Reputation is fundamental to the modern world. We choose Uber drivers based on their reputation (or rating), decide which Airbnb to stay at based on reviews, and choose which Netflix shows to watch based on their ratings.

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) are collectives of people that share a common goal and participate in achieving the DAOs goals. Unlike public and private companies, DAOs made up of anonymous and pseudonymous people alongside doxxed members.

Because of a DAOs unique team structure tools are needed to manage the reputation of their members in order to make effective leadership decisions and reward members base don their activities.

This article will explain the role of tools for managing DAO reputations, how to setup a DAO reputation tool (Karma), and share a list of alternative DAO reputation tools in web3.

Why do DAOs need reputation tools?

In a DAO, reputation is used to determine who gets to participate in decision-making and who doesn't. The challenge in a DAO is the pseudo-anonymity of the blockchain, which makes it difficult to know who is behind each wallet address.

Manually managing reputation in a DAO would be incredibly time-consuming, which is why there are now a number of tools that automate the process. These DAO reputation tools, like Karma and DeepDAO, track the activity of addresses in the DAO and assign a reputation score to each one.

DAO reputation tools make it possible to quickly and easily see which addresses are active and participating in the DAO, and which ones are inactive or not contributing.

How to Set Up Karma for your DAO

There are multiple DAO reputation tools that exist. This is a simple overview of how to use Karma, a reputation aggregator that curates DAO contributor activity and provides visibility to the DAOs and helps contributors showcase their work.

1. Add your DAO to Karma

Go to the Karma website and click the "Add Your DAO" button.

2. Complete the Karma Google Form

This button takes you to a Google Form where you can enter the details of your DAO. You'll need to provide the name of your DAO, your role, and your contact information.

3. Click Submit

Once you've provided all of the required information, click "Submit" and the Karma team will review your DAO's information and potentially add your DAO to their platform.

List of DAO Reputation Tools

In addition to Karma, there are many alternative DAO Reputation tools including:

• Metopia - web 3 tooling infrastructure that creates data-based user reputation system for governance, reward applications.
• SOURC3 - web3-native, decentralized platform for on-chain reputation management.
• PNTHN - enables users, artists, designers, founders, software engineers, and more to track their reputations and establish credibility in the NFT space.
  
• Astraly - developing on-chain reputation primitives and a reputation-based token distribution platform.
  
• Popula - build internet reputation and monetize through creation and social engagement.
  
• Underdog Protocol - helps Solana communities manage their contributors relationships on-chain.
  
• SourceCred - helps communities incentivize contributors for their work.
  
• Orange Protocol - reputation and trust minting protocol.
  
• Krebit - creates a pseudonymous economy for users to prove things about them without revealing any unnecessary information.

Another reputation tool that's more plug-and-play is SourceCred. You can find the setup information here. With this tool, however, you'll need to be well-versed in terminal, git, and js in order to get it set up.