Here's an example of the trust system's stupid shit.
Last of the V8s claims I scammed 2,100 BTC. This is untrue, and yet some of the con-artists on DT have actually included this moron.
Reminds me of when, years ago, I initially PMed you about including the moron Quickseller in your DT2 trust list.
You promptly told me he had done nothing wrong
to you.
So why the hypocrisy here? "Last of the V8s" has done nothing wrong to everyone else... :/
[...]You were crying about a trust feedback I left because we had a successful business deal even though I noted his prior bad behavior in my feedback, and explained why I left it anyway.
This probably explains why I have so many random trust exclusions, including by those who I have traded with and that have left trust feedback for me. It would also give credence to what TECSHARE was
claiming was happening to him.....this actually may be something that should be further researched in regards to TECHSHARE.
This while continually asking me to leave you a trust rating and add you to my network while showering me with Merit at the time.
This sounds like both trust farming, trust list abuse, and merit abuse....by a merit source. It appears he has issued a negative rating against you in retaliation to your post, so perhaps we can add trust abuse to the list.
You really are a slimy user and I honestly think you and Blazed were the main causes of the old DT's failure. It is no surprise that you're still grasping for control and trying to bully people with the new system. If DT is so important to you that you're willing to bully others and minimize their contributions for some misguided revenge scheme, have at it. I won't fight you. However, I won't pretend you are a white knight either when you act like a slimy wannabe bully.
I really don't understand why people take Vod seriously given his....condition. Even back in the day when theymos (in retrospect, it is likely this was actually BadBear) took seriously the integrity of DT, and the integrity of the ratings left by the DT network, Vod was often allowed to go unchecked in his egregious, erratic behavior.
Vod seems to have an obsession with the power associated with being on DT, similar to many others that are currently on DT today (which has made both the trust system and the forum as a whole very toxic). In 2015, BadBear threatened to exclude Vod from his trust list if Vod did not resolve the negative rating/issues he had with TECSHARE, which resulted in Vod quickly removing his negative rating to avoid being removed from DT (even though nothin had really changed) -- Vod would not have actually been removed from DT, he only did this because of his misunderstanding of how the system worked:
I plan to exclude you from my trust list due to your feedback on tecshare. I gave you the benefit of the doubt at first, but the way you keep antagonizing, provoking, and holding it over his head has made it pretty clear it was left out of spite. If you don't want this, I would suggest you resolve your issues with him ASAP.
After thinking about it overnight, I took your "suggestion" to resolve my issues with Tecshare by removing my negative trust. After all, I didn't want to be excluded from your trust list and have three years of trust wiped out!
You thought I left him negative trust out of spite. That's your opinion and you could have left me negative trust over it, like every other decentralized member of this forum. That would have been the appropriate thing to do in the open system you claim to have. The fact that you planned to override the opinions of Tomatocage, dooglus, and every other person that may trust me in the future was an extreme overreaction. All the trust I earned over 3 years and one person can override it because of a perceived personality flaw? It made me realize I have grossly overstayed my welcome here. It also made me realize Tecshare was telling the truth about the trust system.
Unlike Tecshare, I will not be hanging around to whine and complain about this override switch the Depth 1 people have on the "decentralized" trust system. I have what I wanted and given what I wanted to Bitcoin, and I have not used this forum to make any money. I still have a few outstanding deals to pay out some coin, so I will be taking care of that, and then I will post my nice goodbye message and be gone for good within the next day or so.
I still respect you Badbear, but I can't respect this centralized trust system that you guys pass off as decentralized. Even though I did what you suggested, you may still exclude me out of "spite" for sending this PM. It would be pretty hypocritical to do so (spite is spite), but hey, the "buck stops with you", so you can do whatever you want.
It's no longer my concern.
I wish the overall bitcoin community the best of luck. Take care.
you would still be in default trust if BadBear were to exclude you. I believe hostfast excluded you and TC and Dooglus has you on their list. You need to have more people exclude you then who have you on their trust list so BadBear plus one additional person would need to exclude you in order for you to be off default trust.
Good luck with your new ventures. You will be missed
hopefully you will still occasionally stop by every now and then.
I thought Theymos said if 2 people exclude you then you are out of default trust?
That is true for most people as most people are only on one person's trust list. Since you are on two peoples trust list, you would need to be excluded from three people's trust lists.