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>Why?
Dunno but it's a good thing. Instead of hitting Known you'll soon just be hitting Trusted instead entirely. That's why so many people are getting Trusted User rank.
>And what are the political implications of this being removed ?
Not having to play for 600 hours to get your shaders shown by default, I guess.
A friend got Trusted User within 1 month of playing after making his account. Either they're phasing it out, or the jump from Known to Trusted is now tiny.