[Community] Preserving Identity Commons Purpose and Principles

[Eugene Eric Kim]

On 6/28/08, Bill Washburn <billhwashburn at yahoo.com> wrote:
> In discussing this, I believe the question of prospective organization's
> potential to become  trustworthy fairly quickly - both operationally and
> perceptually - will be fundamental.  It seems to me an important part of
> building trust and committing to trustworthy service/support for the
> community is prominent visibility for the new organization - should it be
> developed.  Isn't being visible an important part of trust, just as a strong
> brand engenders trust as long as it behaves well?

This is a really valuable point, Bill.  We (or at least I) have
rationalized away our lack of visibility, and fairly, I think.
However, if we view visibility as a key mechanism for trust, then it's
our responsibility to prioritize it more.

=Eugene

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