Some links on reputation systems.

[charmian]

Why negative karma might be best left invisible: The case of the 'Sims Mafia'

This is from a blog about a book called Building Reputation system. There's also a wiki that has a lot of material about the book, and the blog has excerpts from the book, such as this article on the potential negative effects of leaderboards.

I suppose the Tumblr folks had consulted sources like this when they created Tumblarity. However, honestly, I find that thing annoying. It rewards you too much for reblogging the content of others.

Comments

[charmian]

Oh yeah, but if you do that, it's just buying a lot of stuff for your DollSimhouse. The game-y (ludic?) dimension disappears. Since I enjoyed taking over the yard as a SimAnt and building a prosperous megalopolis in SimCity, that kind of thing didn't really appeal to me.

[petronia]

Perhaps this reflects the bias of the fandom lens through which I view the thing, but the vast majority of people I've seen talk about playing Sims use it for stuff like simulating what would happen if their fictional OTPs lived in a house together and had babies. XD;