Caveat: I'm not 100% sure if I understand the new system in its entirety so far.
Also, the system seems to still be undergoing change
So how are users chosen for DefaultTrust?In the past, our benevolent forum dictator theymos simply appointed the users in DefaultTrust by decree.
That was, to put it mildly, a constant source of criticism and bickering.
On January 10, 2019,
Skynet woke up a new system was set up, which is based in part on the merit system.
Simply put, users on DefaultTrust are "voted" for by the users of bitcointalk.
A user needs to have earned 10 merit before being eligible to vote.
"Super-Voters" are users who have earned 250 merit.
(if voting for someone, the number of merit you've received from that specific person is not counted)
To cast a vote you have to include the name of the user into your own Trust List.To be elected, you need at least 10 votes of "simple" voters and 2 votes of Super-Voters.
That will make you a "candidate".
You'll also have to meet a few more requirements:
- be at least "Member"
- been online in the last three days
- have posted in the last 30 days
- maintain a Trust List with at least 10 entries (not counting "~"-entries)
- not be banned
- not be on some kind of blacklist (maintained in secret by theymos?)
Once elected in this fashion, you will show up on DefaultTrust.
If other users on DefaultTrust vote you out with a "~", though, that might lead to your exclusion.
For you as a regular user wanting to have a say in who goes onto DefaultTrust, all this means:
Earn at least 10 merit yourself, or even better, 250 merit!Maintain your Trust List!
That's the only way your vote counts!A personal plea by me: please consider taking users of local boards into your Trust Lists, even if you don't understand the gibberish they call their "language".
How to find out who's a good user? Well, ask around!
The local boards need strong trust networks, and in many cases they have no lobby here. Thank you.
qwk (or anyone else who has some insight into this matter): I am a little confused about the trust voting method that you (qwk) outlined, how many votes I get under such new rules, and also how the votes are tallied.
Time permitting, I am still reading (again) through the earlier pages of
theymos's default trust changes announcement thread, so perhaps some of my questions are going to be answered there, before they are answered here?
1) Currently, I have a total of 513 earned merits (I guess earned since 1/24/18), so does that mean that I can cast 51 regular votes and 2 super votes ? (assuming that each additional vote is earned after the threshold of 10 and 250)?
2) You seem to assert that I can only cast those votes by making a custom portion of the trust list (perhaps keeping default trust in there, too?)?
3) So far, in the past, few hours, I have only made a custom list that includes 11 members, but if I continue to add to my custom trust list, then each of them will count as a vote until I reach 51 members?
4) If I make a custom list that includes more than 51 members, then only the first 51 would be counted as votes, or how does that work?
5) How about the 2 supervotes? How do I label or distinguish the supervotes,
if I am understanding this correctly from theymos mentioning the number of votes that each member gets?
6) Can I change my votes with the passage of time at any time that I want? Presumably my earned merits will continue to increase and allow me to add more votes with the passage of time? (I assume that some of the vote criteria might change with the passage of time, too, but that seems to be another set of questions for another day).
