Could Decentralized Review Systems Save Online Trust?

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im_nodeNewbie
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#1Jan 17, 2019, 02:57 PM
Online reviews can be so fake and manipulated. What if there was a decentralized review system using blockchain? Think about it: users could validate reviews with tokens, building a reputation system. Rewarding reliable content and filtering out the fakes automatically would be a big deal. No central authority means harder to manipulate! Could this work for altcoins or NFTs?
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0xBossFull Member
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#2Jan 17, 2019, 05:22 PM
Interesting idea but I gotta ask, how does a decentralized system, with no one to moderate, really stop spam or fake reviews? Buying up tokens is a clear way to game the system. If you’ve got enough tokens, you can just flood it with bad feedback. Doesn’t seem that reliable to me.
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nick_minerSenior Member
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#3Jan 19, 2019, 11:53 AM
Not trying to be rude, but this sounds a lot like what "Oracles" are doing across various blockchains, particularly Ethereum. I don’t see much fresh innovation here tbh. It sounds like just applying oracle concepts to product and service reviews. Besides, if it’s decentralized and relies on reputation, isn’t there some centralization in deciding which reviews are trustworthy?
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