Transitivity of trust is controversial, so I am sceptical of systems that aim to unburden most participants from having to manage individual trust relations and

Transitivity of trust is controversial, so I am sceptical of systems that aim to unburden most participants from having to manage individual trust relations and emerging a set of leader/deciders and a larger passive group of followers. Not sure how Appleseed or the proposed TrustNet overlay solves this. Also I don't think there's much hope for one-size-fits-all solutions to trust tracking. Some applications are slow and iterative, like the evolution of reputation in communities, and they must allow for redemption. Others are critical, where even a single, brief defection would be a disaster. I guess this one is aimed at social media chat.