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    1. Introduction

    I was curious what trust relations looked like from the reciprocal point of view, with all the combinations between them. Now that I could sum up a little time for it, I gave it a go, wanting to specifically answer:

    -   How many people trust each other mutually?
    -   How many people distrust each other mutually?
    -   How many people distrust each other asymmetrically? (i.e. A trusts B but B distrusts A, or vice-versa).
    -   Who are the top reciprocal trusteddistrusted forum members.

    To give it all a context, the overall Custom Trust Networks have the following gross related numbers which I keep track of weekly (see Customized Trust Network – Interactive tool to see who we trust/distrust).
     
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    Date                Trust/Dist. rel.    Trust rel.          Distrust rel.       Customized Lists    Distinct Trusted/Untrusted
    09/02/2019          31450               25710               5740                4145                8855
    02/02/2019          31238               25392               5846                4123                8811
    26/01/2019          25777               22083               3694                4083                8707
    19/01/2019          25387               21811               3576                4052                8662
    12/01/2019          23800               20720               3080                3957                8498
    05/01/2019          22605               19637               2968                3891                8527

    Note: some of the trust networks are recent, and some really old and possibly stale. Since there is no associated date, I cannot use the date as an additional analytical dimension.


    2. Reciprocal Trust relations

    There are 3.770 reciprocal trust relations. Since each of these reciprocal trust relations is between two different people, that means that there are 1.885 pairs of people that mutually trust each other.
    The 3.770 reciprocal trust relations represent 13,11% of the 25.710 positive trust relations.

    For example, currently, I’m on a "reciprocal Trust relationship" (don’t get me wrong there) with two forum members out of my short and experimental Personal Trust List.

    A complete list can be found here (first tab): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oI11POXylBm6UqjFeb9JOkxXp2XkN4s9yMKp8To6nrQ/edit?usp=sharing

    These are the top 25 forum members with most reciprocal positive Trust relations:
    Code:
    R1UserfromName                                    nReciprocalRel nTotalRel % Reciprocal
    CanaryInTheMine                                   41             247       16,60%
    Sampey                                            35             228       15,35%
    suchmoon                                          32             95        33,68%
    owlcatz                                           24             95        25,26%
    BitcoinPenny                                      24             80        30,00%
    TMAN                                              23             117       19,66%
    OgNasty                                           20             91        21,98%
    The Pharmacist                                    20             45        44,44%
    xtraelv                                           20             85        23,53%
    greenplastic                                      19             51        37,25%
    Lauda                                             19             63        30,16%
    zazarb                                            18             28        64,29%
    theymos                                           18             67        26,87%
    qwk                                               18             35        51,43%
    Kaznachej123                                      17             24        70,83%
    willi9974                                         17             73        23,29%
    marlboroza                                        17             52        32,69%
    Lafu                                              16             59        27,12%
    KWH                                               15             146       10,27%
    Thule                                             15             307       04,89%
    yogg                                              15             47        31,91%
    PsychoticBoy                                      15             91        16,48%
    tmfp                                              15             40        37,50%
    Deena                                             15             307       04,89%
    Coolcryptovator                                   14             24        58,33%
    A complete list can be found here (second tab): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oI11POXylBm6UqjFeb9JOkxXp2XkN4s9yMKp8To6nrQ/edit?usp=sharing


    3. Reciprocal Distrust relations

    There are only 482 reciprocal distrust relations, corresponding to 241 pairs of people that mutually distrust each other. That seems pretty low with all that is going on.
    The 480 reciprocal trust relations represent 8,40% of the 5.740 negative trust relations.

    A complete list can be found here (third tab): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oI11POXylBm6UqjFeb9JOkxXp2XkN4s9yMKp8To6nrQ/edit?usp=sharing

    These are the top 25 forum members with most reciprocal Distrust relations:
    Code:
    R1UserfromName                                    nReciprocalRel nTotalRel % Reciprocal
    cryptohunter                                      22             51        43,14%
    owlcatz                                           20             95        21,05%
    OgNasty                                           19             91        20,88%
    Timelord2067                                      18             135       13,33%
    Foxpup                                            17             64        26,56%
    peloso                                            16             27        59,26%
    LFC_Bitcoin                                       16             58        27,59%
    Quickseller                                       13             84        15,48%
    Lauda                                             12             63        19,05%
    TMAN                                              12             117       10,26%
    TECSHARE                                          12             105       11,43%
    Thule                                             11             307       03,58%
    xtraelv                                           11             85        12,94%
    suchmoon                                          9              95        09,47%
    Hhampuz                                           9              57        15,79%
    TheNewAnon135246                                  7              38        18,42%
    Bazinga442                                        7              307       02,28%
    marlboroza                                        7              52        13,46%
    Deena                                             7              307       02,28%
    defcon23                                          6              74        08,11%
    mocacinno                                         6              46        13,04%
    TheFuzzStone                                      6              21        28,57%
    H8bussesNbicycles                                 6              308       01,95%
    dogie                                             6              29        20,69%
    Tomatocage                                        6              48        12,50%
    A complete list can be found here (fourth tab): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oI11POXylBm6UqjFeb9JOkxXp2XkN4s9yMKp8To6nrQ/edit?usp=sharing


    4. Asymmetrical Trust/Distrust relations

    There are only 116 asymmetrical trust relations, corresponding to 58 pairs of people where one trusts another, but is distrusted back. That may change when they see that fact on the below provided list…

    A complete list can be found here (fith tab): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oI11POXylBm6UqjFeb9JOkxXp2XkN4s9yMKp8To6nrQ/edit?usp=sharing


    5. In short
    I had no idea what the resulting figures would be until I did the above exercise. The fact that only 13,11% of positive trust relationships are mutual is a bit below what I would have guessed, since I would have expected more "collusion" on that front (of course, looking over the provided lists on a per user case may highlight some cases).
    The 8,40% of negative trust relationships that are mutual are possibly rather reprisal related, although who knows, and really it should be looked at on a case by case basis.
    The asymmetries are rather insignificant in number, and therefore not really representative.


    Side note:
    I started off thinking that Trust was all related to the business side of things, and had that area of confinement as a centrepiece when looking over trust rates. I think that was the original idea, and as such, delimits in an easier manner the visual interpretation of the Trust figures on the user’s profile.
     
    The fact that my initial assumption (from months ago) is not so, and that Trust extends to multiple fields, with diverse conceptual and often subjective application criteria, make the reading of the feedback the means of interpreting the trust scores on one profile, which is more cumbersome that just looking at them to understand a trade related concept.

     

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