[4sellff]

As designed, there is no direct way to influence the TRU Score in any meaningful way. A person could theoretically make 100's of trades every day and post dozens of messages, reviews, etc. This would have some impact on the TRU Score, but nothing significant over a time period of less than 6 - 12 months.

As is true in the real world, when making decisions about the people to work with, we all use a variety of inputs.

We would consider SELLFF to be successful if it helps you to discover and connect with trustworthy people who meet your criteria for the person/people you want to meet. From there, the decision is yours. Use the TRU Score as an additional data point in your decision making, not as the final determination.

I would consider this to be accurate whether you are promoting/selling your services or if you are a buyer and looking to hire a service provider.

[banana_giraffe]

> As designed, there is no direct way to influence the TRU Score in any meaningful way

If I cannot influence my TRU Score, then it's not really a reflection of anything about me, is it?

The screenshots I've seen of your site suggest you give this score the most prominent position on info cards about people. This suggests to me you are designing the site to let people use this information first and foremost in making decisions.

[4sellff]

Allow me to be more clear on my original response. When I used the word "influence" I should have instead stated "manipulate." I believe honesty and integrity is what people care about in a score or rating system.

So, there is no direct way for a member to "manipulate" the TRU Score:

- Your activities on the site contribute to your TRU Score

- The community reaction to your activities will contribute to your TRU Score

- If a member invests the time to develop their profile and is active on the site, those activties [if viewed positively by the community] will contribute to an increased value for the TRU Score

I believe this is a fair, appropriate and transparent way to derive a score. My belief is that our members will not only rely on the TRU Score in making decisions. Instead, they will also review other parts of the member profile. In the same way you might look at a Yelp or Amazon review.

Guessing that you do not make decisions based solely on the star ratings when buying a product or choosing a service. But that you might also read some of the reviews and look at images of the product/service. Thank you for taking the time to comment and share your thoughts.