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Trust decays exponentially with distance in the social graph, but it does not immediately fall to zero. People who you second-degree trust are more likely to be
by kibwen 4y ago
Trust decays exponentially with distance in the social graph, but it does not immediately fall to zero. People who you second-degree trust are more likely to be trustable than a random person, and then via that process of discovery you can choose to trust that person directly.
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- skybrian 4y agoFor the limited purpose of finding interesting people to follow it can be okay, but I don't see it getting automated in a way that would work for web search or finding people with a common interest. For example, Reddit often works better because you're looking for something that can't be found by asking people you know. The people are out there but you're not connected.