That's not right.  I understand if some users may not get how the trust list is supposed to work, but most of these people have been around long enough to know better.  I already had a couple of these folks excluded, and now I'll be adding a couple more.  It's nothing personal, just that I'm not satisfied with the way they are using their trust list.

Thanks for continuing the list while I was watching TV

You can't "blame" the excluded DT1s (entirely) for this based on my data. Take OgNasty for example: you say he'll have positive feedback from 47 more unique users, but he has only included 39 users who left him positive feedback, so that can't be right.

When you exclude someone to see the difference, you see the differences on DT2.
However, when you include someone, you put him at Depth 0, and you see not only his Depth 1 (which would be DT2 if the user is on DT1), but also his Depth 2 (which would be DT3 if the user is on DT1).
So for the excluded DT1 users, you're effectively comparing their "would be" Trust score to DT3 instead of DT2.

(I made a Personal Full Trust Depth viewer for all users to see the large recursive implications inclusions have.

Additionally this kind of ranking doesn't take into account that people such as myself and OGNasty largely use the trust system AS IT WAS DESIGNED as a system to build trust networks for trade, and generally trading with people builds trust. WHO KNEW? Of course Loyce's list didn't include your favorite targets so, you made sure they were included and featured for their crimes.

I am sure none of this has anything to to with people criticizing your exceptionally abusive pals atop the DT list. Of course every one knows after being around almost a decade and being trusted with thousands in value trading with hundreds of users and still ranking below known con artists, abusers, and people I have never even heard of before is clear manipulation on my part

That is what the quote says yes, but who told you you get to define for me by what metric I make that choice? People build trust in all kinds of different ways. I guess only your metrics matter and mine are all wrong.

No, you aren't targeting anyone, especially the ones who would cause you issues right? Don't interact with you regarding that? How convenient you just get to summarily outlaw any kind discussion of VERY related subject matter because you prefer to avoid it. You are really on DT1 when you take that kind of attitude towards conflict? Just ignore it it will go away right? What ever you say your highness.

No, you are just assuming values of a metric while not totally understanding the various reasons that metric might be the way it is. My point was this is something that would result as a standard trading marketplace behavior where trust often has to go both ways. Through building that trust, as the system was actually intended to do, you are then more likely to understand the user and their interactions increasing their chances of being trustworthy. But as you put it I am wrong, and by default you are right and your highness is above such discussions of their relations to the actual social dynamics of the forum relating to trust lists. You have fun with your finger wagging.

Critical thinking exercise. If you teamed up with other DT members to manipulate the trust network, would your difference rating be shown here as higher or lower than average?

What the hell are you talking about? Of course sometimes (but not always) people who are reputable traders are good at leaving honest ratings too. I'd say most of the times that's the case, but not always.
Now you're wrongly assuming I don't agree on that basic point (or are you blatantly lying to try and make me look irrational? or do we really speak different languages and are unable to communicate?).

The point here is receiving trust from somebody must not be the reason to add somebody to one's trust list, not even being trustworthy is reason enough to add them to the trust list. We must add people to our trust list if we trust they will leave proper feedback. That must be the reason. Of course several times the same person is trustworthy and good at leaving feedback, but not always. And sometimes this trustworthy, good-at-leaving-trust person happened to have left us positive trust, but that's just a coincidence. It must not be the reason to be included in our trust list.

That's why the fact a DT1 user modifies their own trust doesn't necessarily mean they're abusing the trust system, but it could be the case, especially if the number is understandably big as in Dabs' case. It's worth looking in more detail, and that's the purpose of this list.

I'm not pretending anything. You're the one making wrong assumptions and attacking based on that, as usual.

It means when having just "DefaultTrust" you appear with slightly more less trust than when having "DefaultTrust ~suchmoon". I haven't checked it in more detail.
One option is you excluded someone who left you positive trust. However after a quick look this doesn't seem to be the case.
The other option is you included someone who excluded a user who left you positive trust.

Because there's an exclusion in here                  ^^^, it's possible there's an error similar to the one noted by LoyceV. Exclusions and recursion can get things very complicated. I'll need to check to see if I can improve those numbers.

I don't think this "-1" is very meaningful. I just think this list can be used as base to identify DT1 users who have modified their own trust the most in order to further check those accounts.

This gives:
Depth 1: OgNasty (0)
Depth 2: OgNasty (-4)
It looks like 1 custom inclusion (as a dependant from an inclusion on an alt-account) on Depth 1 cancels out 6 DT1 exclusions on the same level. I didn't expect that, but in retrospect it makes sense: all inclusions from DefaultTrust on Depth 1 have voting power (1) or (-1), and not for instance (-6). That makes a custom Trust list more powerful compared to DefaultTrust than I thought until now.

From what I can see, the (-4) on Depth 2 means nothing as long as the user is included on Depth 1. As a test: OgNasty is the only DT1 who included Bees Brothers (Trust: 70: -0 +7) (31 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP). After including an alt-account that included OgNasty, Bees Brothers' feedback shows up as trusted.
To conclude: I think this is the right way to do it

Lower. But I have no reason to believe anyone was planning ahead to get lower on this list before I made it.
This could become a problem if DT2-requirements are changed and require at least 2 DT1 inclusions.

So suchmoon and owlcatz are Selfstabbers