Trading Anonymity for Influence in Open Communities Voting Schemata
Ernesto Damiani, Marco Viviani · 2009
We discuss how the notion of gradual information disclosure can be incorporated into basic social computing protocols, such as reputation based service selection. Our technique links the decrease in anonymity a subject is ready to endure (e.g., by disclosing the values of some of her attributes) to the weight her views will carry in the final outcome of the protocol.