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Reputation Systems
“When parties do not know each other, a history is asked to speak in their place.”
01 / SUMMARY
In short
Reputation systems aggregate signals about past behavior to support exchange and cooperation. Design choices determine who rates, what counts, how long records last, and how errors are disputed.
03 / SCENE
In the wild
A platform separates verified delivery records from subjective reviews to reduce ambiguity.
04 / LIMIT
The limit
A score is not an objective measure of character and may suffer selection, retaliation, purchase, or coordinated manipulation.
FINAL NOTE
What remains
Audit which behavior the system measures, who lacks a voice, and how a false rating is corrected.