On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 20:26:56 +0100, Florian Weimer said: > Wouldn't this provide significant economic incentive towards gaining a > high value on this metric? I'm not sure if this a good idea because > even if you call it a "trust metric", it does not have to correspond > to ethical behavior.
Wrong concept of "trust". There exist vendors that I *expect* will treat me in an unethical way, while being totally open as to their identity. Think of it as going to buy a used car, and *knowing* that there are shady and unethical dealings going on, but knowing to a high degree of certainty that the salesmen perpetrating the fraud are in fact authorized and are acting on behalf of the dealership, and aren't somebody in a cheap suit that came in off the street and borrowed the office while the real salesman was out for a few days for a family emergency.... (And yes, there actually *was* somebody who pulled that fraud a while back nearby here - I wish I could find a citation...)
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