DT has very little to do with one's personal trustworthiness. Though, I'd imagine not being a scammer would probably be a good aspect to have if you are going to get picked to join. The point of being on DT is having the ability to leave others accurate feedback. In addition, you should add other people who you believe are also qualified to do so to your DT list to increase the spread. If you are on DT 1 you are responsible for every single piece of feedback given by people on your list. The same is true about being on DT 2 and the people you add to DT 3. Its really not all its cracked up to be.

I excluded you from my trust list before I even knew about the self bidding thing, not because I thought if I did a trade with you I'd get scammed, but because you are way too fixated on retaliation. You want vigilante justice in the form of the ability to silence those who'd disagree with you, and that is completely and unimaginably wrong. I've actually considered whether or not this is all some elaborate joke, because I can't comprehend how someone could convince them self that they are making sense. I can completely understand being swept up in a moment, making a mistake, and being a bit too stubborn to admit it. But it really seems like you've convinced yourself that your plan for DT is for the best, and its not just delusions. The system isn't screwing you over, you are either just somehow failing to understand that its not just 500 unrelated people picking on you for no good reason, or this is a joke of some kind.

I have no personal grudges against you, I'm sure you are a functioning human being that doesn't go around kicking puppies or burning down orphanages, but really, for your own mental health, take a break from the campaign to right wrongs, and just chill. Who cares if Vod and I think you deserve negative feedback, ignore us and carry on. If anyone cares too much about our feedback, use escrow. I just said in my feedback that I wouldn't participate in an auction you run, I didn't say that you are a Bond villain looking to steal the crown jewels.

It would be very comedic if you both ended up there.

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If I cared, I’d ask to be on dt1 but the thing is... I don’t.

I’ve witnessed (at least with senior members) my reputation and my trust are completely different and I seem more “reputable” than I am “trusted” on the current system and I’m quite happy with that. Sure id like a bigger number but I’d like bigger of almost everything on my forum account, I’m waiting for more paid memberships for me to waste my bitcoin on .

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I thought reserve prices were the self bids you were allowed, anything beyond that and you’re saying ‘I’ll accept this value and take it as it is’. I’m not sure I’m entirely against the self bid principle but the premis just confuses me.

The minute that the normal members can put someone to the list of DT members is the minute we will see more and more scams happening in the community, so I don't believe when you are saying you want to create your own  "elite, highly trusted people" list as if you really trust them you don't need them to become your DT list in the first place as you yourself personally trust them. Having them become part of the DT while you personally trust them basically seems to be useless for other people as one approval of one person isn't really enough to make them be trustworthy to the rest of the community.