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We will develop web of trust [1]. I assign weighted(!) trust to my friends, they assign to their friends. Small world [2]. This also fixes fake reviews, depende

by comboy 4y ago

We will develop web of trust [1]. I assign weighted(!) trust to my friends, they assign to their friends. Small world [2]. This also fixes fake reviews, dependencies security, politics and whole lot of other things. The idea is too good not to happen. I repeat it from time to time on HN. I'm currently not in the position to implement it (not sure if I ever will be, it is hard). I just hope it's created in some decentralized form before some corpo does it. When controlled by single entity it is useless. 1. http://comboy.pl/wot.html http://comboy.pl/wot.html (not really worth your time, long time ago too verbose, but feel free) 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_separation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_separation

furyofantares 4y ago
I've idly and very-casually thought about this for a long time, ever since decentralized filesharing really. If you ever do feel that you're in a position to take a stab at it, I'd be interested as well.
sangnoir 4y ago
> This also fixes fake reviews, dependencies security, politics and whole lot of other things. All you have to do is lookup some batshit-crazy things people in your social circle already share on Facebook (or LinkedIn) to know this won't solve most of those problems. I may trust my friend to thoroughly vet information on Disc Golf, but they may be out of their element when it comes to "Revolutionary cold fusion breakthrough", which I may get through them if there's a single generic weight for trust.
- comboy 4y ago
  Good observation. I thought at first that it should be multidimensional, but categories are hard. Very hard. I think general trust could work. People I trust won't give strong opinions about thing they have no idea about. You choose these people and you assign weights. It's not a random family circle. I have some vague ideas about wallet of personalities which would serve the same purpose as categories of trust.

by comboy 4y ago

furyofantares 4y ago

I've idly and very-casually thought about this for a long time, ever since decentralized filesharing really. If you ever do feel that you're in a position to take a stab at it, I'd be interested as well.

sangnoir 4y ago

> This also fixes fake reviews, dependencies security, politics and whole lot of other things. All you have to do is lookup some batshit-crazy things people in your social circle already share on Facebook (or LinkedIn) to know this won't solve most of those problems. I may trust my friend to thoroughly vet information on Disc Golf, but they may be out of their element when it comes to "Revolutionary cold fusion breakthrough", which I may get through them if there's a single generic weight for trust.

comboy 4y ago
Good observation. I thought at first that it should be multidimensional, but categories are hard. Very hard. I think general trust could work. People I trust won't give strong opinions about thing they have no idea about. You choose these people and you assign weights. It's not a random family circle. I have some vague ideas about wallet of personalities which would serve the same purpose as categories of trust.