Hello, everyone. Flint here, to talk about trust, and how much you should place in people on Animal Jam.
I'm not talking about the scam of trust trading here, I'm talking about how "trust" is normally used, to refer to how much confidence you have in someone to show up on time, contribute, not lie/steal, etc. In Animal Jam, trusting someone usually means you trust them to return your items/carry out their end of a trade/have your password and not use it maliciously.
Sometimes, scammers will say that if you don't trust them, they won't give you the items they're offering. They might try to make you feel bad about not trusting them, or accuse you of being paranoid/defensive/hostile/stingy. They might also convey this message with a shrug, saying "well if you don't trust me I can't help you" and then just ignore you.
There is absolutely no reason to feel bad about not trusting scammers/random jammers. If someone is scamming or acting suspiciously, there is no reason why you should trust them to not scam you. Nobody is always 100% trustworthy, and thus nobody deserves your trust all the time in every situation.
You can think of this like you would walking about in a public space with random people. You can trust that these people probably won't try to kill you or kidnap you, and there's no reason to walk in a public park while staring at everyone suspiciously and assuming that they're trying to harm you. However, you shouldn't trust a stranger to hold on to your valuables, because you know that it would be very easy for that person to run away with your stuff. Similarly, while random strangers probably don't want to kidnap you, strangers asking you to get in their car with them have shown that they don't deserve that assumption.
Most jammers aren't trying to scam you. However, you still shouldn't gift-trade or trust trade or participate in other scamming methods, because it's exposing yourself to unnecessary and rather pointless risk that could easily be avoided. And, people acting like scammers are probably scammers, and don't deserve the benefit of the doubt either way.
There is absolutely no reason to trust random jammers with your items or password, or to trust random jammers when they say they'll give you stuff in return if you just give them your items or password. Jammers that aren't scamming won't use scamming methods. Just trust yourself when you think something's a scam.
That's all for today. Bye!
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