Writing in The Guardian, Ben Hammersley identifies “Whuffie” — the reputation currency in “Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom” — as one of “25 technologies and notions we think hold most promise over the next year.”
Whuffie
It’s the great conundrum of the web. Why do so many people do so much for free? What do people get out of it? Whuffie – that’s what. Coined by writer Cory Doctorow for his novel Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, Whuffie embodies respect, karma, mad-props; call it what you will, the web runs on it. BH
(Thanks, Gnat!)
