...there is some merit to the outrage that is being experienced by the Turkish members who are being distrusted mainly because
"If I feel that a member constructs his trust list for the sake of "awarding" his friends or countrymen simply because they are friends and countrymen, then I am likely to exclude that user."precisely because a lot of members on this forum, including Turks and all other nationalities also
feel that that's exactly the same way most core forum members construct their own trust lists. They point out, correctly, that it seems to be completely ok when most of the regulars that hang out at Meta & other popular English speaking sections look out for their trusted friends and close circles on their default trust selections, and yet when a Russian or a Turk or a Filipino does it, suddenly it's a very unethical 3rd world nepotistic behavior
You gotta admit it smells a little bit of hypocrisy and double standards, so if you think it's fair to black list a user you have never even interacted with just because you assume he likes his friends a lot and trusts their judgement (or that you assume somehow he is trying to create an unfair future financial advantage by boosting his +green trust by what a couple more points), that in my opinion would be an even weaker reason to exclude someone from your trust list than "retaliation".
I'll speak for myself to refute whatever part of this accusation may be levied at me:
I don't know where most of the people on my trust list reside, or from where they hail. I know for fact that there are a few Eastern Europeans included, at least one Filipino. Hell, I've even included a couple of Canadians, for fuck's sake. Canadians! If anything I think Americans are the minority on my inclusion list. The other thing to notice, most of those on my inclusions haven't left me feedback of any kind. And most of those who have left me feedback are not on my inclusion list. So, where's the hypocrisy?
And just so you know, I've never excluded anyone for merely modifying their own trust list out of retaliation. So that part of your argument holds no water. But when someone does use his trust list for retaliatory purposes, it says something about that individual's character, and their decision making abilities, does it not? So I completely disagree; someone who's stacking his trust list (and exclusion list) to artificially bump his trust score is not only providing a perfectly valid reason to be excluded, it also demonstrates unethical behavior. When we have people like that on DT1 the whole community suffers. Not just one local board.
@direwolf
I dis-trust you because u dis-trust people without any logic
I sent u a pm, and your response isnt good for me
U are freedom to distrust ppl, like me and other
Actually you distrusted me because I had you on my distrust list. It was in fact retaliation. And I think I gave you a perfectly valid answer as to why I excluded you.
hi
why u dis-trust me?
Hi Babo,
Sorry for the late response.
You and many others were participating in the LiveCoin signature campaign, and chose to defend them. I didn't tag or distrust anyone for defending them or their participation in the advertising their service. I understand your position, and certainly empathize with you for the loss of income you suffered as a result of their downfall.
I decided to exclude you from my trust network because of the way you attacked the people who claimed to have lost money to LiveCoin. Even though I didn't necessarily support the accusers, I felt that attacking them was going too far. This gave me reason to question your judgement and therefor I choose to exclude you from my trust network.
I hope you don't take this as a personal attack. It's my preference to only include those whom I believe can leave their personal feelings out of their decision making process.r
And since I maintain my trust list and review my inclusions/exclusions on a regular basis, I'v since decided your contributions are more valuable than your transgressions are detrimental. Therefor I've since removed you from my exclusions.
And the only reason any of this matters to anyone other than me is because I'm on DT1. Get over it, or do something about it! My trust list is for my use, and my use only. If it so happens that I get voted onto DT1 and now my trust list has some impact on the rest of the community, do something to change it if you don't like it.
As all of you can see from above, I don't give a single fuck who has excluded me, and I won't use any other criteria than that which I've articulated repeatedly to continue maintaining my list.
