Rating is Everything
2007-03-22 by Yohay
Spotback allows instant rating and tagging for everything. I’ve installed their slider (below) and their sidebar widgets, and it looks quite good. Anyone can tag, rate and see relevant posts from other places.
It is currently in a closed beta. Spotback is in Israeli startup, and they seem to have nice people working for them (at least now when they are still small). More info on their blog, and in TechCrunch.
What do think of it? Is it cool? Is it too Web 2.0-ish? Is this a great way to find related and interesting information? Is it another annoying feature?
If you like rating but Spotback isn’t enough for you, check out TheGorb, where you can rate and view ratings of people by their email addresses. Cruel! At the time of the writing, they are featuring US presidential candidates on their home page.
Hey, great plug-in! I like it! Maybe I could get the people on blogli (who are very busy) to add it.
Eran, I’m glad that you like it!
They should apply to participate in the beta through Spotback’s front page.
I think that Spotback would be interested in such a cooperation, in order to test in on Wordpress MU as well. And they’re Israeli, so that might help getting a positive answer
A Yes/No will do a better job than a slider with a big scale
Yeah, the slider has too many possible choices.
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