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Validating Voters For Open Source Governance, In Person

An anonymous reader writes "As we (very gradually) move away from feudal, leader-based forms of governance to collaborative and open source governance, some interesting new issues arise. The biggest is usually user authentication: how can we avoid sock-puppets and spammers from overtaking the voting process? Enter the concept of the streetwiki, an ingenious system for having humans validate their physical neighbors. Bleeding-edge social organization meets ancient validation protocol."

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  1. Seeing more of my neighbors? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    But I do my best to avoid them, they're terrible people!