[TOP-200] The most trusted members (DT1, DT2, DT3)

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Quote from: Coin-1 on October 02, 2021, 06:25:14 PM

This month theymos returned to the DT1 group and became the leader of this TOP-200 again. DarkStar_ took the second position. The Pharmacist is rated third. It looks like both of them have reached their own ATH on the main table. Cool

Man, it must be time for me to get new glasses. I swear I didn't see my username on that list, but I just checked it again and it was there. Maybe I should get my head checked, too.

And I don't know how I wound up that high on the list, but I'm flattered. It sort of reminds me of how grateful I was to be added to DT2 a few years ago, back when it was a really big deal to be on the DT list. Newer members might not have a sense of how hard it used to be to get two DT1 inclusions now that we have a rotating system, but I remember that I was beyond flattered that I was being considered by hilariousandco, Lauda, Vod, and Blazed. How times have changed.

Coin-1

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The lists of the most trusted members (DT1, DT2, DT3) are up to date as of October 2, 2021.

In September 2021, 133 users were eligible to be on DT1. In October 2021, the number of such users decreased to 123.

This month theymos returned to the DT1 group and became the leader of this TOP-200 again. DarkStar_ took the second position. The Pharmacist is rated third. It looks like both of them have reached their own ATH on the main table. Cool

Currently, 89 active DT1 members trust 544 DT2 members.

Coin-1

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Yesterday, the forum administrator published the DT1 list for August 2021, so I have updated all the tables as of July 31, 2021.

The number of users eligible to be a DT1 member has slightly decreased to 123. Apparently, some of the trusted users have been inactive for more than 4 weeks, so most of the candidates are now elected to the DT1 group. However, every month I see a couple of new names in the main table.

At the moment, theymos has 66 scores from other DT1 members and 93 scores from all DT2 members. He is the leader of this TOP-200. LoyceV and DarkStar_ took second and third positions respectively. Cool

92 DT1 members who are in force currently trust 495 DT2 members.

Coin-1

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Another two months passed and a new list of DT1 members was recently published, so I decided to refresh all the lists shown on the front page of this thread as of last Saturday.

According to the words of theymos, in June 2021, only 135 users were eligible to become DT1 members. This number is less by 16 (~10%) than the maximum occurred in February 2021. Perhaps some of those trusted users temporarily paused posting on the forum.

Only 7 users were dropped from the DT1 group, while the 5 active DT1 members currently have zero scores from other DT1 members. This brings the total number of DT2 members to 497.

theymos is the leader of this TOP-200 with 62 scores from other DT1 members. LoyceV took the second position, DarkStar_ is rated third. Cool

Coin-1

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I have updated this TOP-200 again.

In April 2021, 145 users were eligible to become DT1 members. As of last Saturday, 10 of those elected to the highest group have already been excluded by other DT1 members. I noticed that some of the former DT3 members have recently joined the DT2 group. I really enjoy seeing new usernames on these lists of the most trusted members.

Currently 90 active DT1 members trust 465 DT2 members, so the total number of DT members is 555.

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All tables on the first page of this thread are current as of February 6, 2021.

According to the DT update log, there are now 151 users who can be elected to the DT1 group.

theymos is currently the most trusted person on the forum. He has 51 scores from other DT1 members and 103 scores from all DT2 members.

15 candidates have been expelled from the main group by tildes. Thus, all active DT1 members trust 485 DT2 members.

Coin-1

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Monthly update.

The new DT election among 150 eligible users ended, so the DT1 and DT2 lists were reshuffled again. I like to see the reputed members from the English sections and almost all local boards in the tables presented.

In January 2021, 10 candidates were expelled by other DT1 members. The total number of DT2 members decreased from 502 to 445.

Coin-1

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I have updated all the lists of DT1, DT2, DT3 members.

Most of the DT1 members are well-known persons, but as usual I see a couple of new users on the main table.

Currently, 90 active DT1 members trust 502 DT2 members. All DT2 members trust 773 DT3 members.

Quote from: Rikafip on November 04, 2020, 03:36:49 PM

Hey @Coin-1, first time seeing myself on DT1 list and I noticed that you marked me as 'Legendary" (33rd on the list) but unfortunately I am still quite far from that. Same thing goes for a few other members that I know are still not Legendary (Ratimov and dkbit98).

Congratulations! You are again elected to the DT1 group. Since you fight scammers, I am delighted to see you on the list of most trusted users for two months in a row. I really appreciate your efforts and contributions to the forum. Good luck in the next DT1 election! Wink

Quote from: Rikafip on November 04, 2020, 03:36:49 PM

edit: disregard that previous comment, I just saw few other names that are also not yet Legendary and I realized that you marked the same all those with 1000+ merit earned. My bad.

Yes, I wrote a footnote in the first post of this thread:

Quote from: Coin-1 on October 09, 2018, 02:08:59 PM

^[1] - the rank that is based on the amount of merits regardless of current activity

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Hey @Coin-1, first time seeing myself on DT1 list and I noticed that you marked me as 'Legendary" (33rd on the list) but unfortunately I am still quite far from that. Same thing goes for a few other members that I know are still not Legendary (Ratimov and dkbit98).

edit: disregard that previous comment, I just saw few other names that are also not yet Legendary and I realized that you marked the same all those with 1000+ merit earned. My bad.

Coin-1

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The new full list of DT1 members was published on November 1, 2020, therefore all tables on the front page of this thread have been updated as well. Please note that the data is current as of last Saturday, October 31, 2020.

Some new users were elected to the DT1 group for the first time. Perhaps for this reason, the total number of DT2 members has increased to 496. This month only 8 DT1 candidates were expelled by other DT1 members.

LoyceV scored 53 points from active DT1 members and 83 points from DT2 members, making him again the leader of this TOP-200. Cool

Coin-1

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Yesterday theymos published the new list of DT1 members, so I updated all the tables on the first page of this topic.

The number of users who can be elected to the DT1 group looks stable. I see new names in the main table every month. The trust system is more decentralized. It's good.

As of now, 87 active DT1 members trust 462 DT2 members.

Coin-1

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I have updated all lists on the main page of this thread.

This month the number of eligible candidates was restored from 128 to 140, but only 100 members (71%) were elected to the DT1 group. I see new users involved in the Marketplace Trust system.

Currently 89 DT1 members trust 457 DT2 members.

Quote from: jademaxsuy on July 02, 2020, 07:52:38 AM

I just remember a thing with one of the users here being one of the trusted DT users. Bafoeng, this user could be a maintenance or something used to hold handheld radio with a china brand name bafoeng.

I know about low-range Bafoeng two-ways radios, but I never heard of such user on Bitcointalk. I just tried to search for "Bafoeng", but there are no matches found.

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I just remember a thing with one of the users here being one of the trusted DT users. Bafoeng, this user could be a maintenance or something used to hold handheld radio with a china brand name bafoeng.

Anyway, I had seen a huge list of DT members here and it is amazing to see some users done quite well and becoming trusted DT members.

Coin-1

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Monthly update.

The DT1 list was updated yesterday, so there was another rotation. Some DT1 members have been moved to the DT2 group, some DT2 members have returned to the DT1 group.

88 DT1 members currently trust 435 DT2 members.

I noticed that fewer users (128) were eligible to become DT1 members this month.

Quote from: Lafu on June 06, 2020, 04:29:20 PM

Your list and update isnt right.
A few users got kicked straight after the list from theymos was posted.
Im on mobile now but you will find them if you looking in the thread default trust changes.
Guess its 3-5 users that got kicked out of default trust.

Those lists were relevant for Saturday morning (UTC) when the dump of the Marketplace Trust system was published. Yes, the DT1 list is constantly changing, some users were immediately excluded by other DT1 members using tildes. I understand who you are talking about. This TOP-200 is based on weekly snapshots "trust.txt.xz".

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Your list and update isnt right.
A few users got kicked straight after the list from theymos was posted.
Im on mobile now but you will find them if you looking in the thread default trust changes.
Guess its 3-5 users that got kicked out of default trust.

Coin-1

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Since DT1 log has been updated yesterday, I renewed all the lists on the first page of this thread.

As of Saturday, June 6, 2020, there are 88 members in the DT1 group, 12 users have been excluded by other DT1 members. All DT1 members trust 416 DT2 members.

According to DT update log, 140 users were eligible to win the DT1 lottery. As I can see, the number of candidates for DT1 is increasing every month by +10.

Coin-1

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Monthly update.

As of Saturday, May 2, 2020, when the latest dump of the trust system was published, 94 DT1 members trust 460 DT2 members.

This month LoyceV returned to the DT1 group and took first place in this TOP-200. Cool

Quote from: philipma1957 on April 05, 2020, 11:19:10 AM

Scammers work in unison against escrow providers. There are days I get a dozen pms asking for escrows. I spend one or two hours time answering and explaining to the questions.
Then every deal falls out. I lose two hours or one hour in time that day.
Even if every deal was to have happened Maybe I would get 30 dollars. Since every deal was small .

It seems that scammers perform "DDOS attacks" by sending a large number of PMs and offering fake deals in order to waste the time of trusted members who provide escrow services on the forum.

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Quote from: gmaxwell on March 03, 2020, 04:33:09 AM

Quote from: InvoKing on October 14, 2018, 07:00:44 AM

Well, wonder know how many "used to be trusted" members are kicked from the list for scamming other users...
Trust system should be seen as a way to avoid scammers not to trust members.

Unfortunately one consequence of reputation systems is that you give people an asset which is most valuable if used for scamming. So in a free market we shouldn't be surprised that high reputation accounts often eventually scam. The fact that scamming is illegal/against the rules, etc. makes it less of a free market, but since scammers seldom suffer major consequences, the behaviour persists.

I think insurance would be a much better solution than reputation systems, but unfortunately people underestimate their risks of being scammed so they're not interested in paying the kind of fees that would be necessary to make in interesting for people to offer insurance for trades.

This is a good point.
A 5% escrow fee or a minimum $10 in fees. Would seem excessive to most. Yet the amount of work to escrow can be two hours maybe three hours for a single escrow of goods.

It is about 20 minutes to fully explain the rules for an escrow.

You need to exchange multiple pm’S to correctly explain it.

Scammers work in unison against escrow providers. There are days I get a dozen pms asking for escrows. I spend one or two hours time answering and explaining to the questions.
Then every deal falls out. I lose two hours or one hour in time that day.
Even if every deal was to have happened Maybe I would get 30 dollars. Since every deal was small .

So I don’t want to bother as much to do escrows. Not to mention the pm threats about catching a scammer the day before. So you get discouraged

Coin-1

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I have updated all the tables on the first page of this thread.

The full list of DT1 members has been changed. As I can see, some DT2 members were included in the DT1 group and some DT1 members became DT2 members. It seems that this month LoyceV lost the DT1 lottery for the first time.

Currently 89 DT1 members trust 494 DT2 members.

Quote from: gmaxwell on March 03, 2020, 04:33:09 AM

I think insurance would be a much better solution than reputation systems, but unfortunately people underestimate their risks of being scammed so they're not interested in paying the kind of fees that would be necessary to make in interesting for people to offer insurance for trades.

Insurance is undoubtedly a better solution, but a reputation system is also important, in my opinion.

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Quote from: InvoKing on October 14, 2018, 07:00:44 AM

Well, wonder know how many "used to be trusted" members are kicked from the list for scamming other users...
Trust system should be seen as a way to avoid scammers not to trust members.

Unfortunately one consequence of reputation systems is that you give people an asset which is most valuable if used for scamming. So in a free market we shouldn't be surprised that high reputation accounts often eventually scam. The fact that scamming is illegal/against the rules, etc. makes it less of a free market, but since scammers seldom suffer major consequences, the behaviour persists.

I think insurance would be a much better solution than reputation systems, but unfortunately people underestimate their risks of being scammed so they're not interested in paying the kind of fees that would be necessary to make in interesting for people to offer insurance for trades.

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