PersonRatings.com
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PersonRatings.com was a website
where users could rate and review individuals, regardless of profession
. The site allowed users to read about and rate others on a range of qualities, including trustworthiness
. The site purported to be a "Yelp about people" . Anyone was free to log on and contribute their opinion. The site's claim that volunteers will weed out extremes of opinion, resulting in an accurate description of the person concerned was met with skepticism
. Individuals were rated on a five-star scale – from “Not At All” to “Extremely". PersonRatings' founder Jeremy Stamper has described the site as "the homepage for your lifelong accumulated reputation." PersonRatings was owned by Seattle-based Topic5 LLC.
on 11/22/11 the link above to the main page for www.personratings.com went to an apparent scam site http://yoursurveypanel.com/d/p2e1r87199 with a pop-up about a lottery winning.
Website
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where users could rate and review individuals, regardless of profession
Profession
A profession is a vocation founded upon specialized educational training, the purpose of which is to supply disinterested counsel and service to others, for a direct and definite compensation, wholly apart from expectation of other business gain....
. The site allowed users to read about and rate others on a range of qualities, including trustworthiness
Trustworthiness
Trustworthiness is a moral value considered to be a virtue. A trustworthy person is someone in whom you can place your trust and rest assured that the trust will not be betrayed. A person can prove their trustworthiness by fulfilling an assigned responsibility - and as an extension of that, not to...
. The site purported to be a "Yelp about people" . Anyone was free to log on and contribute their opinion. The site's claim that volunteers will weed out extremes of opinion, resulting in an accurate description of the person concerned was met with skepticism
Skepticism
Skepticism has many definitions, but generally refers to any questioning attitude towards knowledge, facts, or opinions/beliefs stated as facts, or doubt regarding claims that are taken for granted elsewhere...
. Individuals were rated on a five-star scale – from “Not At All” to “Extremely". PersonRatings' founder Jeremy Stamper has described the site as "the homepage for your lifelong accumulated reputation." PersonRatings was owned by Seattle-based Topic5 LLC.
External links
on 11/22/11 the link above to the main page for www.personratings.com went to an apparent scam site http://yoursurveypanel.com/d/p2e1r87199 with a pop-up about a lottery winning.