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by Animats 1423 days ago
> web-of-trust models

Been there, done that, seen it abused for SEO.

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Hi John. Where has it been done distributedly ever and at any decent size of adoption?

To me, the premise that we start with some self soverign moderation opens to the door to endless creatives refinements & betterments we can collaboratively explore? Afaik Earth has never had that privilege, has never really tried this at any degree. We've had some keysigning parties but actual reputation & moderation... no.

Im not sure what evidence we have to stick a fork in this one & call it done. Doesnt feel to me like we hardly ever began.

Google's original backlink-based rating system was a web of trust model. A whole industry developed around gaming it.