# kaal:claim:3128900-028

**Claim.** The reputation score mechanism serves a discriminating function, separating malicious actors from simple mistakes and protecting workers and verifiers against fraudulent requesters and badly designed requests.

**Type.** design  **Support.** asserted

**Source quote.**

> The reputation score mechanism helps discern malicious actors and simple mistakes. It also protects workers and verifiers from fraudulent requesters and suboptimally designed requests.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralized Mechanical Turk Through Verified Reputation* (2018), 3.3 Reputation Score, page 13

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Mechanical Turk Through Verified Reputation (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3128900

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**Topics.** reputation

**Keywords.** reputation-score, fraud-prevention, worker-protection, error-detection

**Related claims.**

- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4755632-037

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