reputation

If it’s true that “on the Internet nobody knows if you’re a dog”, how do you convince people that you’re a prince? Richard Fernandez looks at the renewed importance of reputation when your entire life history is just a Google more...

Sellers will no longer be able to leave negative or neutral Feedback for buyers.

I would like to call everyone's attention the fact that a certain well known crank has achieved and maintained master status on Advogato, despite having posted several crank articles here: 910, 819, 809, and 769. I have to ask: Doesn't more...

SAP's CEO Henning Kagermann uses the undoubtedly lawyered term 'inappropriate download' to describe the company's questionable actions. Henning blames a rogue business unit, but there can be no mistaking the fact that Oracle caught SAP with its hand in the more...

The Internet needs more hate. Much more. We’re overrun by morons, assholes, griefers, spammers, porn peddlers, Nazi dictators, little Napoleons, and arbitrary censors who only behave in their socially deficient manner because they know you can’t do anything about it. more...

If Spock succeeds in becoming the Google for people search, you may have no choice but to sign on. Your reputation may depend on it.

People increasingly rely on search engines to find things they want to read, music they want to hear, people and companies they want to do business with.

In other words, the crowd matters. Today we harness the masses for everything from choosing the next pop star on American Idol to perfecting open source software and assembling Wikipedia articles. But perhaps the most widespread and vital uses for more...

The Seattle startup, which launched its service June 5 and was slapped with a lawsuit nine days later, argues that its free attorney-rating system is protected by the First Amendment.