October 22, 2004
One out of four American adults have rated a product, service or person using online reputation systems, according to this new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. And that’s not counting the under 18-year-olds! (30% of 18-27 year-olds have posted an online rating, Pew says). Over at RateMyTeachers.com, more than 6 million ratings have been posted by students on more than 900,000 teachers at nearly 40,000 American and Canadian middle and high schools. That’s triple the number from one year ago, covering about 85% of all the schools in both countries.
Hmmm. Just registered RateMyMemberofCongress.com and RateMyCongressCritter.com. Got the .org’s too. Thinking ahead…