| 摘要 |
Provided are novel methods and systems for selecting members of virtual governments of online communities and establishing various honor systems in the online communities. Proposed techniques may be used to stimulate certain activities of online community members and discourage other activities. A self-governance system may be established within an online community through active participation of its members. In certain embodiments, activities are associated with reward points, and members can accumulate these points based on completing one or more of these activities. Members with the most accumulated points are appointed to the virtual government of their communities and/or rewarded for their efforts. Some examples of activities include participating in social network forums, conducting product reviews, and purchasing and/or selling products. Activities may be categorized in order to identify category winners as well as overall winners. Furthermore, an online community may create various clusters for conducting such elections and contests.
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