Comments on: Final Project – Reputation Economies: Identity, Status, and Property http://ipinthedigitalage.com/final-project-reputation-economies-identity-status-and-property/ CPSC 182 at Yale College Sat, 27 Nov 2010 19:09:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Brian L http://ipinthedigitalage.com/final-project-reputation-economies-identity-status-and-property/comment-page-1/#comment-1926 Brian L Fri, 15 May 2009 17:31:03 +0000 http://ipinthedigitalage.com/?p=677#comment-1926 This was really neat! It has been interesting to see how some of the reputation economies you discussed have adapted and evolved. eBay recently removed the ability of sellers to leave negative feedback for buyers since buyers could previously face negative repercussions (to their feedback score) if they gave less-than-favorable feedback to a seller, thus stifling the provision of helpful, honest feedback. In response to the trend of people selling very inexpensive digital items (like ebooks) as feedback boosters, eBay created a new category for digital items and the feedback given for such items does not contribute to one's overall eBay feedback rating. I also came across an article on Amazon's review system (http://www.uie.com/articles/magicbehindamazon/z) discussing how, by asking, "Was this review helpful to you?", Amazon is able to display the most helpful reviews first and reduce the impact of reviews that may have been written by a product's creator/author or friend and do not accurately evaluate the product in question. This was really neat! It has been interesting to see how some of the reputation economies you discussed have adapted and evolved. eBay recently removed the ability of sellers to leave negative feedback for buyers since buyers could previously face negative repercussions (to their feedback score) if they gave less-than-favorable feedback to a seller, thus stifling the provision of helpful, honest feedback. In response to the trend of people selling very inexpensive digital items (like ebooks) as feedback boosters, eBay created a new category for digital items and the feedback given for such items does not contribute to one’s overall eBay feedback rating.

I also came across an article on Amazon’s review system (http://www.uie.com/articles/magicbehindamazon/z) discussing how, by asking, “Was this review helpful to you?”, Amazon is able to display the most helpful reviews first and reduce the impact of reviews that may have been written by a product’s creator/author or friend and do not accurately evaluate the product in question.

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