Fair Outcomes: using game theory for honest feedback on eBay

Iria · May 15, 2008, 05:44 AM

Earlier this year, eBay made the first changes ever to its feedback system. The most controversial of them was ending the ability of sellers to give feedback on buyers, leaving people who felt harmed by a purchaser with no way of warning their auctioneering peers. eBay users found this so disturbing they organized a week-long strike. Sensing an opportunity in the uproar, a company called Fair Outcomes is now offering an arbitration system that's centered around maintaining the reputations of both sides involved.
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Source: Ars Technica

May 15, 2008, 05:44 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Fair Outcomes: using game theory for honest feedback on eBay Earlier this year, eBay made the first changes ever to its feedback system. The most controversial of them was ending the ability of sellers to give feedback on buyers, leaving people who felt harmed by a purchaser with no way of warning their auctioneering peers. eBay users found this so disturbing they organized a week-long strike. Sensing an opportunity in the uproar, a company called Fair Outcomes is now offering an arbitration system that's centered around maintaining the reputations of both sides involved. _______________ Source: Ars Technica