The problem with the Trusted rank was the notable disconnect between Staff members giving promotions, and Trusted members giving promotions. For the most part, Trusted members did not abuse the privilege (as they were Trusted members of our community); however, there were many cases of Trusted members giving out promotions that violated our Character Promotion Guidelines. While they did not intentionally break these guidelines, they simply did not have all of the information/logs that our Staff members have access to (which are used to combat these situations).