I think this tracking would be hell even on China’s bureacracy and computer guys
I think that is the easiest issue to solve for this type of system. Even dealing with complaints comes down to a question or manpower and the process to dealing with them. It isn't so much the infrastructure of determining and presenting a score, but rather information sources. Let's take volunteer work for example. Here in the US there are a lot of small groups that do things like church groups, social groups, youth clubs, that all do stuff that help out the community. The problem is tracking that. Now let's say you require people to approve hours get reviewed and okayed by the government. That will instantly crush a lot of groups and people will say, 'Oh, you want to help out the elderly? Are you a certified volunteer social credit approver? No, well then that is pointless.'
What if I make a program that opens up China's government websites and scrolls through them while I go outside and do something else? Will I auto accumulate a good rating for reading government websites? Literally there will be underground groups that will trade flash drives with 'social score improver systems'. Like making every other post on your social media page about how great China is. No one will take it seriously and there will become inside jokes. Like, 'China's government is full of vigor and youth, creating a model for the future that inspires me so much.' I can see this statement being posted for extra points all the time. It will become like Whinny the Poo, a joke but how can a government ban things that praise it.
I mean if I was in China, I would try to come up with the most bullshit over the top praise of the government. 'The esteemed leadership of this magnificent party that leads this glorious nation continues to inspire me on a daily basis. I was watering my plants when I thought about how the government water the people, nourishing them like a wise and kind grandfather. The sunlight my plants receive are like the inspiring message the esteemed party delivers to me daily. For without their nourishment I would be lost and corrupted by useless thoughts that aren't about how wonderful the esteemed party is. Like plants, we are stronger together. A lone tree is easily struck by lightening and destroyed while a forest remains eternal.' I came up with this at the speed I could write and could easily go on for pages, complete nonsense but do I get points? I want some social points. Multiply this by a the millions of people in China doing this every day. I can see the system being divided into 3 tiers, people who try and bullshit a lot, people who don't care, and people who are manually dinged by the government.
Even if they keep the scoring system a secret, it will have to be done by computer with manual overrides. Anything done by a computer program will be exploited. I believe the programming term is Garbage In, Garbage Out. Sorry, I wrote so much, but this idea is so stupid that I can't help myself from just pointing and laughing.
