OK, #lazyweb: reputation currencies! Slashdot was Oct 97. eBay added seller ratings q2 97. UO beta with notoriety was mid 97. Who else? & who earlier other than science fictional depictions? Obv stuff like academic citations, h-index...
yeah, kills to deaths. it affected nothing mechanically but it was literally the only thing you could accumulate, pure reputation
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Not sure that would count under the modern def, where it's a rating applied by the partner in an exchange, but I'll take it as an important precursor :)
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whatever the first MUD was to implement "roleplay points" would be proper prior art but i have no idea who that was and don't know if anybody's even bothered to claim the distinction
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