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- onI could really use some guidance on exactly how Uptrust works. From what I can tell...........well, I'm clueless. At first I was thinking that uptrusting something made it more popular, and so it functions like a "like" works, while downtrusting something does the opposite, .....but that seems very one dimensional and doesn't really lend to the credibility of what was said, just its popular agreement.....which is more often than not, based on something other than the argument put forth. People go with prejudgments, biases and loyalties, whether it supports a group they already identify with, whether the language is aesthetically pleasing to them or shocking, whether they already had that opinion....and more. To create a platform that filters out attention in favor of legitimacy it'd seem like a deeper dive into the specifics of what is trusted and what isn't about each post is needed. And it seems to me that either Uptrust is either doomed to keep variance out of it, as the experience of their product is one where odd voices can't break in, leading eventually to a kind of stagnancy, or I'm missing something pivotal about how it works.by
Hi! Jordan here, one of the creators of UpTrust. So glad you're here, and great questions, hope this helps answer some of them— 1) Uptrusting something makes it more likely that you'll see more of that person's content and recommendations in that field, and people who trust you... It's not open source atm but we've talked a lot about that possibility. The underlying infrastructure is (1) person specific (so what you see, trust, and even bridges opposing views is relative to you) (2) domain-specific weighted trust (so someone you really trust in movies has...