It seems not. I submitted a ticket and an EU GM responded that the issue was with the number of likes given and suggested that I issue more likes. This is odd, as our stickied guide to the forums says this…
That indicates that as long as you’ve given 30 likes (ever, i.e. it’s a boolean true / false thing) that criteria should be satisfied. However, the GM’s response indicates that perhaps the likes given / received may be on the same 100 day rolling nature as reading topics / posts are on.
So, to test this, I went ahead and threw some likes at my fellow Technical Support posters over on EU and I’m now back up to Regular (Trust Level 3) there. I’ve updated my ticket asking if the GM’s willing to clarify what the actual likes given / received criteria are, i.e. whether it’s in a 100 rolling days and how many are required in such a time period, so that the guide can be updated. Still awaiting reply on that but if they answer, I’ll update the guide thread.