Me tagging Me VS You tagging Me
There has been a recent outbreak on possibilities to claim your own identity, but what is the best solution?
I tag myself
There is ClaimID to claim your ID and off course my portfolio
pros:No one knows myself better than myself (or does one), I have the most direct access to my own work, and i can remember if something was made by me (update claimID also enables to ensure that a claimed website is yours)
cons:How do I make you trust me, It would be more than logical to let all negative stuff away from my ID. There’s no talk back option for other users.
Update: Mashup pointed me on the Naymz website, a site where you ensure yourself in the top of search engines
I tag myself, but you can give some comments
you’ve got the 3 that are trying to take reputation out of ebay: IKarma , Rapleaf and Opinity.
pros:Opinity has the option to securely claim web accounts that are created by me. Other people can talk back on what the think of me.
cons:Still most comments will be positive, because people will fear me of burning down their reputation, It only works good in business situation where goods are moved.
You tag me, and I’m helpless
And there are some initiatives the measure your reputation based on google results like EgoSurf ,Preople which feels a bit like the good old wuffie and off course there is the most famous way to check someones ID search for it on google.
pros: There is a feeling of trust because the information it gathered without your direct input, its up to date.
cons: If there are some big lies about me, or some really old documents i need to call a SEO company to fix it up.
So what would you trust better, me talking about myself like ClaimID does, me talking about myself but let others comment it like the reputation systems do, or letting the machines talk about me as google does? The answer I think should be (as expected) somewhere in the middle. A profile that you can create where others can talk about you. And can leave a positive or a negative feedback of doing business, having a date or what whatever with you.
My ideal solution
-has the option to verify my webaccounts like opinity has
-hast the solution to check if my name and my address are real (as paypal and couchsurfing use)
-Will allow to give other users to give me a reputation like feedback (as the ebay system)
-does have an option to describe myself (perhaps as the consumating idea)
-gives a possibility to see directly the reputation of those who talk about my reputation.
-gives me some feedback from how i score on the Internet (like google and technorati)
I would love to have some comments on this ![]()






fred said,
June 12, 2006 @ 4:27 pm
Hey Sjors - ClaimID allows you to verify your content now - log on and check it out.
paolo said,
June 12, 2006 @ 6:18 pm
So what is your nick on CouchSurfing so that I can talk about you there?
I tried to search for “sjors timmer” on CouchSurfing but nothing.
I’m phauly there –> http://couchsurfing.com/profile.html?id=117233
sjors said,
June 12, 2006 @ 6:51 pm
@Fred
I saw the possibillty of verify your stuff on ClaimID but ehm at that time it looked too hard for me, Opinity did a better deal than, but i will have another look
@paolo
http://couchsurfing.com/surf.html?SEARCH[skip]=73&view=detail&sid=5f1c342952965672b64c82c947efd6d2
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