Reputator
Last weekend i started with the sketches of my online platform for reputation management, it’s got the cool name Reputator, and you the url is here: Reputator.net:: - where the virtual meets the real.
So what’s it gonna be?
Reputator is an online tool for reputation building. It makes it easier to trust those first time offline meetings, and helps you to build on your reputation without it being stuck at one platform.
How does it work
We give you the possibility to create an online profile. But instead off letting you create a hero out of yourself we ask you to ask your friends to build your profile. (and off course you can help build theirs;) In this way we keep the profile’s clean and trustworthy. And enable others to have a clearer view about who you are.
Ehh give me an example?
Let’s say you’ve just moved to another city, and want to get to know some new people. Off course you can go to myspace of meetic or an other social site, but they are all ego based. Reputator gives you an inside look into someone by their own friends.
Ok, an other example?
You are talking on a forum with this guy for months, then he says he’s coming to your town and ask for a meet up. But how can you trust him, how do you know if he has another live outside your little forum? Reputator gives you the answer.
Sounds good doesn’t it 
Today I did some research into the web2.0 projects in this subject. the website web2.0slides was a great help therefore.
So what did I found?
AirTroductions™ - There’s Something in the Air
Whether you’re looking for a date in Los Angeles, a business networking partner in Tokyo, or just someone to share a cab from Kennedy to Midtown, look no further. You’ve found AirTroductions™.
dodgeball.com :: mobile social software
Dodgeball is a online social tool, that is helping you meeting your friends using your mobile, and informs you when a friend of a friend is near.
streakr.com :: the real social network
all about making social networking on the web a bit more like it is in the real world. (More Mad Max and less Tamagotchi)
meetup.com/
Meetup.com helps people find others who share their interest or cause, and form lasting, influential, local community groups that regularly meet face-to-face. We believe that the world will be a better place when everyone has access to a people-powered local Meetup Group. That’s our goal.
Consumating: Hot nerdy girls and indie rock boys! With glasses!
We are the first dating site to use the ideas of tagging to help people find one another.
Favorville : People Helping People
Favorville.com is a social networking tool which provides members with the opportunity to help and be helped by others. With Favorville, members can post help requests, offer help and help grow the community. Favorville makes it easy to get in touch and build lasting connections with helpful neighbors, both in your locale or across the global village.
AsoBoo
Asoboo, which means “Let’s have fun” in Japanese, is a community-based city guide. Asoboo connects people and the places they hang out at, allowing you to explore networks of people and places. We hope that the use of Asoboo will make lives richer in friends, experiences, and enjoyment of the places in which we live.
So quit a lot inspiring website’s I’ll be working on my own the next weeks.
Julius said,
May 23, 2006 @ 12:43 am
“Sounds good doesn’t it ;)”
Yes, if you can get people to use it.
It sounds somewhat like Opinity and personaly I don’t wan’t to bother my friends to ask them to judge me on Opinity. I can get some links on LinkedIn, and I’m active on Hyves. But even there little of them would say ‘Julius is a great guy and worthy of your trust’.
I have to have (somewhat of) a direct personal advantage if I’m asked to do something like judging a friend. Like in Delicious where I’m tagging for myself, and oh yea.. the community can use these tags too, but that comes second for most people.
Maybe you need a target group. There would be honor in trying to make something for kids, as they need the extra wisdom and knowledge that the internet reputation you build today can be important in the future. But that’s a little bit out of the scope of a 11 year old I’m afraid. It would also force you to make it super-easy to use.
Oh, and the name sounds cool (for me, perhaps not being your target group)?
sjors said,
May 23, 2006 @ 10:08 am
Hey thanks for your feedback.. I’m aware that this works only when most of your friends are allready on this website, than they wouldn’t mind to say something about you.
The problem is im not a programmer so i can’t get a working version.. though that still doesnt mean i havent have to solve the problems you mentioned.
My targetgroup is everyone who has a need for meeting someone s/he knows from online in an offline environment.
I havent given much thought on the name, but i wanted to have something before the mock
Julius said,
May 23, 2006 @ 5:54 pm
Yup, makes sense.
Lukas is currently testing out Joomla! and Drupal, so maybe he can give you some advice on wether those open source pieces could help you out with making a test version.
sjors said,
May 23, 2006 @ 6:48 pm
Yeah i worked with Joomla before, and also with wordpress, so i can make a working demo site i think, but it will only be a click trough site, and wont have any real interaction. But thanks for the comment
Julius said,
July 1, 2006 @ 1:40 pm
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060630-7173.html
Check it out; disadvantage of other people making up your profile.