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klondike1412 ago

Blockchain communication and bounties sound like the perfect decentralized, market-based economy for this. Hardest issue will be validating how verifiable the info is, since you will be fighting with disinfo both malignant (subterfuge, counter-intel) and non-malignant (scammers just out for the bounty).

I think the "entrance fee" requirement and total secrecy through decentralization is the key. It's basically making an "information bounty hunter" network.

MAGAphobia ago

Document everything. Have the private investigator document everything he does with a hidden camera and when the investigation is complete release all the raw footage. Then we scrutinize the PI and talk to him and ask him whatever we want.

The only way they could scam us is if the PI and the guy behind the Go-Fund-Me campaign were both in on it ( or the same person), but this way they'd have to fake all the raw footage as well. It would be a pretty sophisticated scam to pull off.

There's a few other layers of protection we could use to protect ourselves against misinformation as well, but there's not a full proof method. All we can do is put as many barriers in front of the disinformation agents as possible.

I also think people would eventually learn which Go-Fund-Me campaigns were producing the best results, and so they'd judge people based on their performance and direct their funds towards them.