I like how you pointed out the negative aspects like trolling and scams but also the positive like trusting bitcoin as system, having fun and amount of information you can attain here.
Not sure how to feel about all the distrust you mention, but you made it clear in your experience it's a thing.
It's certainly an encouraging visuals topic!
Yeah, sorry for bringing all that negativity into my post--but after all these years, it's what I tend to see the most. And all of that relates to the forum and not to bitcoin itself.
Distrust/mistrust should come with the territory when you're talking about crypto, since you can't appeal to a 3rd party for a refund once you've sent your coins. And I don't know how frequently you've visited sections like Currency Exchange or Lending, but scammers are everywhere. That's been true since before I registered, and it's also true in a lot of places outside of bitcointalk. I've seen plenty of members get scammed because they thought a member with green trust could actually be trusted, no questions asked. Unfortunately since there's a market for bitcointalk accounts, you might not be dealing with who you
think you're dealing with. That goes along with what I said about things not always being what they appear to be.