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Auren's Radleaf reputation idea
My friend auren hoffman is launching a novel idea to independently host people's reputations.
Its great to see entrepreneurs like auren experimenting with new models.
In general, I agree that there is a need for a portable reputation system that can enable non-ebay p2p transactions.
However, I question the potential for a system that has no obvious way to achieve the critical mass and network effect necessary for this to work. A voluntary system seems unlikely to be accurate too.
If however auren can get bizdev deals with major sites like amazon and yahoo he'd have a great shot. My own experience has been that its a major uphill battle convincing walled garden sites that benefit in the short term from lockin to act in the long term interest of their users.
I wish auren luck. Success on this front would be highly valuable and no matter what we'll all learn. Sent wirelessly via BlackBerry from T-Mobile.
April 24, 2006 | Permalink
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Interesting idea. I am not sure a generic reputation system is meaningful in the context of a specific type of transaction. I think we would need different types of reputation systems. For example, buy-sell type reputation that we see at Ebay. I have my own idea that I am working on. I would love to speak with your friend to see if we could join forces to increase our chances of success...:-) Just a thought.
Posted by: Syed Rayhan | Apr 24, 2006 8:11:42 PM
I love the idea! The uses are so varied...
payment reputation - ***** always pays on time
reviewer reputation - ***** always thorough
dating reputation - * run as far and as fast as you can
;)
Posted by: Julie Gupta | Apr 25, 2006 7:50:59 AM
