That is why I don’t like web of trust. I might even be tempted to follow my enemies for short amount of time…
I had seen someone who was talking about building the web of trust through interactions with notes rather than follow lists, by tracking how the users in your network and yourself react to various notes.
I can’t find it anymore… it had a two wheels interface to give the feedback on notes, it looked interesting.
Now I have to find it…
Replies (2)
Web of trust is deranged. People block content they don’t want to see, but in no way think should be completely censored from view. It turns everyone into an accidental censor. Furthermore it provides perverse incentives. People with large accounts will intentionally block political enemies. Israelis will be paying popular accounts to block people if Web of Trust is widely used so that they end up censored from everyone’s timelines. It’s just absolutely ridiculous and perverse.
Email solved these kinds of reputational problems with RBLs. People should be able to subscribe to appropriate RBLs and the RBLs should provide a reasonable delisting process for accidental inclusions.
The only “web of trust” is simply people following people. Find an associate and follow some of his associations, etc. Repeat and prune when needed. It’s how humans have networked for thousands of years. Once you impose rules and rewards you don’t have a web of trust. You have a community with titles, censorship and an algorithm you don’t control feeding you slop.
