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by YazIAm 2636 days ago
I 100% agree that the reputation system will be they key to scaling this. I'm currently seeing promise with my experiments with reputation scoring.

As for "How do you create a platform that allows correct ideas to flourish even when they go against conventional wisdom?" Great question, however my goal here is a bit more modest, it's to create a platform that allows facts which are provable by public primary sources to stand out from everything else. I think a platform that focuses on simply that can add a lot of value to political discourse.
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SamBam 2636 days ago
The bots would be a serious issue if this ever became big enough, since they can add to each other's reputation. Reddit probably has thousands of code-hours devoted to this, and bots are still a problem.

There is also the problem that humans will probably tend to upvote "facts" that they agree with, and visa-versa. I'm not sure that reputation is the solution.

And yet "expert" verification introduces trust. I'm not sure what the solution is.

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teleclimber 2636 days ago
Yes it's a super tough problem, not to be underestimated by anybody working on such a platform.

If there is any easily automatable way gaining reputation, then the bots will use that, and if you can easily pass reputation too, then the rep system won't hold.

> I'm not sure what the solution is.

Ditto, and I've ben pondering this on and off for years :/

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