[scottgal]

It sounds like a social network that kind of punishes participation...why would you recommend anyone if it could damage your reputation. The social contract that's supposed to underly social networks does this anyway; someone who retweets / toots bots gets a bad reputation adn loses followers. It's just the bots got really good at spoofing the social graph too...an llm can gain reputation by recommending humans just like humans can.

[Chirpper]

Well you definitely understand it at least. But here's the rebuttal...

The same logic applies to hiring someone, or vouching for a colleague, friction creates care. You only invite people you actually trust.

So I'd say, that's the point, not the problem.