PieTrust
PieTrust is an "open company" developing a secure reputation system for sharing credit.
Our system can be used to help projects reward contributors, to allow people to rate each others' skills on social networks, or as a reputation system that can be integrated into other websites.
The core of our system is a collusion-resistant algorithm (implemented as a web service) that takes peer evaluations as input, and produces as output a reputation score for each person. The reputation scores can be used in various ways:
- to make decisions in which the most respected people have the most weight
- to make payments proportional to reputation
- to trade services using reputation as form of compensation
- to assess the skill levels of other individuals via peer evaluation
Need a reputation system for your website?
Our system allows your users to evaluate each other, and produces a reputation score for each user via our simple API. Unlike simple averaging of user evaluations, our reputation formula is resistant to collusion and shilling; unlike "likes", our system is resistant to reputation inflation.
Our system is flexible; it can allow users to evaluate each other along multiple dimensions, and can produce multiple reputation scores that measure different aspects of reputation. You can easily add our system as a component of your website by using our API. We are developing a number of reputation algorithms and we will help you select and tune the best one for your situation. Our reputation analytics platform allows you to efficiently discover more about your customers and their relationships.
Our system is entering alpha testing in a few months. Contact us today if you would like to test out the system.
Get involved
PieTrust itself is an open project using its own system. If you join us and substantially assist in development, you'll share in the proceeds of the business, if any, provided certain legal and financial criteria are met. Email us if you'd like to join.
Questions?
See our FAQ.
Find us at these events
- February 22-24, 2012: Hypothes.is Reputation Workshop
- October 20, 2011: ContactCon
- June 18, 2011: BitCoin Hackathon
- June 4, 2011: Mobile App Hackathon
- April 26, 2011: Future of Software Development and Startups
- March 22, 2011: March Mingle
- Febuary 5, 2011: Drumbeat San Diego (handout)
- January 15-16, 2011: BarCamp San Diego 8 (notes)
- August 3, 2010: Ignite San Diego 2 (slides, video)
- July 10-11, 2010: BarCamp San Diego 7
- June 25-27, 2010: RecentChanges Montreal 2010 (RoCoCo)
Microblogging
@pie_trust on identi.ca, Twitter.
Contact us
To get in touch with us, email:
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