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Is the lack of web link and search engine accountability the elephant in the room of online reputation?

Essay by Chris Dellarocas. Continue the conversation on online reputation with Judith Donath The majority of debate on online reputation and free speech has focused on questions that relate to content authorship and hosting (see for example, this book and related discussion here, here and here). There has been far less discussion about the responsibilities […]

Posted 17 October 2008 § Chris Dellarocas § Foundations for Participation § Reputation Systems ‡ Comments (4)

Is reputation obsolete?

Essay by Judith Donath. Continue the conversation on online reputation with Chris Dellarocas. In the past, most conversations were ephemeral: spoken words quickly slipped into the past, resurrected only if a listener later repeated them from memory. Today, many discussions and transactions live on indefinitely. Online conversations are often permanently archived and events in the […]

Posted 17 October 2008 § Chris Dellarocas § Cooperation § Free Expression § Reputation Systems § The Networked Public Sphere § Transparency ‡ Comments (3)