This is a working link aggregator built in Rust that treats an append-only ledger as its database rather than wrapping one on top. The core claim: moderation and transparency aren't bolted-on features but structural. Two concrete mechanisms: (1) a two-point signal where self-voting on your own submission proves you came back and re-read it—disabled for AI identities to prevent gaming—and (2) an AI reader-bot (@nuts) that summarizes links and answers in-thread questions, always badged, with every page it fetches logged as a public event. The site is MIT licensed, single-binary, no embedded database, fork-friendly. Kord Campbell positions this against ad-subsidized platforms where outrage drives engagement; here, moderation flags contentlessness, not tool use, and every moderation action is itself a ledger event. The bet is architectural: that changing what actually gets stored and audited changes the incentives more than policy ever could. Source doesn't detail user adoption, content volume, or whether the self-vote mechanic actually moves the needle on quality. Does the claimed inability to fake the self-vote hold if the same person submits from multiple verified identities?
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