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[...] Raph has been building a series on Trust. I find the meandering through all things real and virtual, personal and sociological, to be a great springboard for one of the potential themes throughout: the relationship between MMOG developers/publishers and the players. [...]

[...] Read Part I Read Part II Read A side note [...]

[...] “This guild is made up of arrogant elitists.” This is the response of those who suddenly feel disenfranchised. The appeal to a higher authority has left these people feeling like they are not part of the country club; they are suddenly second-class citizens. This is exactly the effect that I described in Part II of the essay on trust. [...]

[...] I tried to make my third content chapter, but it’s a toughie. What’s worse, it covers much of the same ground that Raph is covering here and here, but from a different angle (and much more tersely).You see, there’s a couple of connected “bits” here. “Trust” is one thing. “Interaction/Friendship” are another thing. “Exploration” is another thing. But all three are intrinsically tied to social networking.[...]

This is indicative, I think, of “distrust” being selectively transitive. If you distrust Hitler, you don’t distrust all Germans, males, white dudes, guys with mustaches, nutcases, charismatic leaders, disillusioned artists, etc. There’s some kind of linkage making people part of a group, and I would guess that Hitler was not, first and foremost, a German in your grandfather’s mind.

[...] Somewhat related to the Reputation in MMOGs article and commentary from last week, Raph Koster has a two part piece looking at webs of trust and how trust is relayed through communities. [...]

For the greater majority of silent individuals I feel there is no linkage under either model.

That’s because they’re not. To gain links with the authority, you have to join that vocal minority, even if you’re a dissenting opinion. In other words, it’s the old “If you don’t speak up, you deserve what you get.”

In order for it to be a true democracy in a MUD (it’s a bit out of the question for an MMO), I think the entire population would have to be coders on the project. =P And opinion leaders would rise.

Michael, you may want to look at the Small Worlds presentation I did

This looks very familiar… I’ve definitely seen it before. I just forgot all about it; it was like a massive refresher course. =)

What you have not yet touched on is where an individual fits into a large corporation.

Perhaps it has to do with identificability (is that a word?) with a human being. SOE and UO are organizations. Full of people, yes, but players only see an abstract entity. It’s kinda like being fiercely anti-Semitic, and having a best friend who’s openly Jewish. “I hate them all, except him, because he’s cool.” I don’t know if that properly applies, though, since I don’t know how people regard Raph or Garriot.

Sony Products will not see light in old SWG players homes

You mean you play with the lights on? =P (joke…)