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It's a great idea (from the point of view of virality) but it seems like it would be poisonous to the atmosphere in most teams. Would I want to stay back late

by philk 16y ago

It's a great idea (from the point of view of virality) but it seems like it would be poisonous to the atmosphere in most teams. Would I want to stay back late to help someone who'd ranked me lower than my coworkers? I'd love to say yes, but probably not.

webwright 16y ago
For what it's worth, it's nigh impossible to see who voted on you. And even if you're losing duels-- it's not necessarily a reflection on you, but rather a reflection on you vs. a particular coworker. In other words, there'd be no shame in losing a duel to someone awesome, right? However, if you find that you're losing duels against people who you think poorly of consistently, or losing ALL of your duels, that might create ugly feelings I guess!
- tsotha 16y ago
  >However, if you find that you're losing duels against people who you think poorly of consistently, or losing ALL of your duels, that might create ugly feelings I guess! Might be time for a little introspection, I would think.
- jamesjyu 16y ago
  "For what it's worth, it's nigh impossible to see who voted on you." ... for now. They could release that data at ANY time. Imagine the damage that will have on co-worker relationships.
  - JoachimSchipper 16y ago
    Running a web vulnerability scanner at their page could be... interesting. Illegal, probably, but interesting.
joe_the_user 16y ago
Ah, it is problematic to say the frickin' least...
ig1 16y ago
Don't worry they'd rather someone else stayed behind instead anyway
StavrosK 16y ago
I haven't used it much, but they could use the Condorcet method (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method) to rank everyone on linkedin, or everyone in your team, or whatever. It would be pretty silly if they just told you how many duels you've lost rather than give you an overall standing, either global or team-based (although I can see how that could incite some rivalry).

by philk 16y ago

webwright 16y ago

For what it's worth, it's nigh impossible to see who voted on you. And even if you're losing duels-- it's not necessarily a reflection on you, but rather a reflection on you vs. a particular coworker. In other words, there'd be no shame in losing a duel to someone awesome, right? However, if you find that you're losing duels against people who you think poorly of consistently, or losing ALL of your duels, that might create ugly feelings I guess!

tsotha 16y ago
>However, if you find that you're losing duels against people who you think poorly of consistently, or losing ALL of your duels, that might create ugly feelings I guess! Might be time for a little introspection, I would think.
jamesjyu 16y ago
"For what it's worth, it's nigh impossible to see who voted on you." ... for now. They could release that data at ANY time. Imagine the damage that will have on co-worker relationships.
- JoachimSchipper 16y ago
  Running a web vulnerability scanner at their page could be... interesting. Illegal, probably, but interesting.

joe_the_user 16y ago

Ah, it is problematic to say the frickin' least...

ig1 16y ago

Don't worry they'd rather someone else stayed behind instead anyway

StavrosK 16y ago

I haven't used it much, but they could use the Condorcet method (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method) to rank everyone on linkedin, or everyone in your team, or whatever. It would be pretty silly if they just told you how many duels you've lost rather than give you an overall standing, either global or team-based (although I can see how that could incite some rivalry).