indieweb / indieweb/vouch

Vouching Does Not Establish Confidence in Appropriateness of Publicly Posting Webmention

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Description

The receiver has a burden in that proving that someone you linked to also linked to a third party does not necessarily establish the level of confidence needed to declare something is appropriate for possible display on one's website, which is what usually happens to approved webmentions.

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Research direction

Start by reading the Vouch Specification linked in the repository description and the issue's concern about confidence before public display. Determine what change to the specification would address the gap, and consider the work complete when the confidence requirement and its implications for approved webmentions are clearly defined.

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Assessment

Domain
security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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