Re:Show HN: I made a toast that shows what visitors are doin...
by kulkarniankita on Saturday May 03, 2025 @03:21PM
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what would make you trust us? I am asking so I can show more legitimacy as I'm also a programmer and I agree with you
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Re:Show HN: I made a toast that shows what visitors are doin...
by Phreaker00 on Tuesday May 06, 2025 @09:23AM
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What you're trying to solve is a form of social validation and trust that brick and mortar stores implicitly have:
1. They have to have spent a reasonable amount of money to actually be there;
2. A busy store with lots of people at the registers means there's enough trust to spend money here.
To solve this in a virtual environment you'd need a comparable amount of implicit trust. For #1 it's doable: have a trustworthy domain name. Amazon.com is a lot more trustworthy than look-at-my-shop.tk. For #2 I don't think there's a trustworthy equivalent, since it's either off-site by a third party or unverifiable by users.