In the very first episode of Say WoT? by @Plebchain Radio , I went "there" with my three guests, @Derek Ross, @Vitor Pamplona, and @david "There" in this case was, "are WoT scores the same as social credit scores?" The answer, was a resounding no: the key difference is user-chosen providers + user-specific perspective, is NOT a single global, centralized rating. We also unpacked Amethyst's new update that includes NIP-85 trusted assertions as a delivery mechanism for user-directed scores, how WoT spam/ scam suppression leads to a better UX, and how contextual WoT will turbocharge content curation and discovery on nostr. Listen in!

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Yeah i made a post about this very thing a few days ago...
ABH3PO's avatar ABH3PO
The difference between the nostr social credit Score(WoT) and the CCP score is that, on nostr everybodys social credit score is calculated with respect to you, deterministically and dynamically. Instead of a central authority telling you what the trust is for each person. So if you follow a democrat other democrats will see q slightly increased social credit score. Same with republican or any other groups. I dont think weve ever seen a social structure built like this, its unlike anything ever built, im not sure if i like it, i definitely dont hate it, since a lot worse social structures already exist. Anyways, thought you should know.
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Yeah I heard some of this, and really enjoyed it... I've never quite understood the "social credit score" argument... That's one of those things that's bad if governments do it, but basically OK for private sector actors. Like censorship, in the context of "Mutes."