What about some method of "moderate to get upload credit"? Obviously not full moderation (as you don't trust these people) but you could have them fed a few ba

What about some method of "moderate to get upload credit"? Obviously not full moderation (as you don't trust these people) but you could have them fed a few basic tasks that support moderation. They would be give a selection of tasks, some of which overlap with tasks done by trusted people. If the user answers consistently with the trusted person, they get some credit. When a few such users show consensus on the non-overlapping tasks, those answers get accepted.