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Henri Poole of Affero On Online Trust

Posted by timothy on from the web-of-mutual-distrust dept.

Henri Poole writes "In the interview 'Trust Unlimited', Robert McMillan at LinuxPlanet asks Poole about the roots, current developments, and future of Affero's trust and commerce system. Poole talks about his work at the Well, Mandrakesoft's e-services initiative, and current work with LinuxQuestions, and covers topics of transportable reputations, gaming, profits, blogs, forums, independent media and the importance of independent perspectives and decentralized trust metrics in a democratic society."

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  1. Isn't it a little weird? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Henri Poole made the /. submission and talks about himself being interviewed in third-person?

    Does this make him a meta-karmawhore?

  2. Re:Wow, neat Idea. by the_bahua · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I have been looking for that kind of ranking for a long time, because wading through search results gets pretty cumbersome, pretty quickly.

    I just want my pr0n... uh.. I mean. My information.

  3. Re:What about the reverse by Telex4 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If you feel you're worth it, you can get listed as a person.organising to donate to. Then people can give *you* money if they appreciate your work.

    So it's particularly useful for projects that need a small cash stream to keep going, and for developers that would like to do more Free Software work, but don't have the money/time to do so.

  4. But who will stop the Trolls? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting
    Once you attach this URL to your digital content, others can recognize you with reputation points and or financial contributions.

    So what's to stop someone from assuming your identity and ruining your reputation? It seems this alone invalidates the system.