> The Web of Trust failed for PGP 30 years ago. Why will it work here?

It didn't work for links as reputation for search once "SEO" people started creating link farms. It's worse now. With LLMs, you can create fake identities with plausible backstories.

This idea won't work with anonymity. It's been tried.

I guess this is why Sam Altman wants to scan everyone's eyeballs.