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Friend of a friend verification could side-step that, if there is a good way to penalize bad actors willing to violate the principle.
by jacquesm 8mo ago
Friend of a friend verification could side-step that, if there is a good way to penalize bad actors willing to violate the principle.
- rpcope1 8mo agoI guess we're coming full circle back to red offbrand Hacker News
- zvqcMMV6Zcr 8mo agoI don't think any web-of-trust systems ever worked. It might be a bad example but PGP tried to make it a thing for over 30 years.
- jacquesm 8mo agoPGP is niche. This would be far more mainstream. If you applied it to HN I could probably verify > 50 people already. For PGP I wouldn't know anybody...
- vintermann 8mo agoIf by worked you mean "worked so well they replaced all the big actors" then sure, nothing has worked. But plenty has worked on a smaller scale. Raph Levien's Advogato worked fine. There's also a reason most new social networks start up as invite only - it works great for cutting down on spam accounts. But once they pivot to prioritizing growth at all costs, it goes out the window.