Reputation Patterns - Design Pattern Library. A person participating in a social structure expects to develop a reputation and hopes for insight into the reputations of others, but each designed model of participation and reputation embodies its own set of biases and incentive structures.
Balancing these forces determines in large measure the success or failure of a social system. Bookmark this on Delicious Patterns in this Category The Competitive Spectrum. The Competitive Spectrum Pattern - Design Pattern Library. The degree of competitiveness of a community depends on the individual goals of community members, the actions they engage in, and to what degree inter-person comparisons or contests are desired.
Articulating the community's competitiveness can help the designer of a reputation system determine which specific reputation patterns to employ. What Problem Does This Solve? When a new or existing community requires a reputation system, the designer must pay careful consideration to the degree of competitiveness the community ought to exhibit. Haphazardly introducing competitive incentives into non-competitive contexts can create problems and may cause a schism within the community.
Measuring Social Media ROI: Why it fails. Recently, I was invited to give a talk to a small group of managers about KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) used to measure social media (SM) campaigns.
Some of the points we discussed that evening are outlined below. Harsh reality 1: Goals attempt to be strategic BUT… John F. Kennedy once said: “In a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon it will be an entire nation. For all of us must work to put him there.” Jesse Schell’s mindblowing talk on the future of games (DICE 2010)