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Main article: Privacy, identity, and fraud in the ratings system
To determine if there is a real person claiming to be named X (i.e. person claims identity X)
- I have met X in person N times.
Consistency of physical appearance of X (to determine if it is same real person in each case)
- X looks like/sounds like/dresses like a,b,c …
Measure “activeness” of an identity (higher activeness requires increased work to maintain a false identity and also increases the chance for contradictions to be detected). There are many things that constitute activity and they don’t all have the same impactfulness. From the ratings systems perspective, activeness would be the generation of certain types of predicates in the system that reference X. This point is left intentionally vague for now as it requires more analysis.
Consistency of information provided by X to different people that X met (to determine if the real person is presenting a singlular “identity” beyond the use of the same name X)
- During the time(s) I met X they told me: a, b, c …
Consistency of actions performed by X (other than information provided):
- I observed X doing a, b, c … Measuring charteristics and capabilities of a person is one way to help identify them.
Overall impression of X when providing information (especially when questioned specifically):
- X is very forthcoming when asked questions and directly answers them instead of deflecting
- X seems to answer questions honestly
- X was contradictory about a, b, c …
To connect people who have different names in different environments (and distinguish deceptively and non-deceptive usages). Here we’re trying to identify people who have a propensity for faking their identity for immoral reasons.
- X is also publicly known as Y (no deception intended)
- X deceptively uses an alternate identity Y
Analysis algorithms:
- To look for people pretending multiple identities: Identify identities who seem almost “the same” in their opinions, claims, appearance, or actions especially on “important” versus “unimportant” things. Important here means things that will matter more in terms of their impact on the ratings system (strongly held opinions, impactful claims, etc).
- To look for people pretending a singular identity: Look for consistency contradictions in predicates about identity X.