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Online Reputation Is Hard To Do

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the to-say-nothing-of-trust dept.

Symblized writes "A new article from InformationWeek argues that not only does the Web need ways to verify identity, it also needs better ways to measure reputation . The article uses Digg, Wikipedia, and eBay as examples and muses whether their models could be applied more widely. There's also a profile of Opinity, a company that tried to introduce a reputation system and didn't make it. Choice quote from a source in the article: 'The idea of a transferable, semantic reputation is identity nirvana.'"

3 of 224 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Trust is the currency by ralphdaugherty · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have some nasty comments about this, but first let me switch to AC.

  2. Reward and punishment by iminplaya · · Score: 2, Funny

    Online, and in real life, we reward bullying and punish honesty. How do you make a reputation in that environment?

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    What?
  3. Re:And what do you buy with that currency? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't think it effects anything... I used to carebear a bit in WoW, and I'm a jerk.