Friday, January 23, 2015

[ffctwfqo] Cult following

Create a social networking platform to aid in the gathering, maintenance, and coordination of a cult following.  This could be used for good or for evil.

A cult following is different from the symmetric casual connections of Facebook and Linkedin, and also different from the casual following of Twitter.

Two possible definitions: A cult follower is less likely, perhaps highly unlikely, to betray you.  A cult follower will follow the leader to an irrational degree. These definitions can be used to develop membership criteria and selection mechanisms.

The platform can aid in, for example, letting followers prove their loyalty and uncover snitches.

Daily affirmation with speech recognition might be one tool.

Distributed system with strong cryptography will likely be important, as cult followings make the status quo uneasy so they will try to break then up.

Perhaps avoid regulation under the protection of religious freedom.

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