustworthiness than myself, spoiler alert: you can't) and it's wild to me that negativity is still coveted more than positivity right down to the trust network here, especially when it's clear that mentally ill users have found their way into DT due to malicious support from spineless members. It trickles down, chases away talent, and darkens the atmosphere here by the day.

Quote from: Airdrop Imperial on January 18, 2024, 04:39:07 PM

OGNasty needs to be kicked out, too.

Oh no, airdrop guy doesn't like me. Shocked