[WikiEN-l] Trust vs. Credentials (was Re: Accountability:

[Earle Martin]

On 11/03/07, Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> On 3/11/07, Daniel P. B. Smith <wikipedia2006 at dpbsmith.com> wrote:
> > I assume people know how this works on eBay. Feedback comments and
> > ratings are wildly, wildly, wildly inflated.
>
> Indeed, we should caution against a positive/negative system with
> visible metrics. What I propose is structured, positive-only social
> commentary that is not transaction-driven but relationship-driven and
> is not evaluated numerically.

This sounds a little bit like the [[Wikipedia:Trust network]]. (Which
I think I am the only person still using.)

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