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I agree with you on everything except the following sentence: > What kind of economic incentive could Facebook afford to give you that wouldn't make you feel l
by andre3k1 16y ago
I agree with you on everything except the following sentence:
> What kind of economic incentive could Facebook afford to give you that wouldn't make you feel like a worthless cog in their machine?
Must the incentive be economic? Facebook provides value to its users through a social incentive. Likewise, the incentive to share an article on HN or Reddit is your Karma score and to engage in a lively discussion on the topic. Neither of the two is economic.
An interesting point that you failed to make when discussing the economics of the situation is the following, regardless of whether or not a user contributes to TripAdvisor or Qype he can still peruse the site. So my question is the following, what incentive does a user have to contribute reviews to TripAdvisor or Qype versus simply reading others' reviews?
- dasil003 16y agoAgreed. The reason I said economic is because that's what the OA seems to feel like he deserves, but to be fair he does leave the door open for more clever incentives. However my thesis would be that the OA is already a lost cause and not someone worth pursuing. As far as the incentive to write a review on TripAdvisor, from personal experience I'd say the overwhelming incentive is to either benefit or stick it to an establishment you visited.
- andre3k1 16y agoI've always wondered if reviews are negatively skewed. Sadly, there's much more incentive for me to go on Yelp and write about how awful my meal was than about it being decent.