Similar to the conventional concept of reputation, but achieved while in a pseudonymous state. A digital reputation can be useful in situations where credibility must be established, but exposure of one's real life identity is undesireable or possibly hazardous. A good example of this is in the novel Ender's Game, in which Peter and Valentine utilize their pseudonymity to great effect on the most influential political discussion forums, despite their youth. In cryptography, pseudonymity is the ability to prove a consistent identity without revealing oneself, instead using a pseudonym. ... For other meanings of this phrase (book and album titles etc. ... The cover art of Enders Game depicts the Battle School space station. ... In the science fiction story Enders Game and its sequels, Peter Wiggin is Enders (or Andrews) older brother. ... Valentine Wiggin is a fictional character in Orson Scott Cards Enders Game series of novels. ...
By prejudice, I mean digitalreputation contains a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation, and digitalreputation encourages coming to a judgment on a subject before learning where the preponderance of the evidence actually lies.
Reputation has a way to amplify reality, and to oversimplify it, which in my opinion makes it appropriate for âcave menâ but not for responsible beings.
This will ruin his reputation for future deals of this kind, but that is only a concern if he has already built up a reputation, and if he intends to publish future books.
The results from a reputation system are used by other systems that need to assess past performance of a person or other entity in making decisions about their likely future performance or their intent.
Reputation isn't part of your identity, but is based on it.
Reputation systems should be built in such a manner as to afford people as much control as possible over how their identities are linked.