From my perspective, the web analogy fails immediately. I might trust somebody on one topic, but eyeroll at them on another. And that trust is also subject to c

From my perspective, the web analogy fails immediately. I might trust somebody on one topic, but eyeroll at them on another. And that trust is also subject to change, and often does. Sometimes it's because the person changes, and sometimes because I change. So, for me at least, it's one node with a zillion flickering 1-depth connections. And I think most people are also of a similar mindset, even if they might not necessarily realize it. It's how you get things like a democracy where everybody ostensibly votes for the candidate they want to win, and then we get a congressional approval rating that's trending to the single digits. [1] That's only possible because are extremely dissatisfied even when their guy and his party are both in control, otherwise it'd at least hover around 50%. [1] - https://news.gallup.com/poll/1600/congress-public.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/1600/congress-public.aspx