This is the presentation used for a group project for COM 591: Reputation & Recognition (Fall ‘08) in the University of Washington’s MCDM program. Group members were Mark Shea, Jeremy Snook, Ivan Sydorenko, and Randa Williams.

1. Reputation & Recognition Education and Recommendations for FlipTheMedia.com COM 591 – Fall 2008 Shea, Snook, Sydorenko, Williams

2. Definitions Recognition comes as a result of any action a community member takes to participate in the site. Reputation is awarded as a result of other community members evaluating actions. Recognition can thus be defined as the history of past actions of a member within the community; whereas reputation is a value judgment about the worth of those actions. Quantitative Qualitative

4. Make recommendations on applying our discoveries to FTM website objective.FTM Objective: Increase quality and quantity of voluntary contributions across a wider audience, and drive an increase in discussions.

5. Comments Critics Joiners Creators Spectators Inactives Collectors

6. Websites

9. Objects

10. People Services Reviews Comments Blog Posts & Articles Goods Meme Ratings Meme Prediction Prediction Objects Static Dynamic Ranking Ranking People Services Reviews Comments Blog Posts & Articles Goods Meme Ratings Meme

11. Participants

25. Tools

26. COMMUNITY Reputation Motivation User 2 User 1 Reputation scores User 3 User profile User N Primary Content Voting Postings Answers Recommendations Rating Secondary Content Comments Feedback Reviews Participation Feedback Reviews Comments Rating Questions Voting REPUTATION SYSTEM

27. FTM Recommendations

28. User information is helpful, especially if you can flag somebody as a favorite contributor. Recognizable taxonomy lowers the barrier to entry for participation. People understand stars and thumbs up. Moderators help avoid spam and trolls, both of which are significant in a website as large as Slashdot. For a smaller community like FTM, moderators can help offload duties from a single, overworked developer or webmaster.

29. Pretty tools are more welcoming to use. Nesting replies to comments within the comments is visually easier to parse, though it breaks up the feeling of a group conversation into smaller ones. This might be necessary as FTM grows however. The user experience can be expanded exponentially by providing alternative ways to interact than just posting comments / articles. Competitions Guest seminars Q&A

30. Consider FTM webblog purpose for MCDM students & graduates as location to improve reputation as subject matter experts. If graduates stand to gain in reputation through continued (quality) contributions, it should motivate further participation. Have current MCDM student bloggers write in outside blogs and link back to both FTM site and personal blogs.