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docs: reword design decisions
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id: "no-counters",
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title: "(1) no counters on people",
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explanation:
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"because remote vouches can be created by anyone for any reason, you can't trust them at all. " +
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"this is also why trust decisions must always be made in the context of the current logged in user (you) " +
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"so that vouch chains can be located and shown to you specifically.",
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"because remote vouches can be created by anyone for any reason, they cannot be trusted at all. " +
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"this is also why trust decisions must always be made in the context of the current logged in user (you), " +
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"using a vouch chain that is localized to your specific immediate graph.",
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id: "no-text",
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title: "(2) no text on vouches",
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explanation:
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"generally moderation reasons, plus i wouldn't want to implement some kind of block just for this " +
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"proof of concept. having singular vouch units pointing to people is enough from an actual usability " +
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"standpoint of the project.",
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"text requires moderation and/or blocking, which i'd like to avoid, especially for a proof of concept. " +
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"having singular vouch units pointing to people is sufficient to demonstrate the concept, " +
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"while still remaining free of most harassment vectors.",
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id: "max-3-levels",
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title: "(3) routing from a max of 3 levels",
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title: "(3) routing with a max of 3 levels",
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explanation:
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"this was made back when the demo was microcosm based, but now i could increase that to 4 or 5. " +
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"past 5 though i think the graphs would become very meaningless if more people actually used this, " +
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"so i'll leave at 3 and reconsider if anyone wants to bump that up.",
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"this decision was made back when the demo used microcosm as its backend, but i could increase it to 4 or 5 now. " +
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"past 5, though, i think the graphs would become largely meaningless if more people actually used this, " +
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"so i'll leave it at 3 and reconsider if anyone requests a bump.",
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id: "explicit-type",
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title: "(4) you must explicitly type to vouch",
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title: "(4) you must explicitly type handles to vouch",
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explanation:
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"there were buttons to let you vouch anyone to create mutual vouches, removed it though because " +
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"adding the friction to vouch is very intentional from a design perspective. at least to make you " +
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"think more carefully of who you vouch, at least that's the intent.",
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"initially, there were buttons to let you vouch for your incoming vouches (i.e. mutual vouches). these were removed, " +
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"though, because the friction in vouching is very intentional from a design perspective: the intent is to make you " +
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"think more carefully about who you're willing to vouch for."
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