To be honest, Ethos's Slash feature currently functions like a self-gratification machine for the Ethos community than a real system of accountability.

Perhaps the idea of letting the community evaluate and decide "reputation" (according to Ethos points) makes sense. But I don't think the current implementation works.

- No requirement to provide evidence.

- No notice to the person being slashed

- No direct confrontation.

Anyone can say anything about someone being a scammer, liar, or whatever without any accountability.

And then people rejoice after reducing someone's points behind their back, thinking they've done something just and beneficial for the community?

Most recently, a member initiated a Slash against CZ claiming he lied about Dinggaling. I'm not in a position to have enough information to judge who is lying. But I chose to defend CZ because that person's only argument for the Slash was that Dinggaling was his hero...That’s not a credible system.

If Ethos wants to be Web3’s trust layer, it needs more than vibes and votes.

We need fairness, structure, and real accountability, not just score-sniping.