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So you mean a decentralised alternative to Yelp? ;) I actually agree, would love to see that too.
by maephisto 8y ago
So you mean a decentralised alternative to Yelp? ;)
I actually agree, would love to see that too.
- Ananku 8y agoRatings are worthless without trust. Actually PeerMountain is building a decentralized trust protocol that supports this. They call ratings "attestations". It's worth a read.
- pmlnr 8y agoInterestingly enough I'd trust a long, well written blog entry as a rating much more, than I trust current amazon reviews.
- amelius 8y agoInteresting. Do they have the concept of "transitive trust"? (Is there a better term for that?) Let's say I want to buy some new camera. I'd like to express something like: - People on HN, I trust for 80% (say, because of the technical nature of the product) - Friends on facebook I trust for 40% - Friends of friends on facebook, I trust for 10% Then using this spec, I'd like the system to come up with a sorted list of cameras, with ratings. Would this be possible without privacy issues? By the way, if a rating system turns out to be robust, we could potentially use it for rating politicians :)
- Ananku 8y agoYes. Transitive trust is a core concept for Peer Mountain. And they call it exactly that.