Hello everyone! As some of you may or may not know, we are performing a user-centered redesign of R3v's reputation system (as part of a class project). An online reputation system is a system in which users can submit feedback or ratings about other users or products. An example is ebay's star system and positive/negative feedback. As it applies to our forums, a reputation system should convey some information about the credibility, knowledgeability and/or trustworthiness of a given member. Currently, there is no formal "reputation" system on R3v. To infer a member's reputation, one can draw from a combination of post count, join date, transaction feedback and post content. As this is a fairly complicated process and somewhat unreliable, we would like to design a system that will make it quicker and easier for members to gauge someone's reputation.
All that said, we would like your feedback and opinions to help us design this system. Our first activity is what is called a Wants and Needs Analysis. Essentially, we would like you to discuss the sorts of features you would want from such a system. Please use the following brainstorming questions as a reference. Feel free to quote each other and talk back and forth.
Thank you very much for your participation. We look forward to hearing your input.
Brainstorming questions:
What characteristics does an ideal reputation system need to have?
What activities would you like to perform with a reputation system?
What information would you like to get from a reputation system?
All that said, we would like your feedback and opinions to help us design this system. Our first activity is what is called a Wants and Needs Analysis. Essentially, we would like you to discuss the sorts of features you would want from such a system. Please use the following brainstorming questions as a reference. Feel free to quote each other and talk back and forth.
Thank you very much for your participation. We look forward to hearing your input.
Brainstorming questions:
What characteristics does an ideal reputation system need to have?
What activities would you like to perform with a reputation system?
What information would you like to get from a reputation system?
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