Posted on 07/27/2021 6:28:27 AM PDT by dynachrome
We’re all familiar with ‘credit scores’, where financial institutions track how responsible you are with your hard-earned money to assign you a value determining the loans and cards you are eligible to apply for.
However, a new scoring system being trialled in China (set to become standard practice by 2020) and currently under consideration in Europe is far less discussed despite the fact it may eventually become an integral part of our day to day lives.
HOW WOULD THE SOCIAL CREDIT SCORE AFFECT ME? This system monitors a lot more than your financial savviness. It involves governmental and financial institutions ranking your everyday behaviour – both online and via CCTV monitoring – and has been dubbed the ‘social credit score’.
Essentially, everything from the way you spend your money and behave on social media to the people you associate with would affect your score and whether you are rewarded or punished.
To find out how well you would rank under these conditions and whether you would be eligible for rewards or social restrictions, take our Surviving the Social Credit Score quiz.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcfinance.co.uk ...
I would probably be in trouble because I won’t take that stupid test and I’m using the internet to say so
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.
First question on the quiz:
“Have you ever criticised the government on social media?”
Bad to Terrible. And, damn proud of it!!!
This can burn liberals: Never hire nor work for nor shop at any establishment with a high score, meaning a liberal score.
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.
Always shouts out something obscene
Such a dirty old man"
Beatles
I only do so on FR.
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.”
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
Was supposed to link to details of the Nosedive episode. Nevermind.
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.
That system works so well over there. (/sarcasm)
It won’t let me go continue past the first question.
I was a little disappointed. I scored bad to terrible as well. I was hoping for just plain terrible.
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