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The Reality of Online Reputation

Posted by Hemos on from the watch-what-you-say dept.

Nicholas Carroll (of Why Unicode Won't Work On The Internet fame) has written a piece for Mindjack entitled "Spinning The Web: The Realities of Online Reputation Management". Trust me - the actual subject matter is a lot more interesting then the title *grin*. The essay is aimed toward companies online, but is applicable to individuals as well.

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  1. so by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    my reputation is pretty much shot, what do I care?

    1. Re:so by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      yea, eff the system...

  2. Frist Psot! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Frist Psot!

  3. did you hear... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...about this company called "Microsoft?" This site slashdot seems to have all the gossip on them, and they seem all evil and everything. Then I see their stock price of $48.30.

    I think that 'reputation' thing is useless. No company with that cost/share couldnt be evil or anything like that.

  4. Re:Reputation, Online Communities, and User Number by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    wow!

    UID # THREE!!! Almost as good as #1, which went to the site founder (cheapskate) and #2 went to his sidekick.

    But a single digit UID! How'd you do it? Good timing, what? We want to know!!!

  5. That's funny. *I* think of people with low numbers by kfg · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    as "Iraqi Minesweepers," sent out ahead of me to stomp their way along the information superhighway, making it safe for those of us with a greater sense of self preservation, and a few more grey cells, to navigate.

    The term "bullet sponge" also comes to mind.

    KFG

  6. Re:Reputation, Online Communities, and User Number by The+Bungi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    OK, send me your postal address so I can ship you my newborn.

  7. YOU ARE THE ONE WHO HAS FAILED IT!!!!! by Failed+It+You+Have!! · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    THIS POST BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE YOU FAIL IT!! FAN CLUB!! Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted! Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.

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  8. Re:What about EBay or BizRate's rating systems? by $$$$$exyGal · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Speaking of ebay

    --sex

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  9. IN SOVIET..... by KillerBob · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    oh wait. that's gonna come back to bite me in the ass, isn't it?

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  10. hemos = gay by mangu · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    This will be true whenever "gay" is true, regardless of what value "hemos" had to begin with.


    It has been a coding practice among some programmers to always write the constant first when doing comparisons, in order to avoid the possibility of missing an equal sign.


    For instance, instead of writing "if (a == 3)" they would write "if (3 == a)", because "if (3 = a)"' would get an error at compile time, but "if (a = 3)" would compile correctly, assign the value of 3 to the variable a and the "if" would always result "true".

  11. Re:Reputation, Online Communities, and User Number by God!+Awful+2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Unfortunately, a couple of the more immature low user IDs are editors with unlimited karma. Again, no names named, but most people know who they are.

    -a

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