tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8101611.post109871776132035507..comments2023-10-31T05:44:19.969-07:00Comments on Chickens Don't Have Armpits: Trust me...Marion Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07888929474349403689noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8101611.post-1099362488572674882004-11-01T18:28:00.000-08:002004-11-01T18:28:00.000-08:00Dave, thank you very much for the links... I'm pri...Dave, thank you very much for the links... I'm printing them as I type...<br /><br />Bing, you are correct when you say, "would you care what one or two negative feeds weigh in comparison to the thousands of other positive feedback you received?" The fact of the matter is I wouldn't care, just as I wouldn't care that my neighbor down the street had a bad experience with Dell, because my other research shows me that Dell is almost always superb in their customer relations. I've been in customer oriented businesses, and I know that some people just won't be happy with their purchases, but remember that this system is designed to be fair to both buyers, and sellers. If my one negative comment barred a user who had 5,000 successful sales, then the system wouldn't work. <br /><br />And as for "what's to stop these sellers then from occassionally putting out a series of lemons, then drowing out the evidence in a sea of positive comments?", well, it seems like a huge cost for a little payoff. A few bad reviews will probably affect their selling, even if only a few people decide not to purchase from them. I believe a crucial element of tit-for-tat states that you 'tit' the same degree with which you were 'tated'. In other words, when Kruschev bangs his shoe on the podium, you don't respond with a tactical nuclear attack. You send over your president to proclaim he is a jelly doughnut (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ich_bin_ein_Berliner).<br /><br />Or something like that.<br /><br />Anyway, thank you for your thoughts, the scenario you put forward is an interesting one. Does the Machiavelian always win?Marion Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07888929474349403689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8101611.post-1098944340714926192004-10-27T23:19:00.000-07:002004-10-27T23:19:00.000-07:00I don't think eBay's system of 'tit for tat' is re...I don't think eBay's system of 'tit for tat' is really essential. For new sellers & buyers, maybe. But when you reach critical mass, would you care what one or two negative feeds weigh in comparison to the thousands of other positive feedback you received? what's to stop these sellers then from occassionally putting out a series of lemons, then drowing out the evidence in a sea of positive comments?<br /><br />Like your post on your experience with your class where there was no cooperation among students and ultimately did not obtain the highest payoffs possible. It got me thinking of the following scenario:<br /><br />Think about a situation in a classroom (face2face or online, it does not matter) where students are asked to peer-review each other. For those who know Prisoner’s dilemma or Game theory (call them bonnie & Clyde), they will rate everyone in the class low, on the assumption that everyone else will rate each other fairly. This will result in bonnie & Clyde scoring significantly higher scores than everyone else. When high assessment stakes are on the line, what’s trust got to do with anything? <br /><br />cheers,<br />BHCHIA Howie (Xie Aowei) 谢 傲 威https://www.blogger.com/profile/04013870497358014960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8101611.post-1098803931396650132004-10-26T08:18:00.000-07:002004-10-26T08:18:00.000-07:00I'm not sure how easy it would be to manipulate th...I'm not sure how easy it would be to manipulate the rating system. In order for a person to manipulate it, they would need to actually purchase items from an individual and then give a negative feedback. If that feedback is unwarranted, then the seller could simply choose to not sell to that person again. I guess the manipulator could have multiple logins, but I wouldn't be surprised to find out that e-bay has a way to track IP addresses or what not. <br /><br />I think also that the incentive to manipulate isn't high enough to cover the cost. If there were two people selling on e-bay, you may see some attempts to make the other guy look bad, but you're competing against thousands of other sellers. You efforts are better spent making yourself look good, rather than trying to make 1,348 other people look bad.Marion Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07888929474349403689noreply@blogger.com