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Re: Requesting theymos to remove Mabsark from DefaultTrust
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BadBear
on 13/12/2014, 06:22:10 UTC
...This is why a distributed solution to this is the only solution. Will it ever be exploited? Yes probably, but so is the current system. At least a distributed system has the ability to react and shift reputation to individuals who deserve it and remove it from those who don't THEMSELVES...

That sounds great, but reality doesn't always meet expectations. I hope I'm wrong, I really do. Nothing is stopping you from doing it now, nobody is forced to use default trust. Really the only people who should be using default trust are those who choose to, and new people with no idea who to trust. I don't even use just default trust, I chose to add it along with others to my trust list because I find it to be fairly accurate.  I've said it before, but default trust is a good starting point, and that's all it is, and that's all it was intended to be. (example https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=263067.msg2812517#msg2812517) People seem to be using it as the end all be all for everything, and that isn't what it's for.

I'm not a huge fan of default trust either, never have been (and really I could care less if I'm on it, last I checked I was pretty high up on the list of people in custom trust lists, and that's not counting people who didn't add me because I'm already in their list via default, so I'm highly trusted enough without it where I can do good within the community, and that's what's important), but I do recognize why it's needed. You don't see the need because you have been here a long time and know people, but there are a lot of people who haven't been here very long, and don't know anyone. Those are the ones who need the help.

I'm not going to derail this thread anymore with talk about defaulttrust though, this thread isn't about that.