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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together

Oct 7

“When have you chosen to trust a person, a machine, or an institution without being able to check their work, and what made you willing to take that leap?”

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  • ↳onTrump, Stargate, and Vaccines for Cancerby
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    forrestbwilson
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    dara_like_sara·...
    I'd add that UpTrust's algorithm, even without the other two releases, already won't fully siphon people away because you have divergent viewpoints. The algorithm, with your feedback, allows for a more natural unfolding of trust more like what Forrest talks about here- you'll...
    social-media
    trust-systems
    algorithms
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  • ↳onHow do we get to a future with a more tech literate society?by
    joshua avatar
    joshua
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    blakeSA·...
    Maybe this is too much speaking the party line =) but: the first thing that comes to me is, tech is already and also increasingly beyond any person's ability to understand it....
    technology
    trust-systems
    policy
  • ↳onOrdinary Loveby
    jordan avatar
    jordan
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    dara_like_sara·...
    That's right-- once folks have up/downtrusted, posts aren't editable so folks can't game the system. Ie if you post a perspective, gain a lot of trust, then edit your post to be the exact opposite then it would be a problem....
    online-communities
    social-media
    trust-systems
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    UpTrust AdminSA·...

    This week at UpTrust (Oct 7)

    This week brought a massive trust engine upgrade, which allows us to process billions of trust edges. But mostly you'll see a bunch of small improvements and polish: recurring events, a cleaner inbox, and a faster Topics page. Writing on a phone also got a lot less cramped....
    user-interface-design
    trust-systems
    product-updates
  • ↳onTeal Version of US Democracyby
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    annabeth
    jordan avatar
    jordanSA·...

    Oh yeah—liquid voting/liquid democracy is a good analogy to how trust flows on UpTrust!

    political-science
    trust-systems
    social-networks
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