COULD YOU SURVIVE THE SOCIAL CREDIT SCORE? (UK article plus a fun quiz)

abcfinance ^ | 2021 | unattributed

[dynachrome]

My score was "bad to terrible".

[dynachrome]

Link to quiz:

https://abcfinance.co.uk/social-credit-quiz/index.html

[CaptainK]

I would probably be in trouble because I won’t take that stupid test and I’m using the internet to say so

[KarlInOhio]

I went from FR to this quiz and the first question was "Have you ever criticised the government on social media?"

A better question would be "Have you ever had anything nice to say about the government?"

I did notice that most of the questions were phrased "Have you ever...?" Even 99% obedience is not sufficient.

[dynachrome]

First question on the quiz:

“Have you ever criticised the government on social media?”

[ocrp1982]

Bad to Terrible. And, damn proud of it!!!

[asinclair]

Personally, I think that the point of the article and the quiz was to show how such a scoring system is not an unbiased look at you. Just being aware of the scoring system would make most people modify their behaviors, and not for the best for society. We have a fracture now in USA society because of politics; I see the imposition of any social scoring system as contributing to deeper fissures. Not to mention the growth in CCTV monitoring. It's not very more steps to the totalitarian observation by Big Brother, as suggested in the book 1984.

[CodeToad]

This can burn liberals: Never hire nor work for nor shop at any establishment with a high score, meaning a liberal score.

[Tell It Right]

To anybody having trouble understanding the First Amendment, let me help.

If in the early internet days of the 1990's you were all about free speech being allowed on the internet even if it encouraged rape or violence, but today even the slightest criticism against your politics should be punished ... you might be a Democrat.

[Deaf Smith]

"Takes him out to look at the Queen...

Always shouts out something obscene

Such a dirty old man"

Beatles

[CaptainK]

I only do so on FR.

[moovova]

Nope..not taking it because YOU KNOW the results are recorded and probably linked to your IP address...which is probably linked to your name in some database.

“Thank you comrade for your honest evaluation! Someone will soon be contacting you to instruct you on how to improve your score.”

[Syntyr]

Well there I go. Off to the gulag with me...

Unfortunately,
your social credit score would be considered bad to terrible.
Based on existing versions of the scheme, this means that you may have to deal with penalties including…

Being publicly named and shamed as a ‘bad citizen’
Stopping you from securing the best available jobs
The inability to apply for credit cards
Your children being prevented from attending the best schools and further education

[amadeus]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosedive_(Black_Mirror)

Where we are headed.

[amadeus]

Was supposed to link to details of the Nosedive episode. Nevermind.

[dynachrome]

Link:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosedive_(Black_Mirror)

[Little Ray]

Yes, Social Credit would affect my behavior.
First, I’d do my best to game the system.
Then, I would be looking for revenge on the people who imposed it.

[Jess Kitting]

Why are we copying Communist China now?

That system works so well over there. (/sarcasm)

[peggybac]

It won’t let me go continue past the first question.

[joma89]

I was a little disappointed. I scored bad to terrible as well. I was hoping for just plain terrible.