We could create a browser extension to add this functionality to all search engines at once. Using a web of trust mechanism to ensure that we only get real votes...
heck they maybe already do this in a different/more hierarchical form based on a person’s Youtube graph.
They don't seem to be using that data to improve search results. I've noticed a considerable decline over the years, and Google is now definitely my 2nd or 3rd choice when I'm trying to find something.
blockchain technology's biggest problem is the fact that its use cases touch the ideological foundations of our global culture. And bitcoin operated on the foundational level of any all governments in the world.
Bitcoin is just one use case of the technology, another is land registries. Again, foundational institutions of society; not the kind of thing that has ever been peacefully reformed ever.
Your comment is evidence that 'cultural directors' of our civilization decided to destroy this technology. However it's funny to notice that they will proceed to implement their own versions of it: possibly the renminbi unless the dollars bomb them out of existence? but I'm so far into guesswork that this whole comment ought to be voted into the really light grays.
People have suggested this before. However, using "blockchain" for land registries doesn't seem any better than using a database + audit trail. eg standard tech
Just because the land registry is stored in a block chain doesn't make it incorruptible.
The exact same person/people that would submit correct information into the blockchain (eg gov officer) can be persuaded ($5 wrench approach, etc) to submit incorrect info to the blockchain: https://xkcd.com/538/
Same problem set as the existing tech.
also, for extra revenue, gotta develop an option to ignore user feedback and shove your links anyways to be sold as a special the advertisement plan. I suspect this would work better if done in secret... which is the problem with the 'trust' aspect of any such thing, IMO.
The last time I referred to them was to tag Elite: Dangerous Odyssey as "Early Access".