http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-34592186
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHcTKWiZ8sI
So apparently there are now things not entirely dissimilar to reputation networks being invented and used in China.
Welp, it's time for a desert bunker.
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China's Social Credit Network
Wed, 2015-12-16 17:15
#1
SquireNed
China's Social Credit Network
Thu, 2015-12-17 17:34
#2
TheGrue
C-Rep?
Read about this the other day - I too could not help but draw parallels to EP's reputation networks.
Somehow the concept seems a lot more sinister now that it's in the real world.
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Thu, 2015-12-17 19:07
#3
SquireNed
TheGrue wrote:Read about this
I think part of it is the application. A social reputation network is not necessarily inherently bad, but when it's being instituted by one of the largest scale abusers of human rights it's hard to look at it with a positive perspective.
Fri, 2015-12-18 19:32
#4
Observator
Appearances
... Can be deceiving. Some of us genuinely do not want this flavor of 'C-rep' on our records, and would like to see this fall flat on its face before it is made mandatory. Perhaps someone can adjust the funding downward in the next five-millisecond plan?
Fri, 2015-12-18 22:02
#5
SquireNed
The problem is that we're all
The problem is that we're all (or almost all) in an involuntary credit network as is (at least Americans are, and I'd assume most people elsewhere are as well), so it's not like there isn't precedent for something like this in the West. Personally, I'm hoping that things change before this would become real. Of course, IRL I'm pretty much a mild-mannered model citizen, I just like to grumble and whine.
Sun, 2015-12-27 03:41
#6
Pyrite
SquireNed wrote:The problem
While this is true, the credit reporting agencies aren't allowed to hold your political opinions against you...
...yet, at least.
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Sun, 2015-12-27 12:51
#7
SquireNed
Pyrite wrote:SquireNed wrote
True, but they're also not required to be wholly transparent. I'm sure at some point there's been impropriety that nobody knows about, even if it's not institutionalized.
Likewise, there's no opt-out feature other than simply making lifestyle decisions like not taking loans or credit cards: lifestyle decisions that the economic system is built around encouraging.
Mon, 2016-01-11 16:05
#8
uwtartarus
If you are responsible and
If you are responsible and never use or even have a credit card, your credit score is affected. No opting out. You must play the game to gain any of the benefits like home ownership or some jobs (credit checking for employment is apparently a thing).
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Sun, 2016-01-17 15:22
#9
SquireNed
uwtartarus wrote:If you are
I think the credit checking for employment is more of a "we don't want a deadbeat" thing.
Otherwise I'm in trouble.
Tue, 2016-01-19 12:27
#10
uwtartarus
SquireNed wrote:uwtartarus
Right, that's what I mean. Never getting a credit card is bad for your credit, which could lead to a bad score (I don't know how badly it affects it), and if they credit check you to make sure you're not a deadbeat, they won't see "bad score (because no credit card)" or "bad score (defaulted on credit cards)" so it is tricky and problematic.
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