Re: Free Software-like equivalents of Google?

On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 13:26 +0200, Arik Baratz wrote:
> On 11/7/05, Omer Zak <omerz-ysDPMY98cNQDDBjDh4tngg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > While I don't like shooting your idea down, how do you propose the
> > > system can be made resilient to the huge economic pressure that a
> > > system in that order of magnitude will inevitably attract?
> >
> > How about a reputation system based upon personal views?
> [explanation snipped]
> 
> How exactly are you going to prevent spammers from using a huge
> bot-net to vouch for their stuff, masquarading as people? Give them
> all turing tests? There are easily workable workarounds around these.

The same way you don't get pr0n stuff when you surf or search for
information about Web search algorithms.

If you find that you got into spam information, based upon endorsement
from an entity, then you stop relying on that entity in future searches.

Then those zombies and Turing-souls can endorse each other to the
seventy sky, you just do not use their endorsements for any purpose.
                                            --- Omer
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