The blog you’ll find by clicking on this link describes three levels of trust: deterrence, knowledge, and identity.

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The piece makes for interesting reading on its own, but it’s particularly relevant to EnCiv’s mission of creating a comprehensive civic platform.  Constructive online interactions depend on trust.

What level(s) of trust can we expect on a civic platform?  And how can we best promote them?

We welcome your help in answering those questions.

Adolf Gundersen

Adolf Gundersen

Gundersen currently works as Research Director for Interactivity Foundation, an EnCiv partner. Before that he taught courses on democracy as an Associate Professor at Texas A & M University.