What to Expect
Understanding MIR in an early-stage network.
MIR is a history layer. Its value grows as more platforms participate. Here's what that means in practice, and what you can realistically expect at different stages.
Most users will show limited or no history
This is normal. Early in any network, most users won't have recorded history yet. MIR is designed for this reality.
What you get immediately isn't depth—it's the beginning of continuity.
The value isn't history volume, it's:
- User has opted in vs hasn't
- History will carry forward vs reset on every platform
- Can accumulate cross-platform trust vs cannot
MIR doesn't eliminate fraud on day one
We're honest about this. What MIR prevents immediately is cross-platform serial reset abuse—bad actors escaping their history by moving between participating platforms.
Signal density compounds over time. Reset prevention works from day one.
MIR provides record continuity, not fraud prevention. Those are different promises.
What MIR doesn't do
MIR doesn't replace your internal anti-abuse systems. It complements them.
MIR does not prevent:
- A user creating multiple accounts on your site
- Username cycling within your platform
- Identity abuse that your platform allows
Those are partner-level controls (KYC, rate limits, device fingerprinting, verification). MIR is infrastructure for cross-platform continuity—not a fraud prevention suite.
MIR doesn't stop users from creating accounts.
It stops history from being discarded when users move between platforms.
Why integrate now instead of later?
History only exists if someone records it.
Partners who integrate later only benefit from users who built history elsewhere.
Partners who integrate early become origin points—where user history begins.
Early partners shape the network. Later partners inherit it.
What does "no history" look like to users?
Language matters. MIR is designed to make absence of data feel intentional, not broken.
MIR's language is explicit about what happened, non-apologetic about early stages, and directional—implying growth, not absence.
Will MIR ever show negative signals?
MIR records outcomes, including negative ones. But no user starts with negative standing, and patterns matter more than incidents.
History is append-only: older events carry less weight than recent ones. A past issue fades as positive activity accumulates. New users are new, not suspect.
Users remain in control
MIR makes history portable—not permanent.
Users can always:
- See every query made about them
- Unlink any platform at any time
- Delete their MIR account entirely
Transparency and control aren't features—they're structural requirements.
In Summary
- Opt-in is itself a signal — participation matters before history depth
- Continuity is the product — history carries forward instead of resetting
- Early networks have sparse data — this is expected and temporary
- Value compounds — the network becomes more useful as it grows
- Users stay in control — they can unlink, see queries, and delete anytime