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Aug 17, 2018

We need a Yelp for news -- a way of rating pieces and authors. Maybe reviewers are limited to subject matter experts. Does this exist? How shall we publicly shame the #shitscoopers and also give the public some guidance on what's real?

Pratyush Mishra

@zkproofs

Aug 18, 2018

All such systems are easily gameable, with conflicting interests; users, vendors, and platform owners have different interests

Aug 18, 2018

Make it a web of trust, put it on the blockchain. I'll trust the reviews of who I follow for my aggregate score. Pay to review/pay to follow.

Aug 31, 2018

Sounds like you caught the @Tribeworthy bug- also known as crowd-contested media.

looks cool but is there a website where I can search for a particular article, author or publication to see the reviews?

Nope. But the next iteration of Tribeworthy will have search and rating pages for authors and outlets. You can take a sneak peek at tribeworthy.net on desktop(not mobile optimized yet) or wait and I’ll reach out again when it’s live.

Been checking out the app. Lots of potential, looking forward to the next iteration. Would also be great to build a custom list of trusted reviewers so that bots and bad reviewers don't taint the scores I see.

2:07 AM · Sep 1, 2018Twitter Web Client

Yeah the next iteration will have a leaderboard featuring the highest rated authors, outlets, and reviewers. And as you may have noticed we feature their User Rating next to every review. Great feedback tho, thanks!

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Great! I'm worried about the Sybil attack at both levels: article ratings, and reviewer ratings. Maybe connect to BitRated or other WoT.. need a way to filter out fake/compromised/paid users/reviews.

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Yeah this is where something like uport might come in handy. Another thing we’re doing to mitigate this risk is by having verified journalists review under a Critics Category similar to how Rotten Tomatoes does it. That gives us a quantifiable and verifiable group of expert...