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What's that thing the internet insists you be outraged about but you just can't bring yourself to care? (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

It's a broader topic, but I disagree, the strategy of outsourcing trust to centralized institutions this way is fundamentally a bad one, and naturally becomes more dysfunctional the more it is used. People need to exercise more of their own judgment, and rely more on the judgment of people they know personally. It's just too much weight for one structure to bear.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Outsourcing trust is a core part of society. We should be able to rely on parts of society. Otherwise we have everyone trying to do their own thing and its ineffective and a waste of time and effort.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Of course some form of coordination is useful, but no single metric can handle that much pressure. It should be obvious by now that our society is relying too heavily on these credentials, and that they have become less useful to everyone because of that.

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