Comments for Yootles http://blog.yootles.com A weblog by Daniel Reeves Mon, 19 May 2008 04:41:43 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 Comment on Yootles Trivia Question by Stephanie http://blog.yootles.com/2006/11/07/yootles-trivia-question/comment-page-1/#comment-2357 Stephanie Mon, 19 May 2008 04:41:43 +0000 http://blog.yootles.com/?p=7#comment-2357 Seems silly to create a fake account tt give yourself credit. I would think that would come haunt you in the end. I challenge you to a game of trivia! Click here to battle against me online at ConQUIZtador. Let's see who's the winner...<a href="https://www.conquiztador.com/?a=26041" rel="nofollow">https://www.conquiztador.com/?a=26041</a> Seems silly to create a fake account tt give yourself credit. I would think that would come haunt you in the end.

I challenge you to a game of trivia! Click here to battle against me online at ConQUIZtador. Let’s see who’s the winner…https://www.conquiztador.com/?a=26041

]]> Comment on mootling by shadowfirebird http://blog.yootles.com/2007/01/18/mootling/comment-page-1/#comment-1309 shadowfirebird Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:45:36 +0000 http://blog.yootles.com/2007/01/18/mootling/#comment-1309 I'm very interested in Yootles, but the only discussion of the details I can find on yootles.com seems to envolve higher mathematics, which (unfortunately) is a non-starter for me. Is there a layman's guide to Yootles? I think I get some of this. But I have questions like: do you zero everyone's yootles credit after a decision is made? If not, how does that effect fairness? OTOH, can you only bid as many yootles as you currently have, and how does *that* effect fairness? I’m very interested in Yootles, but the only discussion of the details I can find on yootles.com seems to envolve higher mathematics, which (unfortunately) is a non-starter for me. Is there a layman’s
guide to Yootles?

I think I get some of this. But I have questions like: do you zero everyone’s yootles credit after a decision is made? If not, how does that effect fairness? OTOH, can you only bid as many yootles as you currently have, and how does *that* effect fairness?

]]> Comment on mootling by Allen Harp http://blog.yootles.com/2007/01/18/mootling/comment-page-1/#comment-135 Allen Harp Sat, 10 Mar 2007 14:21:35 +0000 http://blog.yootles.com/2007/01/18/mootling/#comment-135 Kapootle reminds me of how glad I am the weekend is here. :) Forgive me please, I am just a harmless old footle often referred to as a nimcompootle... Sorry, just couldn't resist. Kapootle reminds me of how glad I am the weekend is here. :)
Forgive me please, I am just a harmless old footle often referred to as a nimcompootle…
Sorry, just couldn’t resist.

]]> Comment on mootling by kapoo http://blog.yootles.com/2007/01/18/mootling/comment-page-1/#comment-36 kapoo Mon, 22 Jan 2007 21:43:23 +0000 http://blog.yootles.com/2007/01/18/mootling/#comment-36 Kapootle - a yootle given by Kapoo Halfootle - a 1/2 - yootle (ispired by Bee) Kapootle – a yootle given by Kapoo
Halfootle – a 1/2 – yootle (ispired by Bee)

]]> Comment on mootling by dreeves http://blog.yootles.com/2007/01/18/mootling/comment-page-1/#comment-27 dreeves Sat, 20 Jan 2007 02:17:01 +0000 http://blog.yootles.com/2007/01/18/mootling/#comment-27 Thanks Bethany! I added it above. Thanks Bethany! I added it above.

]]> Comment on mootling by Bethany http://blog.yootles.com/2007/01/18/mootling/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Bethany Fri, 19 Jan 2007 07:08:37 +0000 http://blog.yootles.com/2007/01/18/mootling/#comment-24 And how cute is a qyootle? (a quarter-yootle) And how cute is a qyootle? (a quarter-yootle)

]]> Comment on Splitting Ravioli by Yootles » Blog Archive » mootling http://blog.yootles.com/2006/11/12/splitting-ravioli/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Yootles » Blog Archive » mootling Thu, 18 Jan 2007 07:41:44 +0000 http://blog.yootles.com/?p=8#comment-22 [...] Relatedly, when we’re yootling for something of zero consequence as an exercise/experiment, we’re mootling. And of course we have high yootility for our yoosers, even when feedback is brootle. Daniel Reeves, Yootler in Chief [...] [...] Relatedly, when we’re yootling for something of zero consequence as an exercise/experiment, we’re mootling. And of course we have high yootility for our yoosers, even when feedback is brootle. Daniel Reeves, Yootler in Chief [...]

]]> Comment on That sounds interesting. Have you heard of Yootles? by peter http://blog.yootles.com/2006/12/18/that-sounds-interesting-have-you-heard-of-yootles/comment-page-1/#comment-10 peter Thu, 11 Jan 2007 01:33:11 +0000 http://blog.yootles.com/?p=9#comment-10 The book is almost certainly Accelerando ( http://www.accelerando.org/ ) by Charles Stross - read it, loved it, and its available for free download The book is almost certainly Accelerando ( http://www.accelerando.org/ ) by Charles Stross – read it, loved it, and its available for free download

]]> Comment on New Protocol for Offering and Asking for Favors by dreeves http://blog.yootles.com/2006/11/04/new-protocol-for-offering-and-asking-for-favors/comment-page-1/#comment-3 dreeves Wed, 15 Nov 2006 04:46:53 +0000 http://blog.yootles.com/?p=6#comment-3 That one was very similar in spirit. Instead of "I can take your cat to the vet since you have homework due" it was "I'll share the job of taking the cat to the vet." We then had a Decision Auction to decide who would actually do it. I lost, meaning I had to take the cat, but got paid yootles for it. The beauty of this protocol is that, sure, it's nice of me to want to help when Bethany's cat gets sick right before a deadline, but I shouldn't presume to know how busy she is. Let the "invisible hand" decide who truly minds least. And as a bonus, it compensates the person who gets stuck with the job, giving them capital to use next time they need a favor in return. This is exactly what people try to approximate by trying to alternate favors and feeling each other out. The reason to use yootles instead is simple: it does a better job. That translates quite literally into greater happiness. That one was very similar in spirit. Instead of “I can take your cat to the vet since you have homework due” it was “I’ll share the job of taking the cat to the vet.” We then had a Decision Auction to decide who would actually do it. I lost, meaning I had to take the cat, but got paid yootles for it.

The beauty of this protocol is that, sure, it’s nice of me to want to help when Bethany’s cat gets sick right before a deadline, but I shouldn’t presume to know how busy she is. Let the “invisible hand” decide who truly minds least. And as a bonus, it compensates the person who gets stuck with the job, giving them capital to use next time they need a favor in return.

This is exactly what people try to approximate by trying to alternate favors and feeling each other out. The reason to use yootles instead is simple: it does a better job. That translates quite literally into greater happiness.

]]> Comment on New Protocol for Offering and Asking for Favors by Bee http://blog.yootles.com/2006/11/04/new-protocol-for-offering-and-asking-for-favors/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Bee Fri, 10 Nov 2006 05:54:50 +0000 http://blog.yootles.com/?p=6#comment-2 I think that the auction for taking the cat to the vet is a little bit clearer exposition of this favor system. I think that the auction for taking the cat to the vet is a little bit clearer exposition of this favor system.

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