lovedaresnot.txt

“The core idea was that radical or difficult ideas were held back by the
thought that no one else had them. That fear of isolation led people to stay
"in the closet" about their ideas, making them the "love that dares not speak
its name." So lovedaresnot (shortened to "Dare Snot") gave you a way to find
out if anyone else felt the same, without forcing you to out yourself.

Anyone could put a question -- a Snot Dare -- up, like "Do you think we should
turf that sexist asshole?" People who secretly agreed signed the question with
a one-time key that they didn't have to reveal unless a pre-specified number
of votes were on the record. Then the system broadcast a message telling
signers to come back with their signing keys and de-anonymize themselves,
escrowing the results until a critical mass of signers had de-cloaked. Quick
as you could say "I am Spartacus," a consensus plopped out of the system.”