2.3. Complex Behavior: Containers and Reputation Statements As Targets

Just as there exist some interesting-looking molecules in nature, and much like hydrogen bonds are especially strong, certain types of reputation statements called containers join multiple closely related statements into one super-statement. Most websites with user-generated ratings and comments for products or services provide examples of this kind of reputation statement: they clump together different star ratings with a text comment into an object formally called a review. See Figure 2-5 for a typical example, restaurant reviews.