High tech reputation stalkers…yes, The Whuffie Bank is now stalking you on multiple social networks to determine what your reputation is worth. More on them:
The Whuffie Bank is a nonprofit organization dedicated to building a new currency based on reputation that could be redeemed for real and virtual products and services. The higher your reputation, the wealthier you are.
Pretty amazing, huh? Here’s how your reputation grows:
- Detects Public Endorsements — Each time a message you put on Twitter gets retweeted or a Facebook post gets liked by others, that’s considered a positive endorsement for you.
- Measures Level of Influence — A person that’s constantly retweeting others will be spreading the impact of his influence among many people. On the other side, if a person retweets a message once in a while, that will have a bigger impact.
- Considers Existing Reputation of Members — Being endorsed by a Whuffie-rich person will have a stronger impact than being endorsed by an average user.
- Analyzes Content of Messages — A message with a link that gets retweeted usually it’s because of the content in a website rather than the person sharing it in the first place. So when someone gets retweeted for something they exclusively said, that will have a bigger impact on the algorithm. (Source)
I hope you’re ready to be measured…again. Sheesh, and I was just getting over Technorati rankings, ABC list bloggers, and “What’s your blog worth?”
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Interesting, the system can only put two and two together if you join up. For example, my Twitter account is mkbwsu but my Facebook account is Michael Barbour (e-mail login is mkbarbour-at-gmail-dot-com). This system thinks these two accounts are two different people. From looking around a bit, the only way to resolve this would be to sign up for the site (which I didn't bother to do personally).
Interesting, the system can only put two and two together if you join up. For example, my Twitter account is mkbwsu but my Facebook account is Michael Barbour (e-mail login is mkbarbour-at-gmail-dot-com). This system thinks these two accounts are two different people. From looking around a bit, the only way to resolve this would be to sign up for the site (which I didn't bother to do personally).
The Book that envisioned Whuffie's is Down & Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow. http://books.google.com/books?id=gfg13CM_kU8C&lpg=PP1&dq=cory%20down%20and%20out&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=&f=falseIts a great read and commentary on social "worth".
The Book that envisioned Whuffie's is Down & Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow. http://books.google.com/books?id=gfg13CM_kU8C&lpg=PP1&dq=cory%20down%20and%20out&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=&f=falseIts a great read and commentary on social “worth”.
I think it's pointless, meaningless and pathetic. Yet another invasion of my privacy.
I think it's pointless, meaningless and pathetic. Yet another invasion of my privacy.