With the old one gone I wouldnt say so much, I've seen some people with them that really aren't that trustworthy and nothing can be done about it.

Yeah. Cause if I checked correctly, you really only need three people to recommend you to become one. Which is WAY to narrow a number, in my opinion, to even have that considered a good amount of people to judge that on.

After seeing several of the official trusted artists scamming people or stealing art, and seeing the group revoke a stamp from an artist just because she cleared her gallery (she wanted to start new and was going through a harsh time), I genuinely could not care less about the stamp or the group. x.x

The people who run it seem to mean well, but the group itself does not feel like it has much purpose as even crooked people can get a stamp by having their friends spam it. D:

I don't really understand the big deal with it either other than just a pretty stamp and a pat on the back.

That's how I feel.
It's just a stamp?
Because as you said, that very same "Trusted Artist" can rip you off.
Not to mention, it only takes three people to put your name in, last I checked.
Which is nowhere near enough to actual qualify in the first place.

My thoughts exactly. x.x It just makes no sense to me.

Oh gosh, these comments are all right on

Doesn't stop me from vaguely wanting to be one, though. Someday perhaps.

Oh man, I can understand being one, but I feel like that page can just give it willy nilly, ya know?
Like made a page on each artist to mark how well they did a commission or something, or faults so people can have a better reason to be able to see why they are trusted!