And of course, I could choose to delegate the trust, and to “follow” someone, which would mean to incorporate their rankings, especially in areas where I don’t orient that much.
Do you think this would work?
I do agree that there's probably some cleverer solution on a personal level, but I think the journal system exists as a kind of guard against untrusted actors, and yet fails.
Are you asserting a 'trust' whitelist, a 'distrust' grey or blacklist, or some combination?
Are assertions meant to be linked to or backed by evidence?
Are these assertions publicly visible?
Is there a limit to the number of assertions that can be made?
I think you can see how such a system might devolve into formalized collusion.
*> And of course, I could choose to delegate the trust, and to “follow” someone
In the absence of explicit delegation or following, is trust/distrust intended to be transitive at all (ala PageRank or Advogato WoT)?