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Trust - basic approach to building reputation. a79-gudes. Trust and Reputation on the Social Web. UtzMatzatSnijders_accepted-version. How to get the most out of your reputation online? - Life and Privacy. As discussed in my first post about Reputation , the online reputation you earn in several marketplaces is usually closed within their boundaries. Several tools have emerged to help you show this to the outside world. But before we discuss some tools, I have to mention that there are different objectives regarding your presence online that are targeted by these tools: Reputation or Trust . This is to assess how much reliable you are in your interactions in the marketplaces. If we talk about a service it also points your ability to deliver good service and the level of satisfaction of users.

End of theory now, and let’s move to the real stuff! Reputation or Trust This is the field where progress needs to be done. Currently, I am not aware of any platform that is able to provide a compound collection of reputation indexes from several platforms where real interactions happen such as eBay , AirBnB , TaskRabbit , and on and on. Identity verification There is a concern here. The logic is simple. Trust_and_reputation_management_in_web_based_social_network. What's the Difference Between Trust and Reputation? Trust and reputation are two words that get used so often and similarly on the web that they get confused with each other. Can I trust him? What's her reputation? Discussing the meaning of trust and reputation as well as examining how they fit together will hopefully give you a better idea of how Credport works.

To start, I'd like to refer back to a previous blog post to come up with a definition of trust - What is trust? . If I were to say that a babysitter was trustworthy, I would mean that there is a high probability she will take good care of the children she is tasked with watching. On the other hand, reputation isn't a prediction of the future, but knowledge of the past. v64-162. p366-sundaresan. Can I Trust You Really?: The Reputation Currency. Startups like TrustCloud would like to become the portable reputation system for the web.

Can I Trust You Really?: The Reputation Currency

The company is building an algorithm to collect (if you choose to opt in) your online "data exhaust" -- the trail you leave as you engage with others on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, commentary-filled sites like TripAdvisor, and beyond -- and calculate your reliability, consistency, and responsiveness. The result would be a contextual badge you'd carry to any website, a trust rating similar to the credit rating you have in the offline world.

Facebook also has the potential to become the arbiter of online trust. "The incentive to be a good player in that ecosystem goes up dramatically when it's associated with my real identity," says Carl Sjogreen, manager of Facebook's platform product team., "because if someone leaves a bad review of me on AirBnB, that will carry with me to the rest of the web.” Prepare for the worst, so users can trust So, do you think you can trust me? 13_Peitz_Ch13.pdf. Online trust reputation and values.