We wondered if there was any cross-pollination between the Usenet trust metrics and the Web algorithms. Would a high score for Kibo, the humorist who made his reputation on net news, feed into Kibo's web ranking?such a trust metric could maybe be provided by affero (a company i consult with)
Cutz said it was an interesting idea.
"If you were searching for information on an intricate part of the Linux kernel you'd love to see a post by Linus on the term come up first. We're always looking to find a better trust metric."
Pagerank and trust metrics
semantic web, next micro-step: pagerank meets web of trust explains the potential: