We just need a web of trust where humans tag other known humans and follow other accounts. Every post could be labeled with a tag that shows how many degrees of separation you are from an account that's tagged the poster as a known human. Then the tech can evolve with a ranked trust hierarchy where you can follow someone but not accept their "known human tags" if they're a foolish friend that accepts AI selfies as proof of humanity.

[–] KittyJynx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

Webrings/WoT is back! The crab/train of the internet is still the solution everyone falls back to.

[–] Libb@piefed.social 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We just need a web of trust where humans tag other known humans and follow other accounts.

Wasn't it what blogs were all about and... still are? ;)

[–] iloveDigit@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I haven't seen any system like that for blogs (or anywhere yet)

[–] Libb@piefed.social 6 points 2 days ago

I was referring to the 'trust' and to the 'following' parts, using RSS feeds and blogrolls/curated recommendations as, back then, those could be very impactful to the visibility & popularity of any blog depending which... human being... made the recommendation. Meaning algorithms & bots were and, for the most part, would still be that useless crap they should have remained ;)

[–] Blaze@piefed.zip 5 points 2 days ago

Probably a path we'll have to go down the line.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

This is a great idea.