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Relevant XKCD: https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/constructive.png https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/constructive.png Dealing with millions/billions of people online, it'

Relevant XKCD: https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/constructive.png https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/constructive.png Dealing with millions/billions of people online, it's impossible to know who I can/can not expect to have nuanced, respectful conversations beforehand. So, yes, I think it's not a bad idea if we took deny-by-default approach with new connections and treating them as hostile, unless they can have some backing social proof from one of your peers. I would also be interested in an approach where every the initiator had to pay actual money to be able to interact, no big amounts, just enough to work as a deterrent to stop spammers, scammers and moderation crusaders: - Want to send a DM? Pay $1, get it back if the recipient clears you up. - Want to make a comment for the first time on someone else's thread? Poster decides the minimum amount to leave as scrow. Really good comments could even collect some of the money from spammers/hostile ones. - Want to report someone because you don't like them or their views? Put $10 in scrow for the moderators. If accepted, you get the money back. If there is no grounds for the report, the reported person gets to choose which charity to donate the money and the next report from you will cost double.

sneak 6y ago
Sadly, these sorts of bond-posting antispam systems are rendered mostly illegal due to financial surveillance requirements in the US: you can't really do micropayments like this without going through full KYC/AML on everyone you're receiving from or paying, which is a huge barrier to entry and adoption. The intense regulatory requirements for total financial surveillance in the USA are holding so many insanely cool apps from being developed now that there's programmable money. Doing anything novel or cool with it is basically illegal.
- rglullis 6y ago
  https://kleros.io/ https://kleros.io/ can do it on ethereum. Alas, it's still too expensive to do due to gas fees. I wouldn't be surprised if they come up with a Layer-2 approach for it, though.

sneak 6y ago

Sadly, these sorts of bond-posting antispam systems are rendered mostly illegal due to financial surveillance requirements in the US: you can't really do micropayments like this without going through full KYC/AML on everyone you're receiving from or paying, which is a huge barrier to entry and adoption. The intense regulatory requirements for total financial surveillance in the USA are holding so many insanely cool apps from being developed now that there's programmable money. Doing anything novel or cool with it is basically illegal.

rglullis 6y ago
https://kleros.io/ https://kleros.io/ can do it on ethereum. Alas, it's still too expensive to do due to gas fees. I wouldn't be surprised if they come up with a Layer-2 approach for it, though.