Following some coverage in TechCrunch, Unvarnished has been getting some attention from commentators and journalists. I’ve been getting calls and emails about it all week.
If it gets enough traction, Unvarnished could end up being a powerful reputation tool. We’ll see if it gets there! We see person reputation and professional reputation websites appear about once a month. Some are domain specific (lawyer reviews, teacher reviews, etc.), and some are more generic.
This spate of coverage brings to mind the frenzy of national press a year ago about a website called “PersonRatings.com”. According to Wikipedia, that site is now just dead:
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What’s in store for the future of gossip and reputation? Unvarnished might be useful, but logging in with facebook is a massive red flag to me regarding the perception of anonymity.
I think DirtyPhonebook.com has a better spin on this concept because they have everybody’s phone number on top of every page and you can just call them.
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