Before diving in, I will preface saying I have never written a post before, and am in general a lurker. However this idea has been itching on the back of my mind for months and I would love feedback on what I may be missing or if this is something to seriously consider as a future project. I used the new GPT-3 model text-davinci-003 to help with this post, first by writing stream of consciousness style, then asking it to organize my thoughts, then having it write out a post.

Trust in the media has been decreasing for some time now, and it’s becoming increasingly difficult to find reliable sources of information. This has led to people feeling disillusioned with the media and its sources, causing them to question the legitimacy of the news that they’re consuming. From the Sam Bankman-Fried FTX scandal to the Twitter fiasco with Elon Musk, it’s clear that the media can’t always be trusted. However, there may be a solution that could help us regain trust in the media and its sources. This solution involves a system for tagging URLs and subscribing to other users’ authority when it comes to certain topics.

The idea originated from my want for a better tagging system for online fiction. Often times, authors do a poor job of tagging the content they post, and the search engines of fiction serving websites can be inadequate in helping readers find the stories they’re looking for. With this system, users can add their own tags to URLs, and people who subscribe to the user’s account can search for stories using the tags. The solution could also include a system for aggregating tags into dictionaries. For example, a dictionary of Royal Road Tags could contain all the tags (or a curated selection of only reputable Royal Road fiction taggers) that have been applied to fictions on the site. Additionally, users could subscribe to other users’ authority when it comes to blocking tags on certain URLs. For example, if a user finds that another user, such as fiction_connoisseurXX, does a good job of blocking bad tags on Royal Road fictions, they could subscribe to the other user’s authority for blocking of tags that are on Royal Road URLs. The system could even go a step further and allow users to subscribe to other users’ authority settings.

For example, if JohnieBoy23 is known for being very careful about who he authorizes to block tags for him (since he is subscri...

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