1. A method for providing trustworthy information about an item, the method comprising: querying a personalized database of trusted metadata concerning the item, the personalized database of trusted metadata including at least one report, the at least one report emanating from metadata received from an informer network, the informer network including a computer user and at least one informer, each informer in the informer network being trusted by the computer user either directly or indirectly, each indirectly trusted informer being trusted directly by at least one other informer in the informer network, each of the at least one report including one of a subjective assertion regarding the quality of an item and an expression of a degree of trust in an informer; and indicating to the computer user the item's subjective quality based on at least one report about the item in the personalized database of trusted metadata.