Sabriz Adoudel
Black Hydra Consortium.
CODE.
5244
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Posted - 2015.08.12 01:04:51 -
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This does not allow the prospective new third party to build trust at all.
All it does is prove that they can be trusted when it doesn't count - that they have a track record of not defaulting in situations where they have no incentive to default. In short it lets them prove they are rational, not that they are trustworthy.
Trust is earned by not defaulting when there is something to gain from defaulting.
The established third parties offer their services so cheaply that it makes little sense to enter the market for any reason *other* than to scam (much as is the case with empire hauling services).
Shoot everyone. Let the Saviour sort it out.
I enforce the New Haliama Code of Conduct via wardec ops. Ignorance of the law is no excuse - read about requirements for highsec miners at www.minerbumping.com
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Sabriz Adoudel
Black Hydra Consortium.
CODE.
5251
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Posted - 2015.08.12 22:58:58 -
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Careby wrote:Sabriz Adoudel wrote:This does not allow the prospective new third party to build trust at all.
All it does is prove that they can be trusted when it doesn't count - that they have a track record of not defaulting in situations where they have no incentive to default. In short it lets them prove they are rational, not that they are trustworthy.
Trust is earned by not defaulting when there is something to gain from defaulting.
The established third parties offer their services so cheaply that it makes little sense to enter the market for any reason *other* than to scam (much as is the case with empire hauling services). Good point, except I would add that there is another valid, if not sensible, reason to become a trusted third party, and that is personal gratification. Some people are quite proud of their honesty, and would enjoy flashing it around.
People that are proud of their honesty and brag about it are the absolute WORST people to trust.
Remember an extremely trustworthy person by the name of Bad Bobby, who spent years earning trust, being honest to a fault and proud of it? He didn't quite steal a trillion ISK but came close.
Reputation in EVE is a currency. You can sit there accumulating it, or you can spend it. Beware anyone that has a lot of it.
I'd trust Chribba with a quarter trillion ISK if I had that sum. Might even trust him with a trillion. But no way in hell would I trust him with 5T, because that's a sum worth considering burning his reputation for.
Shoot everyone. Let the Saviour sort it out.
I enforce the New Haliama Code of Conduct via wardec ops. Ignorance of the law is no excuse - read about requirements for highsec miners at www.minerbumping.com
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