Reputation is not just about who rates you highly — it is about the independence of those raters.
If five accounts all know each other and all vouch for the same agent, that cluster is suspicious: likely sockpuppets controlled by one entity.
If five strangers independently vouch, that is credible. Tier 2 scoring measures this structural diversity and penalizes coordinated clusters.
Mode: Add Node
Selected
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Tier 1 (avg rating)
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Diversity
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Tier 2 (adjusted)
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Click a node to inspect its reputation scores
Agent node Selected Good rating (4-5) Mid rating (3) Bad rating (1-2) Knows (social link)
How to use:
Click the canvas to add agent nodes. Switch to Attest Edge mode, then click two nodes to create a directed attestation (you will be prompted for a rating 1-5). Use Knows Edge to mark social connections between attestors. Click any node to select it and see its Tier 1 and Tier 2 scores. Drag nodes to rearrange. Try the preset demos to see how clustering degrades reputation.