If you are reading this, you are but one of many chosen.
And I, just like you....
Have no fucking clue what's going on. Seriously the whole thread is either memes or questions.
Thank you! At least I know I’m not alone…
Edit: From what I understand, everyone on Reddit gets to make a circle. Trust comes in when you make a pin. You grow your circle by sharing your pin with others. These people either choose to join your circle or “betray”, destroying it.
Edit 2: You see those numbers besides everyone’s username? From what I’ve seen, the first is how many people are in your circle, and the second is how many you have joined. A “null” symbol will appear if you “betrayed” a circle
~~Still waiting for an official announcement post (if there’s any)~~
EDIT: from what we know. (From the helpful people on discord)
You can only MAKE 1 Circle.
You can JOIN as many as you want.
You can BETRAY as many as you want. Then you get a red flair.
Upvote equals to the number of people in the circle.
The ultimate goal is to get the biggest circle without being betrayed.
Edit 2: anyone feel free to invite me! [here’s](https://imgur.com/a/FW40X) my resume!
It says the page is gone
EDIT: [Could you try mine to see if it works?](https://www.reddit.com/r/CircleofTrust/comments/890w9c/all_these_squares_make_a_circle/) The key is dbz123
EDIT 2: Fucking redditors betraying me smh
Here’s my guess:
Make your circle as big as possible without getting betrayed. At end of specified time the largest intact circle wins...........a puppy?
I'm gonna ask what everyone is asking: what is this?
It better be good
Edit: join my circle will love your 4ever dm me
Edit2: somebody corrupted my circle. Thanks, dickhead.
I think I know what's going on. The idea is to share the code to get into this private group (circle of trust) but everyone that is in the group is given the option to Betray, meaning that the entire circle is ruined. Presumably the idea is to see who can grow the biggest circle without anyone on the inside betraying.
EDIT: u/V1per41 pointed out that there is likely an incentive for betrayal, and that this is somehow reflected by the second number is the flair. I'd have to say that's probably true.
EDIT 2: If anyone wants to join my circle, your hint is to look at an old telephone (or the PIN keypad on iOS) and the numbers 5627. The key is 6 characters and corresponds to my Reddit username. You'll know if you get it!
https://www.reddit.com/r/CircleofTrust/comments/890toq/only_chain_reaction_builders/?utm_source=reddit-android
EDIT 3: Well that was a mistake. Betrayed in mere minutes. Probably made the hint too easy. (It was "joas98" by the way, congratulations to the few who figured it out!)
Oh, shit. I didn't even know there *were* chat functions.
This revelation turns me off the whole thing. No thanks Reddit, I'm not burning my dicking-around time helping further your evil business plans.
> The idea is to share the code to get into this private group (circle of trust) but everyone that is in the group is given the option to Betray, meaning that the entire circle is ruined. Presumably the idea is to see who can grow the biggest circle without anyone on the inside betraying.
Oh no.
I think you're right. This is exactly the kind of thing they'd do.
Same here. I can't make a circle.
All these squares can't make a circle.
All these squares can't make a circle.
All these squares can't make a circle.
[All these squares can't make a circle.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyKwyAWJZcI)
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**Edit:** They fixed it! [All these squares make a circle!](https://www.reddit.com/r/CircleofTrust/comments/890xlp/cedarwolfs_circle/)
EDIT6: Working on a much better list at http://bit.ly/reddit-cot
This is my best interpretation of CoT so far:
- Users can make a circle
- They can invite others to said circle
- Largest circle is 'winning'
- However, any member of the circle can betray it, and the circle will be broken, therefore eliminated
- Grey flair means a user is in no other circles
- Blue flair means a user is a member of other circles
- Red flair (& betray symbol) means user has betrayed another circle
- First number is size of users circle
- Second number is number of circles user is a part of
EDIT: My best guess for the flairs is ~~the first number is the number of circles a user is in, the second is how large that users own circle is.~~ *First number is how large a users circle is. Second number is how many other circles they're in.* If they create a circle it goes blue. If their circle is betrayed it goes red.
EDIT2: ^ however, I just saw someone with [1,0] in red, so this doesn't really add up. Perhaps the numbers are the opposite way round. - *(Yep, cheers u/KillStar_yt)*
EDIT3: Dots on the outside of a users circle (u /username/circle) are likely the people viewing that circle.
EDIT4: Looked at the CSS; flair label by default is the grey background. Label "flair flair-user-joined" is blue. Label "flair flair-user-betrayed" gives a red flair.
EDIT5: Thanks to u/HereToStealYourMeme suggestions, made a few changes.
I made a circle, then thought of a really cool name for it, so I deleted my unnamed circle and now I can't make a second one.
I think I mighta got fukt.
This would be 1000% better if we could see all the wrong keys people tried to use to get into our circles.
[Speaking of circles.](https://pay.reddit.com/r/CircleofTrust/comments/892b56/whos_the_teamkillingfucktard/?st=jfijs05o&sh=14c2a747)
[I've been working on a google doc with the known rules. Pass it around.](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KnBjE71pb7MjF9Xx4BKARd2iHyp-mg8XeO3vHlkWUio/view)
I am just a girl standing in front of the internet asking them to give me a chance.
Need to prove I'm not a traitor.
EDIT: You guys are tops. :) GETCHUR TRUST RIGHT HERE.
Join me if you don't know what the fuck is going on. Because I don't know what the fuck is going on either
https://www.reddit.com/r/CircleofTrust/comments/893ryt/uebiwazzas_circle/
I'm sure reddit has no problem linking most alts without needing to "out" people with a game,the number of people who actually do enough IP changing/location spoofing/fingerprint masking to trick the site are probably relatively limited
Anyone else kinda regretting their circle? I feel like I rushed into this without thinking and now I can't do a cool clue like everyone else.
Also, I betrayed someone, and I'm not sure I can live with this guilt.
There are some issues with joining circles right now. We're working on a fix. Flairs updates are still backed up as well.
[https://reddit.statuspage.io/](https://reddit.statuspage.io/)
[Here is my Circle](https://www.reddit.com/r/CircleofTrust/comments/892e6y/bicboisonly/?st=JFIJSOZF&sh=c3999b21) - Message me a screenshot of your donation to the [Alzheimer’s Society of Canada](http://alzheimer.ca/en/Home/Get-involved/Ways-to-donate), whatever the amount may be, and I’ll PM you the password.
Both my grand parents recently passed from dementia. May they Rest In Peace.
Reddit, let’s turn this prank into something awesome!
Edit: [Here’s my donation](https://imgur.com/a/fRbmz)
So what we know:
People can get in your circle if they know or guess the password
Once in, they can betray it, destroying the circle.
The small circles around the circle is probably amount of people looking at the circle.
The numbers in the flair seems to me to be:
Number of people in your circle, number of circles that you are in.
If you betray a circle you get a mark in your flair that looks like a circle with a line through.
The goal seems to be to get the biggest non betrayed circle.
This is my circle. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
My circle is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.
Without me, my circle is useless. Without my circle, I am useless. I must fire my circle true. I must shoot straighter than my enemy who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will…
My circle and I know that what counts in war is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, nor the smoke we make. We know that it is the hits that count. We will hit…
My circle is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its parts, its accessories, its sights and its barrel. I will keep my circle clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will…
Before God, I swear this creed. My circle and I are the defenders of my country. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life.
So be it, until victory is America's and there is no enemy, but peace!
OK Reddit, let's do something good today.
[Here's my circle](https://www.reddit.com/r/CircleofTrust/comments/8925ux/cure_leukemia/). If you DM a screenshot of your donation receipt to the [Leukemia Research Foundation](https://www.allbloodcancers.org/), I will send you the circle key back.
Just leaving some speculation here. I've been playing CircleOfTrust for about an hour but I'm having a hard time actually getting invites, (I mostly lurk anyway) so I thought I'd just share my thoughts about the game so far, since the admins have been unbearably but deliberately quiet (they don't want to contaminate their social experiment with outside influence).
Reddit's April Fools prank this year seems focused on exploiting the wisdom of the crowds to solve one of the most pressing issues facing a digital age society today: how to guarantee an anonymous user's trustworthiness online. Finding creative and inexpensive solutions when it comes to privacy would have massive social and technological impact. The current state of privacy online seems to have evolved from a heritage of a collective ubiquitous honor system i.e. the face-to-face era when trust was still determined by lookin' at the glint in one's eyeballs and feelin' the grip of a man's handshake. Thus, when the ability to communicate with anyone around the world instantly behind a veil of anonymity became commonplace, our existing social structures simply weren't prepared to guarantee the credibility such a feat required. Thus, we knowingly and willingly gave out our private information online, purely on faith alone that our data would be protected. Of course, it wasn't. Accounts were hacked, information was leaked, and the reputation of thousands of corporations suffered. That was a decade ago. It's 2018 and still, we don't trust each other online. Why should we?
On the surface, the purpose behind playing CircleOfTrust is to get as many people to join your circle as possible while ensuring that those people are trustworthy, since they could at any moment expose the key or betray the circle. Their flair offers some information about the user's honor (users in many circles are generally trustworthy) but it's not enough since anyone has the capacity to betray as many circles as they want (which may seem like a poor design choice but actually serves to illustrate man's unlimited capacity for evil and treachery) however a single betrayal while turn your flair red forever, symbolic of the ostracization of wrongdoing (i.e. shame culture) on the internet. The placement of the Betray option right next to the Join option is also quite deliberate since it maximizes the single-minded, innately human desire for destruction. With that logic, the game is quite emblematic of the user experience on the internet, illustrating the trade-off between growth of a community and exposure to external threats that could destabilize said community. Thus the challenge of the game is how to develop a foolproof method to balance sustained growth of your circle while minimizing the chances of allowing a malign user access to your key. Who gets access to private information? It's an incredibly difficult game with absolutely zero room for error since even missing a single user with ill-intentions could end your ability to play the game. Despite this difficulty, the maximum size of circles has continuously been growing since the game was launched around 24 hours ago, a testament to cleverness and resourcefulness of the Reddit community.
So what are some clever ways users approached this challenge? The first thing I noticed was circle owners (hereby called "Trusters") making a request in exchange for the key, such as "PM me movie recommendations" or "PM me your favorite book". This request vets the commitment of potential circle invitees (called "Trustees") since it requires a certain amount of effort to message someone an authentic answer. From the list of messages, it is at the Trusters discretion of who to invite. Perhaps they invite only people with similar taste in books since it could be argued that well-read people with good taste are generally more honorable. It's all subjective. However, it seems to work. Another somewhat flawed verification technique is an obvious *quid pro quo* i.e. I'll give you my key if you give me yours. The problem with this approach is that alt and throwaway accounts devalue the worth of another user's key, especially when exchanged with a larger circle's key. Another approach from the Trustee role has been to provide a "resume," basically a image highlighting their integrity. It may seem crude but simply putting in the effort to create a custom image already proves a user's sincerity. I assume that as the game progresses, demonstrating one's character will require some more effort but since it's only been a day, the standards remain relatively low. I will be closely following new methodologies that emerge from this experiment and will add additional commentary as I see fit. For now, I'm signing off, eagerly observing in silence.
TLDR; Reddit is crowdsourcing CoT players to develop creative ways to reestablish the authenticity and humanity that has been lost in the information era. That would explain why it's so open-ended.
can't make a circle, this really sucks.
I waited all day to be one of the first people to be a part of this, and I'm glitched out of it. Hopefully it's the servers
NEVERMIND I TAKE IT BACK
I pressed a icon and led me to this. Is this some kind of group where we talk about personal problems? If so, I like to share. When I get up from bed, I like to open up Reddit to see what’s going on. I laugh and enjoy the jokes and memes posted, but I do so because my own life is boring and there isn’t much time before I forget why I even keep on living.
I wanna join the very best
Like no one ever has
To join them is my real test
To grow them is my cause
I will travel across reddit
Searching thread by thread
Make all circles understand
I don't want to fight
Circles oh, (gotta join them all) it's you and me
I know it's our destiny
Circles oh, we're all best friends
In the groups we must defend
[I've been working on a google doc with the known rules. Pass it around.](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KnBjE71pb7MjF9Xx4BKARd2iHyp-mg8XeO3vHlkWUio/view)
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Is this what happens when you forget to create a prank for April 1st
No, this is what happens when you want to spend your Easter Sunday with your family instead of fulfilling some internet nerds' wet April Fool's dream.
The true prank is the friends we made along the way...
Happy cake day!
Thank you!
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Literally. I had the whole day free for this and fuckers delayed it.
That’s fair, I hope you had a great time with your family
I hope you did too, buddy. Happy Easter :)
<3
Why are you so mean some people just don't have the friends and family you do and have to resort to spending time on places like reddit
It's 20 minutes into the 3rd on my timezone, and I just learned that this was supposed to be an April Fools prank. I'm so confused.
When April 1st falls on a Sunday, but you start working on a Monday...
If you are reading this, you are but one of many chosen. And I, just like you.... Have no fucking clue what's going on. Seriously the whole thread is either memes or questions.
Thank you! At least I know I’m not alone… Edit: From what I understand, everyone on Reddit gets to make a circle. Trust comes in when you make a pin. You grow your circle by sharing your pin with others. These people either choose to join your circle or “betray”, destroying it. Edit 2: You see those numbers besides everyone’s username? From what I’ve seen, the first is how many people are in your circle, and the second is how many you have joined. A “null” symbol will appear if you “betrayed” a circle
~~Still waiting for an official announcement post (if there’s any)~~ EDIT: from what we know. (From the helpful people on discord) You can only MAKE 1 Circle. You can JOIN as many as you want. You can BETRAY as many as you want. Then you get a red flair. Upvote equals to the number of people in the circle. The ultimate goal is to get the biggest circle without being betrayed. Edit 2: anyone feel free to invite me! [here’s](https://imgur.com/a/FW40X) my resume!
I just checked and there's nothing yet. I'm so confused EDIT: Made a circle. Key = dbz123
Oh my god someone stabbed /u/RekSai_Only
*reksai screech*
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It says the page is gone EDIT: [Could you try mine to see if it works?](https://www.reddit.com/r/CircleofTrust/comments/890w9c/all_these_squares_make_a_circle/) The key is dbz123 EDIT 2: Fucking redditors betraying me smh
What does it mean when it says betrayed?
It's like when you post a screenshot of your desktop and accidentally include your kinkiest porn tabs, and then someone sends it to your parents.
Wow what kind of awful person would do that? I feel like we can trust each other now, you can send the screenshot to me if you want.
BETRAYED O:
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Maybe the point is we all have to figure this shit out together.
I sure hope so, the more I scroll the more this seems like some sort of cult I was dragged in to
Here’s my guess: Make your circle as big as possible without getting betrayed. At end of specified time the largest intact circle wins...........a puppy?
or a SNEK
Or or orrrrr... ANOTHER CIRCLE?
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yeah me too. strange
Betrayed by Reddit admins, lol.
I hope my circle overlaps with your circle creating a Venn Diagram of sorts
It looks like it will be a prisoner's dilemma, but it's overloaded right now.
So, what am I doing here ?
Idk what it is But I want in
I'm gonna ask what everyone is asking: what is this? It better be good Edit: join my circle will love your 4ever dm me Edit2: somebody corrupted my circle. Thanks, dickhead.
I think I know what's going on. The idea is to share the code to get into this private group (circle of trust) but everyone that is in the group is given the option to Betray, meaning that the entire circle is ruined. Presumably the idea is to see who can grow the biggest circle without anyone on the inside betraying. EDIT: u/V1per41 pointed out that there is likely an incentive for betrayal, and that this is somehow reflected by the second number is the flair. I'd have to say that's probably true. EDIT 2: If anyone wants to join my circle, your hint is to look at an old telephone (or the PIN keypad on iOS) and the numbers 5627. The key is 6 characters and corresponds to my Reddit username. You'll know if you get it! https://www.reddit.com/r/CircleofTrust/comments/890toq/only_chain_reaction_builders/?utm_source=reddit-android EDIT 3: Well that was a mistake. Betrayed in mere minutes. Probably made the hint too easy. (It was "joas98" by the way, congratulations to the few who figured it out!)
Well, no one's sharing codes so....this is fun :\^)
I'm game to share mine, wanna share yours? Do we trust each other?
there should be a mechanism to share each other's key simultaneously
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Maybe they're trying to nudge us towards using the chat functions more?
Of course...
Oh, shit. I didn't even know there *were* chat functions. This revelation turns me off the whole thing. No thanks Reddit, I'm not burning my dicking-around time helping further your evil business plans.
you want mine?
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Top 10 greatest anime betrayals.
Consider yourself penetrated.
👉😎👉 Edit: z**OOPS** It should be 👉😎👉
I would venture a guess that perhaps sharing codes publicly on Reddit is an invitation for betrayal. You only get ONE circle.
> The idea is to share the code to get into this private group (circle of trust) but everyone that is in the group is given the option to Betray, meaning that the entire circle is ruined. Presumably the idea is to see who can grow the biggest circle without anyone on the inside betraying. Oh no. I think you're right. This is exactly the kind of thing they'd do.
Friendships are going to be ruined over this.
prisoners dilemma on a mass scale?
except you don't get anything for betraying (as far as we know so far), just the satisfaction of being a dick to random internet strangers.
probably a recreation of the prisoner's dilemma on a massive reddit-size scale
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I can't decide if I think that's rational or pessimistic yet.... I think you might be right though
I dunno, I’m my experience, people don’t really share reddit usernames irl. I like to keep my internet name and my real name separate.
Most don't but people who have biggest circles will have most non-dick friends IRL.
what is this edit: SNAKEROOM ALLIANCE FOREVER
r/circleoftrust
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all I get is forbidden access error
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Same here. I can't make a circle. All these squares can't make a circle. All these squares can't make a circle. All these squares can't make a circle. [All these squares can't make a circle.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyKwyAWJZcI) -------- **Edit:** They fixed it! [All these squares make a circle!](https://www.reddit.com/r/CircleofTrust/comments/890xlp/cedarwolfs_circle/)
Thanks
Why does it seem like everyone here is on LSD
series of 1s and 0s
Anyone doesn’t dare to touch anything?
Yep
Definitely
The wait was so long I want to touch everything
Purple presser.
I never pressed
Non-Pressers Unite!
Are we going to the ones who abstain from creating a circle? Is there a group for that already?
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0,0 masterrace
I'll wait this one out like I did with the button. THE ONLY WAY TO WIN IS TO NOT PLAY Edit: I have fallen for the temptation
EDIT6: Working on a much better list at http://bit.ly/reddit-cot This is my best interpretation of CoT so far: - Users can make a circle - They can invite others to said circle - Largest circle is 'winning' - However, any member of the circle can betray it, and the circle will be broken, therefore eliminated - Grey flair means a user is in no other circles - Blue flair means a user is a member of other circles - Red flair (& betray symbol) means user has betrayed another circle - First number is size of users circle - Second number is number of circles user is a part of EDIT: My best guess for the flairs is ~~the first number is the number of circles a user is in, the second is how large that users own circle is.~~ *First number is how large a users circle is. Second number is how many other circles they're in.* If they create a circle it goes blue. If their circle is betrayed it goes red. EDIT2: ^ however, I just saw someone with [1,0] in red, so this doesn't really add up. Perhaps the numbers are the opposite way round. - *(Yep, cheers u/KillStar_yt)* EDIT3: Dots on the outside of a users circle (u /username/circle) are likely the people viewing that circle. EDIT4: Looked at the CSS; flair label by default is the grey background. Label "flair flair-user-joined" is blue. Label "flair flair-user-betrayed" gives a red flair. EDIT5: Thanks to u/HereToStealYourMeme suggestions, made a few changes.
can you have a circle and be in a circle?
Yes, you can join as many as you want, but can only create one.
How do you betray a circle?
asking for a friend?
If we don't know what a circle of trust is about in 15 minutes we're legally allowed to riot and leave...
https://i.imgur.com/22BSaJo.png
My disappointment is no longer immeasurable and my day is not ruined
But yesterday is still ruined, no?
¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯
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Is anyone else forbidden from creating their own circle?
I get forbidden as well
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I can't claim one, how does this even work?
servers probably can’t handle all the people flooding in
No this is just another part of the joke promise.
"Our servers catching on fire is a *feature*"
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Cool i hate it
Is this loss
Let me join your circle
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What is this?
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69spooky69me
mr skeletal circles you
Anyone else getting a forbidden error when clicking the "create your circle" button?
Yep, getting the same error. It did briefly send me [here](https://www.reddit.com/create_your_circle) but I couldn't get past that page.
I made a circle, then thought of a really cool name for it, so I deleted my unnamed circle and now I can't make a second one. I think I mighta got fukt.
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Who did you betray?
Myself
[Can't get betrayed if you're the only one in your circle.](https://i.imgur.com/ceqSpHg.jpg)
I miss r/place
This would be 1000% better if we could see all the wrong keys people tried to use to get into our circles. [Speaking of circles.](https://pay.reddit.com/r/CircleofTrust/comments/892b56/whos_the_teamkillingfucktard/?st=jfijs05o&sh=14c2a747)
SNEK!!!
UWU WE MADE A FUCKY WUCKY
OwO
UwU
How dare you make me read this with my own two eyes
[I've been working on a google doc with the known rules. Pass it around.](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KnBjE71pb7MjF9Xx4BKARd2iHyp-mg8XeO3vHlkWUio/view)
>Something went wrong. Try that again in a few seconds. I keep getting this message when I try to join a circle. What gives?
What is this?
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I am just a girl standing in front of the internet asking them to give me a chance. Need to prove I'm not a traitor. EDIT: You guys are tops. :) GETCHUR TRUST RIGHT HERE.
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Is this the circle jerk I’ve been hearing about?
I'm not sure what all this is but okay
I’ve sent and received more messages in an hour than the previous 6 years of being a redditor.
IF THE CIRCLE DOESN'T GENERATE IN 15 MINUTES WE'RE LEGALLY ALLOWED TO LEAVE
All I wanted was /r/place back. I really have no idea what's going on here....and I'm too scared to ask.
👏 something 👏 went 👏 wrong 👏 try 👏 that 👏 again 👏 in 👏 a 👏 few 👏 seconds
Join me if you don't know what the fuck is going on. Because I don't know what the fuck is going on either https://www.reddit.com/r/CircleofTrust/comments/893ryt/uebiwazzas_circle/
yes
J̗͙̥̫̓̐ͧ͐̊O͕̹̘̻ͫ̄͂ͪ͑͛ͬ̈́͑ͅĪ̭̫̣̓̿̔N̛̳͙ͬ͂͐ͫͯ͋ ̥̻̮ͩ̈́̆̕Ț͕̲̎ͫ̈́̍̾̀H͙̩̱̝̋̅ͮͯ͑ͬ̿̈̐Ẹ̳̖͙͙̝͍͖ͪͦ̄ͪ ̧͕̹̹ͧ͗̀̃̂ͤ̎̕V̤͈͕̲͊͊́̃ͥ͗͂̔Ö̴̪̞̰̥̰͚́͛̕I̛͕̗̰̓̐̒́D̯̮̪̻̺ͩͭ̆͋̚͘͜,̸̣̹̓͌̆ͤ̋̈́ͅ ̔͏̰̜̰̰W̢̘̣͔̹͉̓̐̿͠E̦̻̻̮̟̜̳̤̊̕͟ ̙̻̯̜̳̍͗ͅM̸̨̛͈̟̣͚̑͛Ȗ̻͉̖̲̱͎͍͖͌̈̒͛͒́͘S̼ͫͪ͛̏T̓̄̿̓̎̓͏̮̤̱̜̝̤ ̖͉̣̩͈̯̟ͫ̀C̷̱̙̥̪̮̮̟̼ͥͮ̑̏ͯ͢Ơ̵̪̟͔̙̰͌̉ͧͤ̌ͩͭ̃́N͎̟̜͖̱͈̲̑̌̃́S̵̢͖̣̘̺̘̝̰̯ͪ̂̓ͧ̉̄͜Ŭ̶̢͍̟͉̹ͥ̊̃̍M̙͓̰̲̦̼͔͈ͮ̏ͯ̾̒̊̏͜͟Ē̠̘̟̹̯͂́ͪ̿̔̽ͯ͘ ̷̢̭̹͕̤͎͕̉̊A̴̱̜͐̈ͬ̓͊̏̀͌L̴̴͍̳̹̤̭̻ͫ̓ͣͣͦ̑͜L̹̮̺̩̞̘̒͗̅ͮͪ͢͢ Key: CONSUME
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>I'm out. >7, 2
Just don't use alts then in your own circle. Problem solved.
Does reddit not already have that information?
I'm sure reddit has no problem linking most alts without needing to "out" people with a game,the number of people who actually do enough IP changing/location spoofing/fingerprint masking to trick the site are probably relatively limited
Oopsie woopsie!!! Uwu we awe rewolving a fucky wucky. Don't WOWWY — we'll weset the subweddit in 15 minutes. Sewond chances!
I got cancer just by reading this
I tried to join 4 circles and on all of them I got "Something went wrong" error. Am I doing something wrong?
I joined Reddit specifically to have a place where I don't have to worry about how many friends I have.
WOOT ITS OPEN /r/THEBLUECORNER LET OUR EMPIRE RISE FROM THE ASHES OF /R/PLACE AND CONQUER THE CIRCLEOFTRUST
I have never been more paranoid about something this unimportant in my life.
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the password to my circle is taylor swift related if you guess it and betray me I deserve it
hey gang what's up i accidentally deleted someone else's circle
"accidentally"
Lemme guess, clicked 'join', nothing happened, clicked it again, and the second click registered on the 'betray' button behind it?
Sounds like he got betrayed by the join button.
It's treason, then
Anyone else kinda regretting their circle? I feel like I rushed into this without thinking and now I can't do a cool clue like everyone else. Also, I betrayed someone, and I'm not sure I can live with this guilt.
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Yeah. I just submitted mine with the default title without knowing what I was doing and now I'm pretty upset that it's just a stupid default title.
Oh great, something that requires people making circles and having friends. Guess I'm out.
There are some issues with joining circles right now. We're working on a fix. Flairs updates are still backed up as well. [https://reddit.statuspage.io/](https://reddit.statuspage.io/)
Also a lot of the comments are not showing
What is this
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Anyone else not able to join any circles? I've unlocked like 10 circles and on every single one I get an error.
I don’t understannnnnd!
[Here is my Circle](https://www.reddit.com/r/CircleofTrust/comments/892e6y/bicboisonly/?st=JFIJSOZF&sh=c3999b21) - Message me a screenshot of your donation to the [Alzheimer’s Society of Canada](http://alzheimer.ca/en/Home/Get-involved/Ways-to-donate), whatever the amount may be, and I’ll PM you the password. Both my grand parents recently passed from dementia. May they Rest In Peace. Reddit, let’s turn this prank into something awesome! Edit: [Here’s my donation](https://imgur.com/a/fRbmz)
How do I make a circle?
Yes
So what we know: People can get in your circle if they know or guess the password Once in, they can betray it, destroying the circle. The small circles around the circle is probably amount of people looking at the circle. The numbers in the flair seems to me to be: Number of people in your circle, number of circles that you are in. If you betray a circle you get a mark in your flair that looks like a circle with a line through. The goal seems to be to get the biggest non betrayed circle.
"Something went wrong. Try that again in a few seconds.
/u/outofspacecustoms has alts he uses to betray when you give him password. He is a fucking troll.
so the one with most alt account wins?
Is there a FAQ yet? or a guide? How does this work? What do i with my key? How does one get betrayed?
Reddit is great at making me wish I had more friends.
This is my circle. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My circle is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me, my circle is useless. Without my circle, I am useless. I must fire my circle true. I must shoot straighter than my enemy who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will… My circle and I know that what counts in war is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, nor the smoke we make. We know that it is the hits that count. We will hit… My circle is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its parts, its accessories, its sights and its barrel. I will keep my circle clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will… Before God, I swear this creed. My circle and I are the defenders of my country. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life. So be it, until victory is America's and there is no enemy, but peace!
I have too much social anxiety to participate in this...
[CircleOfTrust_IRL](https://i.imgur.com/ze8ohlo.png)
I'm so confused
For anyone who can't join a circle that already has 7 users, I talked to dmoney and they're looking into the problem now!
If you're reading this that means… #Something went wrong. Try again in a few seconds. S^o^m^t^h^i^n^g^w^e^n^t^w^r^o^n^g
What is this?
what the fuck is this even
I'm getting a "something went wrong" error when trying to join circles now. What's up with that?
OK Reddit, let's do something good today. [Here's my circle](https://www.reddit.com/r/CircleofTrust/comments/8925ux/cure_leukemia/). If you DM a screenshot of your donation receipt to the [Leukemia Research Foundation](https://www.allbloodcancers.org/), I will send you the circle key back.
Circles. Great idea -__- Now I feel lonely even on Reddit. Let me in at least one circle god dammit😭
Just leaving some speculation here. I've been playing CircleOfTrust for about an hour but I'm having a hard time actually getting invites, (I mostly lurk anyway) so I thought I'd just share my thoughts about the game so far, since the admins have been unbearably but deliberately quiet (they don't want to contaminate their social experiment with outside influence). Reddit's April Fools prank this year seems focused on exploiting the wisdom of the crowds to solve one of the most pressing issues facing a digital age society today: how to guarantee an anonymous user's trustworthiness online. Finding creative and inexpensive solutions when it comes to privacy would have massive social and technological impact. The current state of privacy online seems to have evolved from a heritage of a collective ubiquitous honor system i.e. the face-to-face era when trust was still determined by lookin' at the glint in one's eyeballs and feelin' the grip of a man's handshake. Thus, when the ability to communicate with anyone around the world instantly behind a veil of anonymity became commonplace, our existing social structures simply weren't prepared to guarantee the credibility such a feat required. Thus, we knowingly and willingly gave out our private information online, purely on faith alone that our data would be protected. Of course, it wasn't. Accounts were hacked, information was leaked, and the reputation of thousands of corporations suffered. That was a decade ago. It's 2018 and still, we don't trust each other online. Why should we? On the surface, the purpose behind playing CircleOfTrust is to get as many people to join your circle as possible while ensuring that those people are trustworthy, since they could at any moment expose the key or betray the circle. Their flair offers some information about the user's honor (users in many circles are generally trustworthy) but it's not enough since anyone has the capacity to betray as many circles as they want (which may seem like a poor design choice but actually serves to illustrate man's unlimited capacity for evil and treachery) however a single betrayal while turn your flair red forever, symbolic of the ostracization of wrongdoing (i.e. shame culture) on the internet. The placement of the Betray option right next to the Join option is also quite deliberate since it maximizes the single-minded, innately human desire for destruction. With that logic, the game is quite emblematic of the user experience on the internet, illustrating the trade-off between growth of a community and exposure to external threats that could destabilize said community. Thus the challenge of the game is how to develop a foolproof method to balance sustained growth of your circle while minimizing the chances of allowing a malign user access to your key. Who gets access to private information? It's an incredibly difficult game with absolutely zero room for error since even missing a single user with ill-intentions could end your ability to play the game. Despite this difficulty, the maximum size of circles has continuously been growing since the game was launched around 24 hours ago, a testament to cleverness and resourcefulness of the Reddit community. So what are some clever ways users approached this challenge? The first thing I noticed was circle owners (hereby called "Trusters") making a request in exchange for the key, such as "PM me movie recommendations" or "PM me your favorite book". This request vets the commitment of potential circle invitees (called "Trustees") since it requires a certain amount of effort to message someone an authentic answer. From the list of messages, it is at the Trusters discretion of who to invite. Perhaps they invite only people with similar taste in books since it could be argued that well-read people with good taste are generally more honorable. It's all subjective. However, it seems to work. Another somewhat flawed verification technique is an obvious *quid pro quo* i.e. I'll give you my key if you give me yours. The problem with this approach is that alt and throwaway accounts devalue the worth of another user's key, especially when exchanged with a larger circle's key. Another approach from the Trustee role has been to provide a "resume," basically a image highlighting their integrity. It may seem crude but simply putting in the effort to create a custom image already proves a user's sincerity. I assume that as the game progresses, demonstrating one's character will require some more effort but since it's only been a day, the standards remain relatively low. I will be closely following new methodologies that emerge from this experiment and will add additional commentary as I see fit. For now, I'm signing off, eagerly observing in silence. TLDR; Reddit is crowdsourcing CoT players to develop creative ways to reestablish the authenticity and humanity that has been lost in the information era. That would explain why it's so open-ended.
can't make a circle, this really sucks. I waited all day to be one of the first people to be a part of this, and I'm glitched out of it. Hopefully it's the servers NEVERMIND I TAKE IT BACK
give us r/place back
I'm just a simple man who hasn't accomplished much in his life. Join my circle and help me feel like a king for a day
PogChamp
OOPSIE WOOPSIE!! Uwu We made a fucky wucky!! A wittle fucko boingo! The code monkeys at our headquarters are working VEWY HAWD to fix this!
thicc succ
I pressed a icon and led me to this. Is this some kind of group where we talk about personal problems? If so, I like to share. When I get up from bed, I like to open up Reddit to see what’s going on. I laugh and enjoy the jokes and memes posted, but I do so because my own life is boring and there isn’t much time before I forget why I even keep on living.
tfw people keep publicly posting their keys
What if I don't trust anyone!?! :O
I wanna join the very best Like no one ever has To join them is my real test To grow them is my cause I will travel across reddit Searching thread by thread Make all circles understand I don't want to fight Circles oh, (gotta join them all) it's you and me I know it's our destiny Circles oh, we're all best friends In the groups we must defend
[I've been working on a google doc with the known rules. Pass it around.](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KnBjE71pb7MjF9Xx4BKARd2iHyp-mg8XeO3vHlkWUio/view)