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If you <a href="http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2010/10/my_rapleaf_prof.htm">weren't creeped out</a> by da
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<em><strong>Editor's Note</strong>: The following guest post is written by a Silicon Valley CEO. Frank Dupree is a pen na
<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/fonz-169x200.jpg" width="169" height="200" /><a href="http://twitter.com">Twitter</a> keeps on growing like a weed, and there seems to be no s
Vivek, over at Startup Squad, recently discovered a new social network and social networking meta search engine, Streakr. The main URL still says the site is coming soon. The new engine lets you searc
Online reputation online is a fascinating area, partially because eBay, through their feedback score, is the only company to have reached scale. Startups like Rapleaf and iKarma are still young and st
Today, the reputation network Rapleaf is releasing a new service called Upscoop, which joins a number of startups (see ProfileLinker and Wink, for example) trying to add a meta layer above social netw
Rapleaf is a new feedback and reputation startup that aims to be the open version of eBay feedback. For more information, see my initial profile and launch post. Rapleaf is a product that I strongly e
Rapleaf’s open feedback system (more about it here) went live late Saturday night, and already has hundreds of users who’ve left thousands of feedback posts on others. CEO Auren Hoffman pr
eBay’s feedback system is, arguably, their most valuable asset. It provides the grease necessary to make complete strangers comfortable enough to buy and sell from each other. But it’s a c