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RE: Decentralized Proof of Unique Individual
Or your could engineer your system so that there is no economic advantage to multiple personhood by moving to a patronage model like we have here at steemit. Then you don't need ID at all.
Exactly. That's what I thought this whole system was about. But because of a few bumps in the road we're talking about identifying people and photos? What the heck. What is happening here?
Steemit is just one example .. I think this is a broader discussion.
Not apply to Steemit, but Steemit could us it to give out larger signup rewards.
We should be focusing on real issues with Steemit at the moment. Less than 24 hours ago, someone bought $5500 USD worth of Steem from an exchange and couldn't figure out how to move it to their account. I would call that a show stopper flaw.
See https://steemit.com/steem/@transisto/brought-a-lot-of-steem-but-can-t-figure-out-how-to-deposit-it-in-my-account-on-steemit-com
See https://github.com/steemit/steemit.com/issues/628
Let's re-focus and stop letting our heads wander. There is so much more we should be dealing with right now than considering identity verification.
That makes sense. Focus on what has more priority or even take advantage of current "problems"! Maybe we must follow the Microsoft’s paradigm! They had the "problem" of illegal Windows copy’s at the start, but guess what (!), they just leaved the "problem" unsolved until they got to the point of mass adoption! (because illegal copy's actually helped to distribute the Windows OS to the masses MUCH quicker,so it became the standard on top of other OS that where better at the time!) Maybe we must take the "Dutch approach" to pretend there is not a problem as long as the benefits are greater(?) and get focus on them until it is the right time(?)... Actually double accounts and bots make our platform more appealing (at least for now,the early days), because it simulates ACTIVITY !!! Everyone is more comfortable to participate on "active" platforms! for example on exchanges with high volumes(bots), on online poker rooms with much players (bots again, no wonder all new online poker rooms use bots).... So the point really is... "allow" the current problems to work in our favour and focus on the POSSIBILITIES that are more important and much easier to implement RIGHT NOW ...
easier sign ups,
more user friendly platform,
better design,
gamification,
picture uploads,
profile,
private messages etc...
Allowing people to follow tags the same way people follow users would turn the experience closer to something that was proven to work, Reddit.
I find most of the content on steemit.com to be sub-par, mixing all subjects together does not help at all.