I don’t give a damn ’bout my bad reputation
Stamped: November 30th, 2006 | Toggle Similar
Tagged: dating hijinks, marketing, sponsored post.
So last week I wrote a review of a dating website and I guess that inspired another site to seek us out for a our signature girlspoke critique. The email I got was about a website, Repvine, that claims to give you a good reputation online. Haha, that'll be the day. It works like this: You set up a profile and then it's a free-for-all, whereby other members rate your reputation. Then the clincher is that when someone (read: potential employer/date) does a google search they will come across this info. Is this good? Perhaps for the searcher, but not necessarily for the searchee.
Now let's say you get your girlfriend/boyfriend to sign up and while your all in love and shit you give each other high ratings. Then you break up and he/she goes to the site and starts messing with your shit. What do you do about that? Fuck. I wouldn't be able to get a date ever again. Then again there are some guys out there that I've dated who deserve a warning label.
According to kind folks at Repvine:
"Repvine empowers users to collect and display references. because it provides relevant information about you search engines tend to pick it up and display it when people search for you. people are searching for you. friends, family, co-workers, your new boss. with repvine you can control what others find when they search for you. […] 1. its a controlled environment - not a hot or not site which means your invite people that you feel will give you a good reference 2. you can vote on how useful each reference is 3. you can vote on if you agree on how people see themselves e.g. the site comes with "challenge phrases" section in which you can say that you are a "great tipper" and then your peers can vote it…. 4. because it provides relevant information about you search engines tend to pick it up and display it when people search for you." [sic]
My first advice to Repvine - Fire your PR/Marketing person cause she/he can't write worth shit.
The idea is interesting though. Risking my precious reputation I have created a profile, have your way with it…
*Listen bitches, this was a sponsored post (gotta replenish the panty supply).
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Um, nice Repvine photo. Assuming its you. Of course, it resurrects that old debate–slobbering, yes or no. I’ve always thought that done by the right person, in the right context, slobbering can be a turn on. My wife, on the other hand, is generally opposed to the practice, especially when it involves either me or my dog.
I was going to leave a reference for you, but in order to do that I would have had to sign up for an account. I was going to say something like “witty, charming, hot, and a little slow responding to e-mails.”
Of course, for your former paramours (or their mothers) who might leave truly disparaging remarks about you, I’m thinking that Greenmoss Builders v. Dunn and Bradstreet is still good law.
What is a Gravatar image? Is it good? Why should I get one? What happens if I don’t get one? Will it help me get dates?
i was going to go in and take you up on the challenge phrases, but the registration kind of blew the mood, if you know what i mean. can you transfer awesome comments from here over there, seeing as they gave you a vip account? meme’s really cool and looks great in boat shoes.
jr
Like Dan and jr, I was going to leave a wonderful reference for you, Meme, but didn’t want to have to register, or sign up, or whatever. I’m sure I would have said that you are kind, funny, loving, sweet, a dream for any mother’s son.
Okay, okay, I was actually going to be kind of (no, extremely) witty and a bit snarly, but then having to sign up implied that you would know who left the comments, so I didn’t. I’m such a coward. It would have been really witty, too. The funniest thing you’ve ever read on a reputation site.
Dan, much of what has gone awry in your life is actually the result of not having a gravatar image. You need to rectify the situation immediately. Get one. Now.