The social cost of cheap pseudonyms

@misc{citeulike:148884, abstract = {We consider the problems of societal norms for cooperation and reputation when it is possible to obtain \"cheap pseudonyms\", something which is becoming quite common in a wide variety of interactions on the Internet. This introduces opportunities to misbehave without paying reputational consequences. A large degree of cooperation can still emerge, through a convention in which newcomers \"pay their dues\" by accepting poor treatment from players who have established positive reputations. One might ...}, author = {Friedman, E. and Resnick, P.}, citeulike-article-id = {148884}, keywords = {alt, character, feedback, negative, nickname, pseudonym, reputation, social, toon}, posted-at = {2006-10-18 14:58:29}, priority = {0}, title = {The social cost of cheap pseudonyms}, url = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.31.7456}, year = {1998} }

TY - GEN ID - citeulike:148884 L3 - citeulike-article-id:148884 N2 - We consider the problems of societal norms for cooperation and reputation when it is possible to obtain "cheap pseudonyms", something which is becoming quite common in a wide variety of interactions on the Internet. This introduces opportunities to misbehave without paying reputational consequences. A large degree of cooperation can still emerge, through a convention in which newcomers "pay their dues" by accepting poor treatment from players who have established positive reputations. One might ... TI - The social cost of cheap pseudonyms KW - alt KW - character KW - feedback KW - negative KW - nickname KW - pseudonym KW - reputation KW - social KW - toon AU - Friedman, E AU - Resnick, P PY - 1998/// UR - http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.31.7456 ER -