Editing Criticisms of the DGF project (section)

=== Problems with the goals ===
*Digital reputation schemes are dystopian nightmares. <br>
:Similar schemes to quantify reputation include the CCP's [[wikipedia:Social_Credit_System|Social Credit System]] (SCS). Watch the Black Mirror [[wikipedia:Nosedive_(Black_Mirror)|episode on reputation scores]] to get a sense of what visionaries fear from a successful REP token.
::Answer: The primary problems with previous digital reputation schemes have been that the systems are opaque and centrality controlled by a monopolistic power which gives a binary judgement of each human based on a single index (the reputation score), and the tools may become so dominant that participation is required to function in society. 
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::In DGF, we recognize the power of such a system and are also concerned with the long-term negative consequences to society. Such fears are precisely what leads us to build DGF. We believe it is important to build a system which counters all of those negative qualities. We wish to build a decentralized organizational system that serves its members better and is more powerful than any centralized social credit system.
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::Most importantly, DGF DAOs are owned by the people who use them--the entire goal is to allow decentralized control of organizations. This allows users to control their personal data to the maximum degree, while ZK proofs allow users to share data for the benefit of the network, without revealing personal details. DGF is built to encourage open participation, so people can join or leave at will. The P2P software is built to allow decentralized control of the algorithm, which requires transparency for all protocols used. The public-key cryptography is at the heart of the architecture to ensure the privacy of every transaction. The governance structures are designed to encourage weighted democracies instead of top-down authoritarian systems. Finally, the point of making a framework for DAOs is to encourage the proliferation of competing and cooperating DAOs with many domains instead of a single DAO with a single type of REP token.AI

:AI may come to dominate the system 
::Answer: https://xkcd.com/810/

*Monopolies
:If it is successful, one dApp will likely dominate the others. Competition and Economies of scale will lead to monopolies and no higher global level of regulation is strong enough to resist.
::Answer: [[DAO#Open source|Open source]] design and digital architecture allows anyone to clone the whole structure within minutes. Competition will allow local versions to give alternatives. People will have the freedom to choose which platform serves their values best.
:::Counter answer: That ignores the first mover advantage from the [[wikipedia:Network_effect|network effect]]. The larger network is irresistible. 
::::Counter counter-answer: Putting your energies into a smaller network that is younger and more appropriate for your talents and outcomes is exactly the first mover advantage. It's true that individuals get more power by joining a large network, but they get diminishing founder benefits when joining an older network.