Boing Boing: Cory's fictional "Whuffie" is now running code

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Joseph Petviashvili is a fan of ... novel Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom -- he likes it so much that he's created a software version of "Whuffie," the reputation currency that forms the basis of the Bitchun Society ... described in the book.

Bitchun.org is runs on open source code (still in alpha release), creating a marketplace for trading and rewarding favors for your friends and like-minded strangers....

For those interested, my Skype/Whuffie username is atticusfunk.  For those interested, check out the Whuffie blog and the direct link to where you can download a copy of the book, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, from where the concept is derived. Here' the link to the Skype plug-in needed for Whuffie.

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The usual economic incentives have disappeared from the book's world. Whuffie has replaced money, providing a motivation for people to do useful and creative things. A person's Whuffie is a general measurement of his or her overall reputation, and Whuffie is lost and gained according to a person's favorable or unfavorable actions. The question is, who determines which actions are favorable or unfavorable? In Down and Out, the answer is public opinion. Rudely pushing past someone on the sidewalk will definitely lose you points from them (and possibly bystanders who saw you), while composing a much-loved symphony will earn you Whuffie from everyone who enjoyed it.

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