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I think that users should be able to endorse other users (creating a web) and then users not in this web could be labeled "untrusted". For this to work you would have to be able to tell why a user is trusted so the names of endorsements would have to be public. This might also be overkill for poal at the current size, but if we got to 10k users or something it would be pretty nice to know who is vouched for my people i trust, and if i have a legit good conversation with someone i could mark them as trusted.

I think that users should be able to endorse other users (creating a web) and then users not in this web could be labeled "untrusted". For this to work you would have to be able to tell why a user is trusted so the names of endorsements would have to be public. This might also be overkill for poal at the current size, but if we got to 10k users or something it would be pretty nice to know who is vouched for my people i trust, and if i have a legit good conversation with someone i could mark them as trusted.

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it would basically vet all users in a way that each user wants. if people use feelings in discussions then, imho, they aren't contributing, and so i don't trust them, but someone who is a communist making valid points (is this a thing?) would still be trusted, as long as the users he brings with him aren't shit.

What i said here is just a binary yes/no, and it would only affect your account. it could be used to make echo chambers, but that is up to each user. for me it would be used to know to simply be careful of someone; an way to do what aou is doing with the nice icons people "earn".

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I don't think you're going to get much traction with the idea here. I'd imagine that @AOU would agree. Leave 'trusting' others to the individual users themselves.

Hell, if you want to ask other users who they consider trustworthy, have at it. Use that info to guide your thinking.

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the whole point is leaving the trust to individual users...

This would be like being able to ask all your buddies for every comment if they know this user who posted and them all replying to your inquiry.

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This would be like being able to ask all your buddies for every comment if they know this user who posted and them all replying to your inquiry.

No one is stopping you from asking your online buddies who to trust.