ese “revisionists” be removed through violent class struggle. China’s youth responded to Mao’s appeal by forming Red Guard groups around the country. The movement spread into the military, urban workers, and the Communist Party leadership itself. It resulted in widespread factional struggles in all walks of life.
Millions of people were persecuted in the violent struggles that ensued across the country, and suffered a wide range of abuses including public humiliation, arbitrary imprisonment, torture, sustained harassment, and seizure of property.
The ‘one-child’ policy has led to what Amartya Sen first called ‘Missing Women’, or the 100 million girls ‘missing’ from the populations of China (and other developing countries) as a result of female infanticide, abandonment, and neglect”
Notable examples of practical reputation applications
Search: web (see PageRank)
eCommerce: eBay, Epinions, Bizrate, Trustpilot
Social news: Reddit, Digg, Imgur
Programming communities: Advogato, freelance marketplaces, Stack Overflow
Wikis: Increase contribution quantity and quality (Dencheva, Prause and Prinz 2011)
Internet Security: TrustedSource
Question-and-Answer sites: Quora, Yahoo! Answers, Gutefrage.net
Email: anti-spam techniques, reputation lookup (RapLeaf)
Personal Reputation: CouchSurfing (for travelers),
Non Governmental organizations (NGOs): GreatNonProfits.org, GlobalGiving
Professional reputation of translators and translation outsourcers: BlueBoard at ProZ.com
All purpose reputation system: Yelp, Inc.
Academia: general bibliometic measures, e.g. the h-index of a researcher.
The ACLU reported that higher scores were to be rewarded with concrete benefits. Those who reach 700, for example, get easy access to a Singapore travel permit, while those who hit 750 get an even more valued visa.
USA – pay the fee for faster service and pre-apply for screening
The United States TSA’s airline passenger “whitelist” system could evolve in this direction.
In the private sector, Frank Pasquale notes that elements of its judgment-and-reward system already exist in the U.S. private-sector credit scoring infrastructure.
The US has expedited Visa services. There is a $60 fee for expedited US passports.
Credit scores effect the interest that people pay for cars and houses and credit cards. This has far more financial impact than faster travel Visas.
Many Futurists have talked about Reputation systems replacing currency
SOURCES – Wikipedia, Factcoexist, IFTF, CBP, ACLU, BBC News
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