Madoff was a total scam, people entrusted his returns.
If I make efforts so that people would trust me, they should be very careful. Because people who try to gain your trust do it for some reason. Nobody should trust me. I give my vision no matter if they like me or my vision. I don't need sympathy and trust so that I can sell, ask money or do some other scam. We can discuss based on real arguments, all the rest is a waste of time and energy. But if discussions are full of fake insinuations and other stuff it is over for me.