Lief Z.

Pinned content stepping members through private/guided group areas. We use a carousel in private groups for

Learning Paths - (maybe your content collections example?) especially useful if the carousel continues past 3 items.

I heard something about Adam Back (early bitcoin guy) recently where he proposed something like ‘forcing email systems to do a small calculation’ before they could send email which could theoretically & effectively eliminate SPAM because the calculation gets expensive at scale. Seems like this ‘content trust’ process has the capability of doing something similar along the way that would reduce the likelihood of problems of scale. and one last thought before I stop and go work…:D IF the system costs a little bit BUT THEN still allows the metadata to get stripped down the line then the “AI” content can get re-entered into the system, at scale in a ‘credibility laundering’ way. We need smart people solving this stuff (annnd that’s why I brought it here. ;d

If I, as a data controller or data processor take the effort to track provenance…well…I suppose it could be so cheap and easy to do that anyone could do it (and dilute it’s value). But if there is effort or skin in the game along the way, like processing effort, then it’ll discourage the fakers and improve trust in the system.

Thanks Todd N. - those bullets are important finds. Probably have some (or all) of those unless/until there are proper Gov’t-level regulations

I bring it up as a BestPractice here because I think what Tightknit is building is ground-breaking and exactly the sort of space to help drive / differentiate themselves in an increasingly important context (UGC) for the wave of AI tools we are currently surfing. 😄

“The Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) has developed their technical specification for providing content provenance and authenticity through Content Credentials. It is designed to enable global, opt-in, adoption of digital provenance techniques through the creation of a rich ecosystem of digital provenance enabled applications for a wide range of individuals and organizations while meeting appropriate security requirements.”

I found something very established under the C2PA https://spec.c2pa.org/specifications/specifications/1.4/guidance/Guidance.html

Not an inconvenience (arguably the reverse) ;D I just tend to want to go to the source when I can.

I subbed to your substack Joshua Z. several weeks (months?) ago - liking the language and framing of your posts. I honestly don’t know if I discovered your content here? or somewhere else. Either way, good stuff. Is it possible to buy your book without going through Amazon? (not against it per se; just wondering)