I will not call this "trust abuse" but I think that
wwzsocki case is worth to reconsider
(accusation thread).
He is top 102 most merited (760 merits earned) - just recently get legendary rank - and first thing you see after looking into his account is "Possibly alt accounts: crypto mania, wwzsocki. Exchanged merit." - that's the one and only feedback about his account from DT.
What will average user think about that?
He is a cheater, he boost his rank by alt accounts (maybe there are more and only one was caught), he is not worth cooperating with.
What is the truth? (according to his story which might be true)
He helped his close friend to start his journey with bitcointalk. Seeing how he is struggling with getting merits he decided to help him and send 72 merits in a matter of 1 year (to posts that in his opinion were worth the reward). He wasn't hiding anything. He wrote multiple times that they know each other.
Why I've decided to speak for him?
1- I know this case from the beginning because wwzoscki wrote on Polish local board about his connection with cryptomania long before this case started.
2- I see his posts everyday on Polish local board. After i saw red trust on his account i jumped into accusation thread to see what happened. After reading OP I could't believe that someone who is getting that many merits with ease (currently 760) is boosting himself with alt account. I've read whole thread and that was my conclusion:
* Wwzsocki is not that stupid to create alt account using the same ETH address, Mail, reflink etc.
* Wwzsocki is earning merits with ease. He would not risk his account (with hundreds merits earned) exchanging merits with alt account especially with the same ETH address, mail (to get 40 merits back)
* I strongly believe that his motivation was not to cheat merit system.
3- hopefully all DT took of red paint but still his account looks like he is a cheater who boosted his account using alt account.
Conclusion:
I think that those 40 merits that wwzsocki get from his friend (I honestly doubt the story regarding alt accounts) are drop in a sea of merits he earned. Trust is made to warn others about people not worth to work with. Is this case really worth to leave a mark on top 100 most merited account?
I'm not DT and mostly not active in Reputation section (my opinion means nothing) but I think that he is too valuable member to carry this mark for 40 merits from friend that he received in a matter of 1 year.
I would delete this mark or change it from "Possibly alt accounts: crypto mania, wwzsocki. Exchanged merit." to "Accounts connected: crypto mania, wwzsocki."
That's just my opinion. You can delete it if you disagree.