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		beej71 on June 10, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Is it time to resurrect a Usenet clone? The only people who would be willing to sign everything and build a web of trust would be a handful of academics, students, and professionals. I wonder if that could act as a gateway.

jandrese on June 10, 2023 [–]

I think PGP proved that the Web of Trust is not a scalable concept.

beej71 on June 11, 2023 | [–]

While true, the idea in this case would be to deliberately keep things small.

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