A couple of posts ago, I covered my vision for the first phase of a reputation system for the Microsoft forums . Now it’s time to build a case for Phase 2 (I feel a bit like I’m building a subdivision here…) Phase 1 of the reputation was focused on incenting...

Last week one of the program managers, who works with a segment of customers that is very experienced and well established on the newsgroups, communicated some of the complaints that his key influencers (primarily MVPs) had when he broached the subject...

In my last post about Trust and Reputation , I outlined what I believed were the key elements of reputation building in an online community: Activity Based Community Rewarded Visible Linked to Additional Privileges Obvious on How Reputation...

Outside of just the MSDN Forums, I also have had the opportunity to work as the Program Manager on the Aftermarket Solutions / Power Toys team here in Visual Studio. Today we just released our first three Power Toys, including the Power Toy I acted as...

In my last post , I talked about how difficult it was to try and decide what groups of people you can trust in an online community. Outside of my simple and naive "Why don't we just trust anybody?", most online communities use a "reputation system" to...

Awhile ago, my manager and I were kicking around ideas to solve a problem in the MSDN Forums . By default, every new thread started on the forums is tagged as a "question". The question is considered "unanswered" until a reply is posted to that question...