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Re: [projectvrm] Esther Dyson on privacy and Whuffie


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  • From: Doc Searls < >
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  • Cc: Don Marti < >, ProjectVRM list < >
  • Subject: Re: [projectvrm] Esther Dyson on privacy and Whuffie
  • Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2014 13:26:20 -0400

Yep.

On Jun 8, 2014, at 11:57 AM, Phil Wolff < "> > wrote:

Was it Dave Weinberger who said we'll all be famous to fifteen people? 

On Friday, June 6, 2014, Don Marti < "> > wrote:
  The Private Sector’s Privacy Puzzle

  "Once a company identifies which users have the
  most influence – well-known bloggers, for example
  – it may offer them better treatment, in the hope
  that they will recommend the service..."

  http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/esther-dyson-explores-when-and-why-people-are-likely-to-share-their-data

So the viable strategies for a user are (1)
accumulate genuine Whuffie (2) falsify high Whuffie,
as by buying Twitter followers, which is a thing or
(3) take privacy measures.  The losing strategy is
oversharing by low-status users.

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Don Marti
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