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A '''trust model''' is just a map of who [[trust]]s who, when and in what circumstances. It | A '''trust model''' is just a map of who [[trust]]s who, when and in what circumstances. It claims '''authoritative integrity''', meaning, you are actually trusting who you think you are trusting. It is not [[reputation]] although reputation can play a major role in deciding whose assertions to believe. However it does not ''establish'' authoritative integrity, that takes an [[audit]] process, and that process has a form of [[investigative integrity]]. | ||
[[Trademark]], [[standard label]]s and anything that you can [[audit]] is believed to have some degree of this integrity, or people wouldn't act one way when they saw the mark/label, and another way when they don't. | |||
To understand the contrast, consider what happens when you see a term on a label like "fun" or "new" or "more" or "clean" on a label. There is no control or trust model behind these words, so you dismiss them as [[propaganda]]. | To understand the contrast, consider what happens when you see a term on a label like "fun" or "new" or "more" or "clean" on a label. There is no control or trust model behind these words, so you dismiss them as [[propaganda]]. | ||
Any [[revenue model]] is based on some assumptions about a trust model. This is particularly important in a [[self-funding]] project, but also to the [[Consumerium developers]]. | Any [[revenue model]] is based on some assumptions about a trust model. This is particularly important in a [[self-funding]] project, but also to the [[Consumerium developers]]. | ||