---
slug: reputation
title: Reputation
state: super-draft
id: null
repo: null
proposed_by: ben.stull@wiggleverse.org
proposed_at: '2026-06-01'
graduated_at: null
graduated_by: null
owners:
- ben.stull
arbiters: []
tags:
- commerce
---

Reputation systems guide trust but are themselves a source of harm — fake reviews, review extortion, and reputation-as-lock-in. This RFC defines Reputation as its own concept, including its hazards, rather than leaving it as a footnote under reviews. It aims at trust that does not create new ways to coerce or trap a Human.