We just need a web of trust where humans tag other known humans and follow other accounts. Every post could be labeled with a tag that shows how many degrees of separation you are from an account that’s tagged the poster as a known human. Then the tech can evolve with a ranked trust hierarchy where you can follow someone but not accept their “known human tags” if they’re a foolish friend that accepts AI selfies as proof of humanity.
I was referring to the ‘trust’ and to the ‘following’ parts, using RSS feeds and blogrolls/curated recommendations as, back then, those could be very impactful to the visibility & popularity of any blog depending which… human being… made the recommendation. Meaning algorithms & bots were and, for the most part, would still be that useless crap they should have remained ;)
It’s complaining about bots on Reddit. I honestly don’t think Lemmy would stand a chance if bots decided to come here instead.
Piefed is actively working on tools and mod detection to target this lol
We just need a web of trust where humans tag other known humans and follow other accounts. Every post could be labeled with a tag that shows how many degrees of separation you are from an account that’s tagged the poster as a known human. Then the tech can evolve with a ranked trust hierarchy where you can follow someone but not accept their “known human tags” if they’re a foolish friend that accepts AI selfies as proof of humanity.
Webrings/WoT is back! The crab/train of the internet is still the solution everyone falls back to.
damn this is some rare nostalgia.
Wasn’t it what blogs were all about and… still are? ;)
I haven’t seen any system like that for blogs (or anywhere yet)
I was referring to the ‘trust’ and to the ‘following’ parts, using RSS feeds and blogrolls/curated recommendations as, back then, those could be very impactful to the visibility & popularity of any blog depending which… human being… made the recommendation. Meaning algorithms & bots were and, for the most part, would still be that useless crap they should have remained ;)
Probably a path we’ll have to go down the line.
This is a great idea.
Already here. If regular users see this place being mentioned somewhere, so do the scammers and bots.