If the viralization of bad information is something attainable with a budget, we are…

13EBPmUbnSUnuXQoPXFpxMxexxLJTaNoza (1489) · March 2, 2021

If the viralization of bad information is something attainable with a budget, we are doomed. @24 came up with a tool to fight this threat called BoostPOW.
BoostPOW adds sobriety to thinking and valuing information.

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13EBPmUbnSUnuXQoPXFpxMxexxLJTaNoza (1489) · March 2, 2021

Maybe I should say "misinformation" as there is no such thing as "bad information"

13bJsMyjiNF21qYTLK5tZizwEovpT6DNeu (3375) · March 2, 2021

You should boost this Twetch!

13EBPmUbnSUnuXQoPXFpxMxexxLJTaNoza (1489) · March 2, 2021

How can I boost a Twetch?
Also, I was thinking it would be useful to see some graph for the boosts an article received, if it were lots of small boosts or one big boost. I think it might be a good idea to use such metrics for a ranking.

13bJsMyjiNF21qYTLK5tZizwEovpT6DNeu (3375) · March 2, 2021

Go to boostpow.com, click "boost content" and paste in the twetch url or txid.

Right now we don't render twetches very well, hopefully will improve soon.

13bJsMyjiNF21qYTLK5tZizwEovpT6DNeu (3375) · March 2, 2021

We can show data on boosts by size but I'm not sure how helpful that is. You can disguise a big boost as lots of tiny ones.

Eventually I want to show Twetch identities of boosters if we have that information.

13EBPmUbnSUnuXQoPXFpxMxexxLJTaNoza (1489) · March 3, 2021

Yes, hard problems since identities can suppress the support for controversial ideas too. When identity plus privacy is possible things might get easier to solve.