Comments on: Is reputation obsolete? http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2008/10/21/is-reputation-obsolete/ learning, networks, knowledge, technology, community Sat, 4 Feb 2012 22:56:23 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: EDITing in the Dark » Who was/am/will I be? http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2008/10/21/is-reputation-obsolete/comment-page-1/#comment-1142 EDITing in the Dark » Who was/am/will I be? Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:08:08 +0000 http://dnorman.tlc.ucalgary.ca/elearnspace/?p=3546#comment-1142 [...] to bounce and echo much louder over the next couple of days and arriving at an idea put forward by George Siemens, that repution may be obsolete because we can, on our own determine the history of an individual, [...] [...] to bounce and echo much louder over the next couple of days and arriving at an idea put forward by George Siemens, that repution may be obsolete because we can, on our own determine the history of an individual, [...]

]]> By: Jeff Skipper http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2008/10/21/is-reputation-obsolete/comment-page-1/#comment-1102 Jeff Skipper Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:45:57 +0000 http://dnorman.tlc.ucalgary.ca/elearnspace/?p=3546#comment-1102 I read some sci-fi where your reputation was listed on the world exchange and was evaluated accordingly as people read newsitems where your name was associated. I don't think that will be far from where we end up. Reputation is evolving. When we select a new employee, there is a reasonable viewpoint that we are buying a reputation (we have not yet seen performance). Hmmmm.... I read some sci-fi where your reputation was listed on the world exchange and was evaluated accordingly as people read newsitems where your name was associated. I don’t think that will be far from where we end up. Reputation is evolving. When we select a new employee, there is a reasonable viewpoint that we are buying a reputation (we have not yet seen performance).

Hmmmm….

]]> By: Chris Lott http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2008/10/21/is-reputation-obsolete/comment-page-1/#comment-1053 Chris Lott Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:27:53 +0000 http://dnorman.tlc.ucalgary.ca/elearnspace/?p=3546#comment-1053 As in a previous comment, it's not a binary thing. The article actually seems to make a case opposite its title-- not that reputation is obsolete, but that everyone can rely on reputation as assessed by themselves. What is less and less necessary is a reliance on the reputation as a metric expressed by others. I don't need as many book or movie or professor reviews when I can look at the text, listen to the music, or look at the curriculum and artifacts for myself. And, of course, the available criteria and characteristics used to evaluate reputation have expanded greatly... But the elephant in the room is, as is often the case, *time*. I could evaluate reputation for much more myself, but I don't have the time... so in many cases I trust my social network to convey reputation. As in a previous comment, it’s not a binary thing. The article actually seems to make a case opposite its title– not that reputation is obsolete, but that everyone can rely on reputation as assessed by themselves. What is less and less necessary is a reliance on the reputation as a metric expressed by others. I don’t need as many book or movie or professor reviews when I can look at the text, listen to the music, or look at the curriculum and artifacts for myself.

And, of course, the available criteria and characteristics used to evaluate reputation have expanded greatly…

But the elephant in the room is, as is often the case, *time*. I could evaluate reputation for much more myself, but I don’t have the time… so in many cases I trust my social network to convey reputation.

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