An incentive to game this "system" is created the moment employees become aware it influences their performance reviews. Like all your friends' posts and thumb-

An incentive to game this "system" is created the moment employees become aware it influences their performance reviews. Like all your friends' posts and thumb-down your competing co-workers' stuff. Sounds like a fantastic waste of time! Ideally incentives are aligned with employee cooperation. The goal of this influence-measuring system is ranking employee worth which in general is dissonant and fosters an environment of unhealthy competition. The big question is how to foster productive competition?