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I answered this in a sibling comment. You could acquire credibility in a particular preference from the network over time. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id
by pmarreck 3y ago
I answered this in a sibling comment. You could acquire credibility in a particular preference from the network over time.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39482786 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39482786
- bluefirebrand 3y agoSounds great, I'm going to make a "credibility as a service" startup and we'll find ways to farm whatever score in whatever fields you want. And you can be sure government agencies will do the same.
- pmarreck 3y agoOdd that you think this would happen for my little idea when this hasn't happened for credit cards which is possibly the largest financial incentive possible. To my knowledge, I can't buy a credit score
- bluefirebrand 3y agoFinance is a heavily regulated industry, so people trust credit providers with things like social insurance numbers, which are not transferrable between people Your service would probably not be able to tie so uniquely to an individual, so there would be ways for people to transfer it. Or just hire a company to pretend to be you for a while.