TheGorb.com - Your Reputation Online

Both name and concept of this start-up will no doubt arouse your attention. So just what is the Gorb? Think Reputations. Think Opinions. The Gorb collects opinions and perceptions from various sources and aggregates them to form a general overview of someone´s conduct and reputation online. Not sure about your latest date? Check out the Gorb, see what others have to say. Is that new employee confounding you with his bizarre antics? Perhaps the Gorb has some juicy tidbits to offer. Submitting opinions is facile and free; plus there´s an anonymity option so you don´t have to worry about censuring yourself; you´re free to criticize and rave as long as you´re prepared to take responsibility for your words. With the Gorb you´ll be able to see how others see you and build on your weaknesses. Or you can make others realize their own character flaws. The Gorb´s Math feature eliminates ratings that have a high likelihood of being biased, thus promoting more truthful responses.

“The GORB"s goal is to create a reliable, balanced and widely adopted rating system that measures our "online" reputations. This measure is free for our members to give and free for our members to take. It helps us to find the great people around us.”

The Gorb certainly is interesting. With today´s fascination with reputation and personal conduct, the Gorb could prove to be quite popular. It could turn out to be a hotspot for finding out about others reliably rather than through the grapevine gossip.

The Gorb raises some dilemmas of the ethical sort. Will people really submit truthful ratings? Is this not just another attention getting ploy that ultimately won´t really mesh with everyday lives?