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SUBMITTER: Frey V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5171920 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Frey Vincenz V van de Rijt Arnout A
Scientific reports 20161220
Trust is an essential condition for exchange. Large societies must substitute the trust traditionally provided through kinship and sanctions in small groups to make exchange possible. The rise of internet-supported reputation systems has been celebrated for providing trust at a global scale, enabling the massive volumes of transactions between distant strangers that are characteristic of modern human societies. Here we problematize an overlooked side-effect of reputation systems: Equally trustwo ...[more]