A social experiment in public virtue.
Virtue Signals has no opinion about any cause. Every cause starts at zero. The only thing that gives a cause weight is how many people support it or denounce it.
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Create a profile
Your name, photo and location are public. Your email never is. Social links show only if you choose to share them.
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Take a stand
Support or denounce causes. Each stance costs one social credit. You get 4 free, plus 1 more each day you sign in; packs of more start at $1.
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Change your mind
Drop a stance and you get half a credit back. People will notice: recent reversals show up on your profile.
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Watch the summary
Your profile writes its own headline about your latest stance, plus any possible red flags, such as an opposing cause you haven't denounced or a cause the crowd has turned against.
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Vote on people
Upvote or downvote other profiles for one credit each (undoing a vote refunds half). Your votes affect your score too: upvote someone whose score rises and you gain; if they fall, so do you.
The Virtue Score
- A cause gains value with every supporter and loses it with every denouncer. Values are hidden, and they shift as people act.
- Supporting a cause adds its value to your score. Denouncing it subtracts its value, so denouncing a widely denounced cause raises your score.
- Upvotes and downvotes on your profile move your score directly.
- Your votes carry risk: each one ties a small share of your score to the person you voted on.