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I wonder if using an ERC-20 token increases the chances of being able to migrate reputation to another site. That was supposed to be one of the appeals of using

I wonder if using an ERC-20 token increases the chances of being able to migrate reputation to another site. That was supposed to be one of the appeals of using non-fungible tokens (NFTs, like ERC-721) for e.g. collectible card games and other in-game items. I suspect there are gatekeepers, and this is decentralization theater, but I hope I’m wrong.

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ardy42 6y ago
> I wonder if using an ERC-20 token increases the chances of being able to migrate reputation to another site. If it can be migrated, it's not really reputation. Reputation is not an e-points score.
- Karunamon 6y ago
  That depends mostly on whatever method is used to increment the reputation counter. If you disallow the "account" balance to go up from anything other than on-site activities or a one-time transfer, a lot of the abuse cases are mitigated. Say HN comes out with a coin, and they accept reddit coins as a form of account linking. If I can only do this process a single time, my identity hasn't gained any reputation illegitimately.
  - ardy42 6y ago
    > That depends mostly on whatever method is used to increment the reputation counter. If you disallow the "account" balance to go up from anything other than on-site activities or a one-time transfer, a lot of the abuse cases are mitigated. You misunderstood me. A "reputation counter" co-opts the word "reputation" to refer e-points, which is something that's entirely different. But the fact that the terminology is misleading doesn't mean e-points have any actual relation to reputation, properly understood. E-points are a broken system that you get when you try cheaply quantify something that is nearly unquantifiable (hammer, meet screw). Calling e-points "reputation" is what you do when you want to pretend your system does something it actually doesn't, or when you're too confused to know the difference.

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ardy42 6y ago

> I wonder if using an ERC-20 token increases the chances of being able to migrate reputation to another site. If it can be migrated, it's not really reputation. Reputation is not an e-points score.

Karunamon 6y ago
That depends mostly on whatever method is used to increment the reputation counter. If you disallow the "account" balance to go up from anything other than on-site activities or a one-time transfer, a lot of the abuse cases are mitigated. Say HN comes out with a coin, and they accept reddit coins as a form of account linking. If I can only do this process a single time, my identity hasn't gained any reputation illegitimately.
- ardy42 6y ago
  > That depends mostly on whatever method is used to increment the reputation counter. If you disallow the "account" balance to go up from anything other than on-site activities or a one-time transfer, a lot of the abuse cases are mitigated. You misunderstood me. A "reputation counter" co-opts the word "reputation" to refer e-points, which is something that's entirely different. But the fact that the terminology is misleading doesn't mean e-points have any actual relation to reputation, properly understood. E-points are a broken system that you get when you try cheaply quantify something that is nearly unquantifiable (hammer, meet screw). Calling e-points "reputation" is what you do when you want to pretend your system does something it actually doesn't, or when you're too confused to know the difference.