There have been a lot of talks about redoing rep, but it's really difficult as there isn't valuable metrics. Votes are financially motivated and usually poorly executed, follows is a good option but would easily be abused if used, same with page views, content quality isn't really usable and subjective. Most things are easily bypassed by just making a second account. So while we have and hate Reputation, and it's been talked about being replaced many times, I don't see anything changing.
Steem UA was suppose to fix it, but it was flawed from the start as it was just a poor execution of Google Page Rank poisoned by using Witness votes as the seed.
What are your thoughts on KE?
It’s a tool like everything else. If you know what it is (a measure of how much someone has earned vs sold) it provides information. It is not conclusive though. Just because someone sold (their choice, their funds) doesn’t make them a bad person or bad user.
that's exactly my point. I respect Azircon's position on this- he's looking at it from a long-term investor's angle. But Its not enough info to "make the call" so to speak.
Never seen someone downvoting because of a high KE. Would you ban someone from your company because they didn't brush their teeth regularly? This person may have some reasons not to do it. But they still get noticed and miss some opportunities because of that.
It's a crude metric to asses the value of someone. As you hint, it should not be the only thing we should look at.
Everyone has a way of thinking and priorities. I don’t think it’s a bad tool to use.
I agree with Marky here, just because someone sold one time or two does not make him an extractor. If they do earn much, that dent in KE will stay for a long time.
Again it's a simple tool, it's easy to understand. It gives you a quick measure of a behavior. Someone with KE = 1 and KE = 1000 are certainly different and that is what I am after. It is not a labeling tool.
I personally judge reputation exactly the same way as I do with people offline - their behaviour and interactions with others and me over time. I don't pay a lot of attention to the reputation number next to someone's account name. That's a starting place, but really only tells you that they've posted a lot, they've been voted a lot and, as other commenters have said, there are a range of motivations about why people vote for them. Conversely, a low reputation on an older account might only tell you they've fallen out with someone - or someone has fallen out with them.
There are tools you can use to help inform your judgement nd check a new-to-you account, but I would be much more keen to encourage accounts to grow relationships online slowly and with care.
I guess where I'm going with this is the following abstract idea:
"Imagine we had a reputation score that reflected the right behaviors. A fitting evolution of hivebuzz if you (gamification). Simple to understand, maybe difficult to implement (to be expected)- setting the tone for a culture of a kind."
I understand.