http://clicknoise.net/online-identity-trustbacks-and-taste-mapping/ Musings about music, technology, mobility, and culture, by Jean Hebert. Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:56:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://clicknoise.net/online-identity-trustbacks-and-taste-mapping/comment-page-1/#comment-2043 Clicknoise » AOpenIDL Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:43:25 +0000 http://clicknoise.net/online-identity-trustbacks-and-taste-mapping/#comment-2043 [...] I haven't posted about OpenID in some time. Not surprising, considering the weight I've had to give to DRM, indie music, and related business, because of things like this occuring on a more-than-daily basis in recent weeks. Anyway, there's some big news in the area of decentralized identification systems. Now, not only has Microsoft stepped up to the plate and embraced the OpenID system, but AOL has followed suit. [...] [...] I haven’t posted about OpenID in some time. Not surprising, considering the weight I’ve had to give to DRM, indie music, and related business, because of things like this occuring on a more-than-daily basis in recent weeks. Anyway, there’s some big news in the area of decentralized identification systems. Now, not only has Microsoft stepped up to the plate and embraced the OpenID system, but AOL has followed suit. [...]

]]> http://clicknoise.net/online-identity-trustbacks-and-taste-mapping/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Clicknoise » Truth, Taste and Wikis Fri, 12 May 2006 23:49:48 +0000 http://clicknoise.net/online-identity-trustbacks-and-taste-mapping/#comment-57 [...] In a post last week I mused on the topic of trustbacks and their utility in rating the opinions of others as a bulwark against potential problems with music sharing sites like last.fm. Transposing this question to the matter at hand, could we map/moderate truth in the same way that we can map/moderate taste, by being as critical about the reporters as we are about the reported? And if so, how could a system of trustbacks be kept in check, to make sure no one became a privileged arbiter of truth illegitimately? [...] [...] In a post last week I mused on the topic of trustbacks and their utility in rating the opinions of others as a bulwark against potential problems with music sharing sites like last.fm. Transposing this question to the matter at hand, could we map/moderate truth in the same way that we can map/moderate taste, by being as critical about the reporters as we are about the reported? And if so, how could a system of trustbacks be kept in check, to make sure no one became a privileged arbiter of truth illegitimately? [...]

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