There is no such thing as "Reputation", or rather - Reputation isn't one dimensional, and it's definitely not global. There will naturally emerge trusted bastions, but which bastions are trusted is very much an individual choice.
Platforms that operate on, and are valuable for, their view of reputation are valid and valuable. At the same time, that's clearly a form of editorial control. Their reputation system saying "Trust us" becomes an editorial statement. They can and should phrase their trust as an opinion.
On the other hand, an awful lot of platforms want to pretend they are the public square while maintaining tight editorial control. Viewing Twitter as anything other than a popular opinion section is foolish, yet there's a lot of fools out there.
Platforms that operate on, and are valuable for, their view of reputation are valid and valuable. At the same time, that's clearly a form of editorial control. Their reputation system saying "Trust us" becomes an editorial statement. They can and should phrase their trust as an opinion.
On the other hand, an awful lot of platforms want to pretend they are the public square while maintaining tight editorial control. Viewing Twitter as anything other than a popular opinion section is foolish, yet there's a lot of fools out there.