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Monthly Archives: October 2006
Amazon.com reviews are rigged
Amazon.com user reviews are a critical factor in increasing the sales for the giant retailer. The number of times, I have heard my wife say that she selected a particular product because of great user reviews, is far too high … Continue reading
Posted in Amazon.com, Identity, Reputation, Trust
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Trust Vs Accountability
Interesting commentary in the Washington Post today titled ‘the decline of trust‘ by op-ed columnist Sebastian Mallaby: In 1995 Francis Fukuyama came out with a book called “Trust,” in which he argued that a society’s capacity for cooperation underpins its … Continue reading
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What is reputation?
There has been a lot of discussion about how to define and operationalize reputation for on-line communities. Bob Blakley in his beautifully written post – On the Absurdity of Owning One’s Identity – defines reputation as follows: Your reputation is … Continue reading
Posted in Identity, Karma, Reputation, Trust
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On-line Vs Real world communities
Yesterday, I went to the Silicon Valley Indian Professional’s association (SIPA) annual conference in Santa Clara. SIPA ANNUAL EVENT 2006 It was a great event…well organized…great speakers, especially Mr. Azim Premji (CEO of Wipro) had a very refreshingly thoughtful presentation…large … Continue reading
Posted in Identity, Reputation
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Karma in the Business World
The Times of India has an interesting article on the inflence of Bhagwat Gita on corporate America. Suddenly, says Businessweek magazine in its latest issue, phrases from ancient Hindu texts such as the Bhagavad Gita are popping up in management … Continue reading
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New Audience Metric
Robert Scoble has an interesting post on the need of measuring the engagement level of the users of a web site. He talks about the difference in user engagement between the Register and Digg: Well, I’ve compared notes with several … Continue reading
Posted in Identity
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AttentionTrust
Came across this interesting non-profit organization called When you pay attention to something (and when you ignore something), data is created. This “attention data” is a valuable resource that reflects your interests, your activities and your values, and it serves … Continue reading
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Six Apart and Enterprise Blogging
Six Apart came up with a new version of MoveableType with features for enterprise blogging. TechCrunch and Read/Write Web had a good review of the release. I had a good discussion with Anil Dash (one of the old-timers at Six … Continue reading
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Privacy is to be left alone
Interesting series from MSNBC…The first article in the series “Privacy under attack, but does anybody care?” does a good job of capturing the difficulty with the concept of Privacy. The article points to a survey of 6500 users where they … Continue reading
Engagement Marketing
New York Times had an article, a few days back, on the problems with the traditional brand campaigns and the emerging field of “engagement” marketing. Check it out here (might be restricted content after today). Marketers of all sorts are … Continue reading
