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MarkPNeyer·Jun 14, 2017

Here is a proposed solution to mob rule: https://github.com/neyer/dewdrop With a much simpler version of the same concept here https://github.com/neyer/respect I think it's doable.

In The blockchain paradox: Why DLTs may do little to transform the economy

MarkPNeyer·Oct 17, 2016

It's awesome to read someone else talking about the same thing! I started working on a prototype of language for discourse here: https://github.com/neyer/dewDrop There is a simplified version running a protocol called 'the respect matrix' here: github.com/neyer/respect http://s3.neyer.me/respect-matrix-slides.pdf https://twitter.com/RespectMatrix

In Computational Law, Symbolic Discourse and the AI Constitution

mtrn·Jul 7, 2015

This reminds me of a funny rule, I heard some years ago (in the context of the Semantic Web): If you allow people to supply their data, they either won't do it or they'll do it wrong. #ddv2 DISARGEE https://github.com/neyer/dewDrop

In DewDrop – A Formal Language for Social Networks

calebm·Jul 7, 2015

Cool idea, but to data mine human communication, software must come to understand their language, rather than trying to get people to change their language #ddv2 DISAGREE https://github.com/neyer/dewDrop

In DewDrop – A Formal Language for Social Networks

fiatjaf·Jul 7, 2015Submission

DewDrop – A Formal Language for Social Networks

51 points · Open discussion

MarkPNeyer·Apr 16, 2015

yes, i very much am. my ultimate goal was along those lines but more complex: https://github.com/neyer/dewDrop

In Eigenmorality

MarkPNeyer·Feb 2, 2015

i've been working for a while on this: https://github.com/neyer/dewDrop

In TrustDavis: A Non-Exploitable Online Reputation System [pdf]

MarkPNeyer·Jan 30, 2015

the past isn't all meanness. you win more with friends you trust than with slaves fighting for you. even the greediest king needs to feed his soldiers. doing that is a lot easier when your kingdom is prosperous because your people have property rights and solid contracts. the allies won the second world war because the nazis and the japanese killed or ostracized all of their weirdos. we just kept ours busy cracking their codes. military conflict is only one aspect of history - and i'd say the bonds formed between soldiers matter more than the violence they inflict on each other. technology matters - sure. but you need to account for the technology of trust. a society that is strongly trusting of its internal members because they all have historical records of statements they've made about each other and their relationships, with measured

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accuracy and self-contradiction frequency - that civilization will be more supportive of its members and quicker to defeat its enemies. see https://github.com/neyer/dewDrop for more on that one. look at game of thrones, and how powerful the stark family remains, even after they are all killed. they are loved, and that's a power that the lannisters totally underestimate, to their failure. even after Ned stark is gone, the love his supporters bore him causes them to stick together, while the tyrells and the lannisters squabble like a bunch of children. Coordinating group effort is really fucking hard. Love, trust, and friendship are way more cost effective than greed and selfishness. love doesn't always win. it doesn't have to. it can wait patiently for greed to chase its tail into a corner and starve itself to death. if love does that, someone who loves it will come by and put it right. look at how many corporations push for diversity - not because they care, but because even a sociopath sees the value in _being seen as_ honest and caring and good. once that becomes extremely difficult to fake, i'm sure it'll affect the entire culture.

In How would the world change if we found extraterrestrial life?

MarkPNeyer·Jan 23, 2015

> to fight this recession, as OTHER GUY put it, Alan Greenspan needs to create a housing bubble to replace the Nasdaq bubble. it's clear that Krugman is talking about someone else (Paul McCully)'s phrasing of some advice. What isn't clear is whether Krugman also thinks this advice is a good idea. It seems that way from my reading it - unless Krugman thinks ending the ression is not desirable. It's anything but clear, though. "your interpretation is incorrect" is a reasonable opinion. "I don't see how anyone could interpret it that way" sounds like hyperbole. A formal language used on social networks could solve problems like this. A record of accurate predictions made in a formal language could be a solid source of reputation. https://github.com/neyer/dewDrop

In The Theory of Interstellar Trade (1978) [pdf]

chippy·Dec 18, 2014Submission

DewDrop a Formal Language for Social Networks

2 points · Open discussion

ctoth·Oct 28, 2014Submission

DewDrop: A formal language for social networks

3 points · Open discussion

MarkPNeyer·Oct 27, 2014

https://github.com/neyer/dewDrop may be up your ally - a formal language designed to make this sort of thing doable..

In Building Hater News

MarkPNeyer·Jul 19, 2014

my friend and i have been working on something like this, which may have the answer to the key revocation problem. in our system (which we are calling dewdrop - https://github.com/neyer/dewdrop - still very much a work in progress) you don't pass coins around; you make statements. you can make statements of the form 'i trust person X', and then statements made by person X are given more weight for you, as are statements by those X trusts, etc. in our system, key revocation would be just another statement. if i say "hey this is mark, my phone was captured at this time and these N transactions are invalid", my friends - if they believe me - can say 'i believe he is telling the truth here.' everyone who trusts us will then ignore statements made from that address during that time period. the statements will still be on the network, but peop

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le who trust me and my friends will not believe i made them. because there is no transfer of coins - just statements that anyone can make - there's no issue of 'do we really need to revoke the key?' people who trust me, and who trust my friends, will see those statements as having been revoked; people who don't trust me will need to decide for themselves on this.

In A New Digital Currency Whose Value Is Based on Your Reputation

MarkPNeyer·Jun 21, 2014

my friends and i had started on this already. i had a hard time explaing to people why it was valuable; looks like scott has done it for us. please help us! https://github.com/neyer/dewDrop right now all we have is a way to state which facebook users a person trusts. there's a chrome extension to help with this. it's extremely basic. i have a server running at https://dewdrop.neyer.me - we need a lot more help! i'm just putting it on github now - so i'll update the readme in a few minutes.

In Eigenmorality