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>I would never create a system that placed a negative on someone's entire life.

>There is always room for and chances to improve ones self.

Great, then here's an opportunity for you to improve: I need you to understand that any social system designed by humans will be flawed and miss a bunch of edge cases. Your intentions do not matter. Doing this will fuck up somebody's life.

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I hear your concerns and absolutely understand them, however I think you're missing the point that this isn't about surveillance or control - it's helping people make more informed choices about who they interact with, while giving everyone clear ways to demonstrate their trustworthiness. Of course there will be edge cases the same way there are edge cases with a hammer. Being community driven means its up to the community as a whole to keep the system legit, improve the community, and improve the system(and it's edge cases) as a whole

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