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Private torrent trackers apparently do this, and have done so for years.

• perching_aix 5mo ago
  They're sarcastically describing web-of-trust: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_of_trust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_of_trust Why are they doing that (i.e. being sarcastic)? Who knows.
  • Groxx 5mo ago
    Because it's by far the dominant strategy for distributed trust-ranking systems out there, with decades of research around it. Might as well look at the forest when realizing that it'd be nice if trees existed. And I don't think anyone actually trusts any major actor to verify anything, so a fully centralized system is likely out. Otherwise people would be hype about WorldCoin, instead of recognizing it for the stupendously malicious grift that it is.
    • perching_aix 5mo ago
      > Might as well look at the forest when realizing that it'd be nice if trees existed. Curse of knowledge much? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_knowledge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_knowledge
      • Groxx 5mo ago
        Only if you're one of today's 10,000: https://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/
        • perching_aix 5mo ago
          Yeah, and what I'm saying is that I think they pretty blatantly were.