Daily Archives: October 30, 2006

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

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