Kula Ring – Giving the gift of time

Reputation is a key aspect of kularing. I am not sure if people should rate each encounter (ala ebay) or just rate the reliability of each person. I am leaning toward the later. The options would be: High, Medium, Low, Unreliable. Everyone would start at Low and could be upgraded. Responses to help requests would be sorted by a person’s reliability. People who are Unreliable would not even appear to the person seeking help. However, no person would be able to see how each user has ranked the reliability of their contacts. Except for the person who selected the rankings.

Probably won’t have “friends”, just contacts. A helper’s reliability would be shown to all. There would be two reliability numbers. One is based on the average reliability rating given by the helper’s contacts. The other is based on the average reliability rating given by the helpee’s contacts who are shared by the helpee and helper. Would need to be a large enough group of people so individual rankings cannot be discerned.