From: yanek@novavax.nova.edu (Yanek Martinson)
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 92 07:21:57 PST
To: tribble@xanadu.com  (E. Dean Tribble)
Subject: Re: reputation
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> filtering based on reputation.  Since negative reputation can be
> avoided simply by creating another pseudonym, the only reputation that
> will make a difference is positive reputation:  credibility.  

What's to stop you (once you have some "reputation") from creating 250
other pseudonyms or "identitites", giving them all a "reputation", and then
create another identity, and have these 250 all give this one as much as
possible, in effect creating an identity with a lot of "credibility" out
of thin air?


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