On Mon, Jun 09, 2014 at 05:26:28PM -0700, Virgil Griffith wrote:
I propose the following system for harnessing "warm glow" and "reputation" for Tor relay operators.
Hi Virgil,
I agree with your direction here, and I'd love to see some more work on it.
In fact, the "per relay" page idea is nearly in place -- I think if we add some elements to the atlas and globe pages for relays, to show their total contribution, ranking, etc, we will be a lot closer to your goal.
The overall ranking page idea has gotten lost lately though. We used to have the torstatus pages (e.g. blutmagie), but they've been unmaintained for a long time. Tools like Atlas and Globe don't replace that "public reward" aspect because there's no master page where you can see at a glance who you should be impressed by. Compass is a bit closer, but still not quite it.
So I'd suggest the following next steps: * Figure out what metrics we should use to quantify useful contribution, and make sure Karsten's onionoo can tell them to us. Add entries for them to the atlas/globe pages. * Make some new pages where you can get a list of relays sorted by those metrics.
This is the sort of topic where it would be best to get some excited new people involved, rather than trying to load down e.g. Karsten more.
Also, don't underestimate the difficulty of choosing the right metrics. And also try to avoid the trap where somebody writes something and then disappears and then you realize you wanted a slightly different metric but nobody knows how to modify the code. :)
--Roger