Is This How You Start a Rebellion?

The chinese state is setting up a vast ranking system. How does it work? Like, do you have a a card or something? Or like, is it your social security number? And you either get points or get points taken away, or what actually happens? I don't know. There's also a list for good citizens that will report, get you more matches on dating web sites. Why the heck do they get to be the keepers and deciders?