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What do you think about it? I guess that woman to men ratio will be something like 1:20
Other apps do have some good anti-bot measures which could be adopted for a FOSS project. The problem with a lot of cryptographic solutions for this is that often cryptography is usually more about proving your identity more than proving something about your identity. Tor is also focused on privacy from middle-men, which doesn’t really make sense for a dating app.
I think the challenge boils down to how to prove you’re human without biometrics or other PII. And I think the sad reality is that you can’t prove it. Though you may be able to prove you have unique PII with some sort of zero-knowledge proof…
Maybe it would need to draw on experiences of moderating chat rooms and forums - these are very often done by volunteers who put a lot of time and energy into it because they believe in it.
There is also the “Web Of Trust” concept, where, given that everyone can prove their identity, people can then vouch for each other.
Other apps do have some good anti-bot measures which could be adopted for a FOSS project. The problem with a lot of cryptographic solutions for this is that often cryptography is usually more about proving your identity more than proving something about your identity. Tor is also focused on privacy from middle-men, which doesn’t really make sense for a dating app.
I think the challenge boils down to how to prove you’re human without biometrics or other PII. And I think the sad reality is that you can’t prove it. Though you may be able to prove you have unique PII with some sort of zero-knowledge proof…
Maybe it would need to draw on experiences of moderating chat rooms and forums - these are very often done by volunteers who put a lot of time and energy into it because they believe in it.
There is also the “Web Of Trust” concept, where, given that everyone can prove their identity, people can then vouch for each other.