Liz pointed out to me that Orkut’s karma metrics should have some more useful designations such as “have/not met in person,” “have/not worked with,” and so on. And according to what messed-up algorithm does it turn out that more people think I’m “hot” than “cool” or “trustworthy”? (Speaking of Liz, her link to Timothy Burke’s post on grading struck a chord with me — thanks, Liz.)
There ought to be a way to indicate, for instance, that I don’t know Ben Hammersley, but I’m a fan of his and would be tickled to get to know him. And a way to indicate that if person X — say, Doc Searls — every showed up, you’d want to friend him, but not to send him an email since you’re sure he’ already gotten a hundred, or you don’t want to pester him for other reasons.
(I’ll add to this post as I think of things. . . .)
Posted by AKMA at January 25, 2004 02:57 PM | TrackBack