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Re: self-ratings vs. market ratings
> In consideration of the difference between "ratings" and "reputation":
>
> I think of a rating as something which is attached to something
> "pre-knowledge", whereas a reputation is something which develops over
> time & based upon informed knowledge ("after-knowledge").
Perhaps a `rating' is discrete, applied to a specific instance (a web
page, a graphic image, a film), while a `reputation' could crudely be
compiled by summing one's ratings? (I know this is very flawed, but it
could be a starting point for perspective.)
Seth
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