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Re: If you are the Drama Queen I DO NOT WANT to play with you

Ketzup (not verified) on February 6, 2006 - 11:41.

Dom,
eBay is much more serious, nevertheless i'de venture to say ebay's reputation system probably is abused.

eBay is a trading community. I may be mistaken but I believe one actually has to trade with someone else before he or she can actually rate or comment about them. Just about every human on Earth understands what a trade is.

MMO's are gaming communities. There are many aspects to games so people are bound to have different perspectives. Reputations can be rather ambiguous or meaningless if the investigator does not share the previous raters' oppinions.

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I agree the Gamasutra article was a bit foolish. Rating systems can never stop the bad things people do to others.

The only reputation system that I see worth implementing at this time is a private system. Each player has their own ratings and comments for each other player. When a client comments on another, that comment is stored in a file on the commentor's machine. Player names and accounts will be logged as well.

When a player meets an account/player they've commented on, it should be apparent, and the comments should be easily reviewable.

Allow this file to be shared among people who wish to do so.

That's basically it. Any questions?

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