So you're telling me that trust built in long-lasting relationships matters less than the trust earned by trading with other users? That's great! I guess I'll go farm the so-called "trust" by doing small transactions with other users until I collect just enough to do some nasty scam, only to remind y'all that Goodhart's law exists.

The way it works on this forum could be far better if we had some kind of "invite" system that wouldn't prohibit newbies from posting but would require oldfags of the forum to vouch for them to ensure that the newbies would act in good faith. That would be far less time-consuming for newbies and far more similar to how trust in the real world works.