Trust Points (aka The Trust Meter) : Trust Points determine whether a user is a Trusted Member. In order to rate someone, you must be a Trusted Member, and the more Trust Points you have, the higher (or lower) you can rate someone.
Example: if I rate User A with +5 points, and another member rates User A with -3 points, User A now has a Trust rating of +2.
The trust meter rating can be positive or negative; as long as it's above 3, the person is a Trusted member...trusted members will have access to some upcoming features (refer to 'Trusted Member'). If a member rates someone a 2nd time, their previous rating for that member is deleted. This feature basically replaced the 'Rate User' feature. Please note: ONLY rate users based on how much you Trust them and how good of a user they are.
Here are how many points a person can choose to rate someone depending on their trust rating:
If a persons rating is 1 - 3, they can give a member a +1 or a -1 for points
If a persons rating is 4 - 9, they can give a member +2 or -2 for points
If a persons rating is 10 - 24, they can give a member +3 or -3 for points
If a persons rating is 25 - 49, they can give a member a rating of +4 or -4
If a persons rating is 50 or more, they can give a member a rating of +5 or -5
Note: Staff members automatically are given the privelege to rate users up to +5 and down to -5.

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