here's the article: http://www.wired.co.uk/article/chinese-government-social-cre...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosedive (warning, contains spoilers)
China is run by a authoritarian oligarchy that wants to suppress any challenge to it's power. The planned "social credit" system is part of that suppression.
FYI, this oligarchy has a list of "perils" that include:
> “Western constitutional democracy”; others included promoting “universal values” of human rights, Western-inspired notions of media independence and civic participation [1]
It's not trying to solve your problem with people's online lack of manners, and any imputation to the contrary is part of a smokescreen.
> It's a solution... but i'm not sure if it's the right one
It's the wrong solution, full stop.
[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/20/world/asia/chinas-new-lead...
You're missing the point. The US should not emulate China's authoritarian systems of control, regardless of how well China can do them or how they might seem applicable to some aspect of American life. They are the tools of authoritarianism, and to bring them here is to allow authoritarianism to creep in.
In China right now it's being touted as making everything in life seamless.
To me it's the most terrifying form of the future.