NYT On Online Reputations

prostoalex writes "New York Times analyzes the importance of online postings for the company images and product success/failure rates. Intuit's TurboTax DRM "feature" is mentioned as one of the bad ideas, that was quickly and vociferously opposed by the Internet folk. The movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding got quite a nice cash flow even though the advertising budget was low, but opinions on the Internet regarded the movie highly. Rating systems of Epinions and Slashdot are also discussed briefly."

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web/circle of trust... (OT)

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Hmmm, "web of trust" doesn't sound too good - I think it's that whole "being caught in a spider's web" that ruins it for me as a metaphor that works. I mean, if you're the fly, how are you going to trust a web?

I prefer "circle of trust" because it sounds so much more caring - a circle being an unbroken line that joins itself, enclosing a given area as tightly as possible, etc. It just sounds so much warmer, cosier and friendly. Robert de Niro clearly agrees with me, and who's going to argue with him?

Anyhow Redking, you sound like a nice guy, so I've had a word with Robbie and we've decided to put you in our circle of trust. But trust is a two way street - "I keep nothing from you, you keep nothing from me. And around and around we go", as Robbie likes to say.

Remember, there are no secrets inside the circle. If you break the circle of trust, you'll be placed outside the circle. Once you're out, there's no coming back.

Yep, circle's are definitely the way to go. Webs are just so 1990s.