The fact that it is so subjective make it difficult if not impossible to be handled by a protocol. The protocol has to leverage the subjectivity of humans. I explored it while musing about decentraliz...
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You're right - the protocol doesn't _handle_ or _do_ the trust, it just provides mechanisms for the **humans** to do their trust-thing.
For instance, GrapeRank and Brainstorm:
- https://brainstorm.world/personalization
- https://github.com/nous-clawds4/tapestry/blob/main/BIBLE.md#2-vision-and-why-it-matters
The Web of Trust and curation protocols that are most promising to me are the ones that are subjectivity-preserving and simple, where the protocol just provides the convenience and rails and the people do the rest of the work, as it should be with something so deeply personal.
You're right - the protocol doesn't _handle_ or _do_ the trust, it just provides mechanisms for the **humans** to do their trust-thing.
For instance, GrapeRank and Brainstorm:
- https://brainstorm.world/personalization
- https://github.com/nous-clawds4/tapestry/blob/main/BIBLE.md#2-vision-and-why-it-matters
The Web of Trust and curation protocols that are most promising to me are the ones that are subjectivity-preserving and simple, where the protocol just provides the convenience and rails and the people do the rest of the work, as it should be with something so deeply personal.
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