Reputation systems, if they try too hard, quickly reach a point where ambitious fakes are more successful at convincing the system than casual real users. Case

Reputation systems, if they try too hard, quickly reach a point where ambitious fakes are more successful at convincing the system than casual real users. Case in point: Google visibility, if you are not Wikipedia no amount of quality content will get you above the link farms if you don't also follow the customary rites of pleasing the algorithm.