An interesting and lengthy overview post from Randy Farmer and Bryce Glass, authors of the book Building Web Reputation Systems, on (unsurprisingly) the basics of building web reputation systems [via MetaFilter].
I’ll swap ten whuffie points with anyone who has the time to buy and read this book on my behalf and give me a succint 10-page precis thereof…
I’ll sum it up for you.
“This is why we can’t have nice things.”
The following question will also aid enlightenment.
“Would you rather spend time with the best friend of the world or your best friend?”
🙂