Q. [any problem whatsoever]
A. THE MARKET WILL PROVIDE!
It's worth a try, and if it works then excellent :-) But I suspect the sharehouse problem is not a problem of mechanism.
IME, all I've found to work is every person personally considering household chores their own problem. (Approximately: If you all feel you're doing 1/N + 20% of the work, it's probably about even.) If even one doesn't, things get crappy and someone suggests a mechanism. Bogged-down household resentment ensues and it all goes a bit Strategy of Conflict.
(Some of the housemates I've had, the friendly AI would choose "nuke from orbit" as the only reasonable answer.)
It strikes me as quite likely that I am speaking through personal post-sharehouse stress disorder. Further reading: John Birmingham. 1 2. The standard texts on the subject. Australia in the '80s and '90s, when the system really did love you and want to be your friend.
The system operates on a sort of baseline of trust anyway, so it's not too likely it would work in a situation where some roommates are unwilling to pull their weight. The goal is more to give people a better idea of how much work they're actually doing.
Also, its value to us in chore-distribution-optimization has so far been far less than its value as a fun project and an interesting idea to discuss (and I anticipate the latter being more valuable in the long run, too).
This is the bimonthly 'What are you working On?' thread. Previous threads are here. So here's the question:
What are you working on?
Here are some guidelines: