It's a common misconception that one's trust list is a list of people who you extra-special-trust. Really it's a list of people who you believe have
given accurate ratings and will continue to do so -- it's not necessary to actually trust them all that much otherwise. And likewise, if someone is very trustworthy but never leaves trust ratings, then it's somewhat pointless to add them to your trust list.
A lot of people are using the term "DT" in a confusing way... I wrote a vocabulary post about this:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/trust-vocabulary-891261I tend to think that with the current trust we have three levels of how members should vote. First is untrusted and trusted from someone on default trust 2. Their trust ratings does not really mean much since they only show up on untrusted feedback and very few check there.
Next is default trust 2. Which means you have to be a lot more cautious who you trust now since your trust shows up for everyone. Your trust means you can trust this person and you show this to everyone. So it is not a thing of "a trade went well" anymore. You need to think of the person of someone you somehow got the impression of that you can trust him.
Being switched to default trust meant that i had to deal with that since i received a whole thread of complaints about it. So i created a new trust policy for me as escrow:
* No trust rating to account sellers, buyers or the account traded generally. Because i cant tell if the buyer is using the bought account from now on or if he will sell it shortly after. And i cant tell if a seller is selling the seller account shortly after too.
* No trust rating at all to escrowed amounts worth <$50.
* Deals where i was escrow should not get green trust since there is no risk involved to buyer and seller. So i can give a neutral trust (see trust options, neutral is a comment only and doesnt affect the rating) to them when rule 2 does not apply. I will state the escrowed amount as risked btc and mention that it is the escrowed amount.
* Exceptions of the above rules are possible if i trust a person really. Have the impression that he showed he is a honest guy or something like that.
* I will only give one trust rating and try to put all ratings in one rating.
Guess you have a lot more responsibility on that level.
Edited a part out. It seems like the normal trust rating are handled the same like with on default trust 2. Only the trust list is putting someone on default trust 2.