... As one of those people ... ownership and property rights are both social contracts. A framework of reputations owned by a monolithic "community" would be...
... I am sympathetic to the concerns you're pursuing; however, how do you propose to prevent a thief from moving from community to community? It seems we may...
... Reputations are not monolithic entities: your reputation is made up of the opinions of the many, many people you've interacted with. They, *individually*...
... To expand a bit: each individual owns a set of opinions about the rest of the world. Opinions about other individuals. Opinions about rival reputation ...
... Hash: SHA1 ... The communities exist but hey are somewhat ephemeral and don't really cute across hard delineations. If you are saying this is a problem I...
... Hash: SHA1 ... Easy... you don't prevent it. If you want to "move from community to community" you have to create a new nym/identity. When you create a...
... Hash: SHA1 ... There is a difference between certifications(opinions) and reputation. Your reputation is generally thought of as the result of a...
... It's worth noting that this is a fait accompli, because the single, overwhelmingly powerful source is DNA. Furthermore, because the primary key is not an...
Clay Shirky wrote, ... At best (or worst, depending on how you look at it) this solves the problem locally. But if you wanted to make it work remotely you'd be...
... Any reputation framework that ever tried to coerce anybody to disclose *anything* would have a hard time getting traction these days. The trend is going...
Joi has posted a link to the Toshio Yamagishi paper on his blog, at http://joi.ito.com/archives/2002/06/22/met_toshio_yamagishi.html - Lucas...
Lucas Gonze
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Sep 9, 2002 1:27 pm
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Thanks Lucas for pointing this out to us. grtz, -Leon. ... ml - Lucas To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ...
Kuunders, Leon
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Sep 9, 2002 2:31 pm
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... UNfortunately, the declining cost of DNA readers is likely to be accompanied by a declining cost to duplicate the source db record carriers :). I would...
... It seems logical that the Opinion Holder might be willing to sell that information to a Requestor, for a millicent, if the Requestor presents an...
Let's say I wanted to have a members-only gnutella node. All members can always connect and no non-members can ever connect. It would be nice, but not an...
Apparently Mike Green (Cultiv8r) is actually Greg Bildson (LimeWire) who turns out to be Vinnie (Bearshare). Furthmore Gordon turns out to be himself, and I'm...
Justin Chapweske
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Sep 12, 2002 9:17 pm
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... Hash: SHA1 Clay Shirky <clay@...> writes: <snip/> ... <snip/> Well.. This scenario doesn't really keep me awake at night. Most reputation systems...
... This has been in LimeWire for a while. All users set the same non-standard connect string. Only users with a matching connect string can connect. So it's...
... There are three problems with this: 1) decentralized anonymous reputation systems are harder to implement (both technically and financially) than...
... Ok, let's take a look at this in detail, because it's a good and important point. A system where a Nym (essentially a limited liability identity) can be...
... Ok. Well, firstly you're right, and it's a reality today (kindof): http://www.google.com/search?q=china+genetic+id+card However, two minor rays of hope. ...
... Per Joi's original post on Yamagishi Toshio's research, a reputation system can only work in some contexts. If the cost of a theft is lower than the cost...
Recall, I suggested this requirement... ... Vinay said, among other things, ... Lucas said, among other things, ... That's debatable. At least, in real...
I dunno, Julian[1], I think you have several more hairs than Clay[2]. Come to think of it, you even have several more hairs than Justin[3]. eh, well, at least...
... And as the chrous goes: I'm Clay Shirky, yes I'm the real Shirky All you other Clay Shirkys are just imitating So won't the real Clay Shirky please stand...
... Bet England gets there first: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2002/leicester_2002/2252782.stm ... I am assuming that no one will need to use...
... Well, this is like saying "Once there's no problem there will be no problem." True, but not so useful. I used to be a big proponent of anonymity, but I...
... Except that you can't revoke one person's access without resetting the connect string for the entire network. What I'm thinking of is a paid gateway to a...