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HN has many entrepreneurial types so I don’t think this suggestion would go over particularly well, but entrusting a government body with some of these functio
by supriyo-biswas 3y ago
HN has many entrepreneurial types so I don’t think this suggestion would go over particularly well, but entrusting a government body with some of these functions would seem to take care of the identity verification and review manipulation part of it. The government already knows about your income sources and employment status, so it would not expose any more information. As for transparency, maybe publish review hashes similar to CT logs?
- mathieuh 3y agoI think any government doing this is very unlikely. Governments aim to make things easier for capital, not labour. Where I am it's actually technically illegal for you to even discuss your salary with your fellow workers.
- oblio 3y agoWhere are you located?
- 2devnull 3y agoHe can’t even say that.
- ztrww 3y agoSo governments do, some don’t, some occasionally try to do both. where I am not only are salary ranges mandatory on job ads but company also have to publicly disclose a lot of stats wages/salaries. Median, average, quartiles etc. for all full time and part time employees.
- Tehnix 3y agoIn Sweden, Norway and Finland, information about every individual's income is publicly accessible. I kinda wish Denmark would do the same (where I’m located).