On Wednesday, 13. May 2009 15:03:13 Matthew Toseland wrote: > Perhaps some form of feedback/ultimatum system? Users who are affected by > spam from an identity can send proof that the identity is a spammer to the > users they trust who trust that identity. If the proof is valid, those who > trust the identity can downgrade him within a reasonable period; if they > don't do this they get downgraded themselves?
I remember another alternative which was proposed (and implemented) for Gnutella (but LimeWire chose not to merge the code for unknown reasons): Voting not on users but on messages (objects): - Main site: http://credence-p2p.org - Papers: http://credence-p2p.org/paper.html - Overview: http://credence-p2p.org/overview.html I tested it back then and it worked quite well. You could have two different settings: "ignore messages marked as spam" and "only see messages marked as good". They had the same problem of people not voting on "spam/not spam", but on "I like it / I hate it", and their solution was a differenciated voting mechanism. It's implemented in Java, but the GUI ties into LimeWire. The core is mostly independent, though (iirc). It only depends on a limit on account creation: creating massive amounts of accounts (who are alowed to vote) can break the system. This limit could be realized by only allowing people with a minimum message count to vote. I don't know if it can perfectly be ported to freenet, but it should be worth a look - also it's GPL licensed. Best wishes, Arne --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- - singing a part of the history of free software - http://infinite-hands.draketo.de
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