Online or offline virtual honor system

A computer system for selecting one or more members of a virtual government of an online community, the system comprising:

• an input module for setting a list of rewardable activities, each rewardable activity in the list is assigned a predetermined number of reward points;
• a data collection module for monitoring activities of members of the online community;
• a processing module for comparing the monitored activities to the list of rewardable activities, for assigning reward points to the members of the online community based on comparison of the monitored activities to the list of rewardable activities, tallying the assigned reward points based on one or more predetermined criteria, and for selecting the one or more members of the virtual government among the members of the online community based on the tallied reward points;
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• an output module for identifying the one or more members of the virtual government among the members of the online community.

A computer-readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed by one or more processors, perform the following operations:

• set a list of rewardable activities, each rewardable activity in the list is assigned a predetermined number of reward points;
• monitor activities of members of the online community, compare the monitored activities to the list of rewardable activities;
• based on comparison of the monitored activities to the list of rewardable activities, assign reward points to the members of the online community;
• tally the assigned reward points based on a predetermined criteria;
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• select the one or more members of the virtual government among the members of the online community based on the tallied reward points.