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Can you think of some innovation that might replace review systems in the same way that refrigeration replaced ice transportation? This seems more like a cycle
by baddox 7y ago
Can you think of some innovation that might replace review systems in the same way that refrigeration replaced ice transportation? This seems more like a cycle where review systems will be nice until they inevitably get gamed, at which point some new company will come out with expertly-curated reviews and recommendations, but then that company will sell out and compromise their curation, at which point the new crowd-sourced review website will take over. Ad infinitum.
I suppose you can come up with ideas like AI curation or spam prevention, or some decentralized reputation system. Those sound pretty wild, but hey, I reckon refrigeration would have sounded pretty wild too.
- zyang 7y agoThere needs to be an independent outsider that can give uniform and unbiased reviews. i.e. Michelin reviews for airbnb. Question is how many people are willing to pay for these.
- SilasX 7y agoIsn’t that Consumer Reports? Although Airbnb listings are too extensive for them to independently review. Edit: I suppose they could step in and evaluate it as a platform and validate whether issues get addressed.
- amelius 7y agoYou could imagine a network of trust, where some people have more trust than others. And there could be clusters where people with a lot of trust are not necessarily trusted by everyone. So this would be more general than a central authority like Michelin.