[atmanactive]

In my personal opinion there will never be a trustworthy social media site until we reach absolute transparency, meaning, every account is backed up by government ID papers. As long as we have this sock-puppetry with account creation, internet will stay a scam playground and nothing more.

[KetoManx64]

This already exists, it's called WeChat, run and controlled by the Chinese Communist Party, who will delete any posts that go against the narrative and then send some nice gentlemen in uniforms to your house to check up on why you're spreading anti government narratives.

[atmanactive]

Hmmmm, out of context, no? We were talking about giving stars to products and services here. Amazon has this somewhat solved with the "verified purchase" badge and "zero fake reviews tolerance".

As far as freedom of speech is concerned, in my personal opinion, the transparency has to go both ways, meaning, the government has to guarantee the freedom of speech, and that given social network has to have a given purpose and sane limits, but also, to be protected from the intruders and prying eyes. A tough nut to crack where we, as a society, are in infantile stages right now.

[KetoManx64]

Amazon is a cesspool of fake reviews and fake products and sellers giving buying gift cards to leave 5 star reviews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeUNC7z5MM0

[dankwizard]

I have a Wechat I shit post on regularly without any interference yet - My channel has reach of 50k+ views per post. I know, small numbers for China in the grand scheme of things.

[KetoManx64]

Do you live in China?

[razasekha]

I agree, especially on a rating site like this.

My plan is that when/if the app gets big, each account need to have ID verification (similar to what is done in gambling sites and such) in order to be a public account.