Comment on An invitation to agree
adam_y@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It’s a lovely idea. Fundamentally sound. Feels very Quaker in outlook. That’s not a criticism.
I’m not sure it is hardened against bad actors though. I’m sure you’ve thought of this. Ultimately it needs centralised adjudication. Who is to say if someone did or did not break an agreement, or whether that breakage was deliberate or accidental and whether being shut out for breaking said agreement has implications of a social and financial nature?
Mob rule, designation of “outsiders” and sin eaters feature in almost every social construct at some stage in development. I’m not sure you can avoid that through good intentions.
Perhaps that sort of thing needs to develop naturally, or organically.
PatrickJohnCollins@slrpnk.net 6 months ago
Thank you for the feedback! I would say more humanist than Quaker, because there is no mention of the supernatural or deities. Although there is nothing to stop someone making an agreement containing the ten commandments, personally I wouldn’t sign that one myself.
It remains to be seen whether the proposed reputation system would stand up to abuse or devolve into noise. I’ve been house sitting for two years looking after people’s dogs and cats (trustedhousesittters.com) the whole system rests on trust and reputation and mostly works quite well, so there is prior art to reference. Also a lot of naysayers never thought Wikipedia would stand up to vandalism and yet the system has proved surprisingly resilient. I suspect the concept would appeal to the more ethical folk initially and gradually spread to the general population.
adam_y@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yeah, I meant in the way in which you posited agreement, contract and conflict resolution rather than the deity stuff. I should have made that more clear.
Any, sounds like a fun project. Good luck with it.