RE: Is there a more useless metric than reputation?

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Well, you've totally crushed me. My one goal since 2017 has been to get my Reputation as high as it can go! It's been an ongoing theme of complaint throughout my time on the Blockchain "How come they're on a higher Rep than me? They don't post anything!"

While I accept that the individual behind the account might be a complete scumbag I was always under the impression it was an indication that at least the account had built up a reputation over time on the platform although I found out recently that in theory, you could 'buy' your Rep as it was linked to how much HP you have which in turn you could inflate by buying Hive rather than earning it.

I am actually saddened, until (In my case) my account reaches the dizzy heights of 3-4K HP the only criteria I thought was achievable was Reputation and now you've pulled the security blanket from under me. 😭

How about Reputation be controlled by the likes of PeakD, Hive.blog, Ecency or any others? I suspect the only metric they could use would be:

    How many posts you made.
    How many replies you made.

I'm now off to rip up my "Peter wrote something good today" certificate. 😢


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I am sorry! :D

If you look at the top 10, you will see a very mixed bag of results, the top 2 in particular:
https://hive-db.com/accounts/reputation

To save you some heartache, I actually see use case for reputation as a social indicator that does indicate some consistency, plus, it might warrant further investigation. For the most part though, it will of course favor people who post, not comment. I do vote comments so there is a factor there on my posts, but again, it will require consistency.

On a separate note, I personally value my own reputation as I know exactly the effort it took to get it and exactly how I have done it. I consider under self-evaluation that to get here, I have performed pretty well and in a way that I have considered value adding as often as possible. So, there is value for me in it.

I think that like the decentralized blacklists, it will be possible for interfaces to apply their own metrics/ evaluations in regard to reputations as well as other metrics. I really hope they do, as like you, there are many people who like to aim for numbers and hit milestones - in my opinion, it is a huge part of the gamification model we could apply without so much focus on stake. I would like to see "statistic dashboards" where users can choose what factors interest them to run the calculations, potentially, these could be integrated by user choice into their blog interface to have some personalization effect using the metrics to which they are most attached or proud of. There are many ways to play on Hive, we should be rewarding users on the platform in more ways than just tokens.

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I like your "Statistic Dashboards" idea. In fact, this response is so good I think I'll share that too. Thanks.


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A high reputation score will still have a psychological effect on people, at least for first impressions.

Reputation shouldn't be related to HP, though I only looked quickly over the documentation during my research on Hive.

There's nothing wrong with setting a goal even if it doesn't have any utility behind it, you should still strive towards increasing your reputation. It's still a number which you can increase with positive interaction in the community.

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