Reputation & Recognition: Education and Recommendations for FlipTheMedia.com
1 like412 views
The document discusses the concepts of reputation and recognition within the community of flipthemedia.com, emphasizing their definitions and the motivations behind user participation. It outlines recommendations to enhance user engagement, increase contributions, and improve the overall experience on the site, including features like recognizable taxonomies and moderation. The objective is to foster a more active community by encouraging quality contributions and leveraging the reputation system to motivate participation among members.
Reputation & Recognition: Education and Recommendations for FlipTheMedia.com
- 1. Reputation & RecognitionEducation and Recommendations for FlipTheMedia.comCOM 591 – Fall 2008Shea, Snook, Sydorenko, Williams
- 2. DefinitionsRecognition comes as a result of any action a community member takes to participate in the site.Reputation is awarded as a result of other community members evaluating actions. Recognition can thus be defined as the history of past actions of a member within the community; whereas reputation is a value judgment about the worth of those actions.QuantitativeQualitative
- 3. Project FocusExamine recognition and reputation through website culture, tools, objects and participation motivation.
- 4. Make recommendations on applying our discoveries to FTM website objective.FTM Objective: Increase quality and quantity of voluntary contributions across a wider audience, and drive an increase in discussions.
- 6. Websites
- 9. Objects
- 10. PeopleServicesReviewsCommentsBlog Posts & ArticlesGoodsMemeRatingsMemePredictionPredictionObjectsStaticDynamicRankingRankingPeopleServicesReviewsCommentsBlog Posts & ArticlesGoodsMemeRatingsMeme
- 11. Participants
- 20. CreatorAdvancedCriticCollectorIntermediateJoinerREGISTRATION REQUIREDSpectatorTopic of INTERESTBeginnerInactive
- 21. CreatorAdvancedCriticCollectorCollectiblesIntermediateJoinerFriendsK.I.S.S. =REGISTRATION REQUIREDSpectatorTopic of INTERESTBeginnerInactive
- 22. CreatorAdvancedCriticContributor’s RankCollectorCollectiblesIntermediateBenefitsJoinerFriendsK.I.S.S. =REGISTRATION REQUIREDSpectatorTopic of INTERESTBeginnerInactive
- 23. CreatorAdvancedCriticMentorShareContributor’s RankCollectorCollectiblesIntermediateBenefitsJoinerFriendsK.I.S.S. =REGISTRATION REQUIREDSpectatorTopic of INTERESTBeginnerInactive
- 24. Gain Attention or ReputationCreatorAdvancedCriticMentorShareContributor’s RankCollectorCollectiblesIntermediateBenefitsJoinerFriendsK.I.S.S. =REGISTRATION REQUIREDSpectatorTopic of INTERESTBeginnerInactive
- 25. Tools
- 26. COMMUNITYReputationMotivationUser 2User 1Reputation scoresUser 3User profileUser NPrimary ContentVotingPostingsAnswersRecommendationsRatingSecondary ContentCommentsFeedbackReviewsParticipationFeedbackReviewsCommentsRatingQuestionsVotingREPUTATION SYSTEM
- 28. User information is helpful, especially if you can flag somebody as a favorite contributor.Recognizable taxonomy lowers the barrier to entry for participation. People understand stars and thumbs up.Moderators help avoid spam and trolls, both of which are significant in a website as large as Slashdot. For a smaller community like FTM, moderators can help offload duties from a single, overworked developer or webmaster.
- 29. Pretty tools are more welcoming to use. Nesting replies to comments within the comments is visually easier to parse, though it breaks up the feeling of a group conversation into smaller ones. This might be necessary as FTM grows however. The user experience can be expanded exponentially by providing alternative ways to interact than just posting comments / articles.CompetitionsGuest seminarsQ&A
- 30. Consider FTM webblog purpose for MCDM students & graduates as location to improve reputation as subject matter experts.If graduates stand to gain in reputation through continued (quality) contributions, it should motivate further participation.Have current MCDM student bloggers write in outside blogs and link back to both FTM site and personal blogs.