> One of solutions is to let individuals choose who to trust. I can pick to not trust the certain person, or certain publication or conference, and have my pers

> One of solutions is to let individuals choose who to trust. I can pick to not trust the certain person, or certain publication or conference, and have my personalized scientist ranking recounted. Are you asserting a 'trust' whitelist, a 'distrust' grey or blacklist, or some combination? Are assertions meant to be linked to or backed by evidence? Are these assertions publicly visible? Is there a limit to the number of assertions that can be made? I think you can see how such a system might devolve into formalized collusion. *> And of course, I could choose to delegate the trust, and to “follow” someone In the absence of explicit delegation or following, is trust/distrust intended to be transitive at all (ala PageRank or Advogato WoT)?