In my opinion, this possible application would be rather counter productive as social trust at any scale is generally based on little more than marketing and pu

In my opinion, this possible application would be rather counter productive as social trust at any scale is generally based on little more than marketing and public relations. Most would now say Harvey Weinstein is one of the most despicable people in this country - and his behavior was an open secret. Yet if you did any sort of networking trust mechanism just last year, he would have ranked near the top. And this is assuming we could perfectly measure such things. In reality that measurements, and measurers, are themselves rife with potential issues. And any measurement would be completely gamed. Fundamentally, this would seem to do little more than work to entrench already established forces who would tend to the score the highest, or equivalently have the resources to the game the system most effectively.