This came across my mind just after seeing another member given red trust complain on the forum. It's obvious that red trust is ugly, and basically f*cks up your forum profile and reduces your trust to dust. But, do people who got red trust actually deserve it? I feel as if red trust is given out too easily. I see no point in marking a newbie asking for a loan, a scammer. It's too easy to assume they will run-off. Funny, because people refer to bitcointalk as a great place to get a loan, so why not make an account and ask for a loan if you actually need one?
The point is, how many people who have red trust would scam you if they could. I see red trust for any reason nowadays, whether it's selling illegal items, a potential alt, or even for selling disagreeable items like Microsoft keys. It makes me wonder, what % of red trust users are scammers? My guess: 70%. What's your guess?
Most of them probably are not. Lots of people leave negative feedback for things like requesting a no collateral loan, or running a ponzi website.
And newbies asking for loans do not know it is wrong by forum rules, they are not given a chance.
It would be best when someone signs up for an account to read some rules ( threads) ,stipulating certain conditions loans etc) what they must do/or do not concerning the forum.
Agree to the said rules under a written warning, ticks agree then continues on.
In my opinion.
