Over at SiliconBeat, Matt Marshall writes a long piece on Rapleaf.

Matt is well known for writing smart and detailed write-ups and he nails Rapleaf here (except that called me a “networker” … sigh).

Matt gives a good example transaction in his blog:

For now, here’s how it will work: If Auren buys five U2 tickets from Matt for tomorrow’s show for $150, he can go to Rapleaf after the show and say “Matt is good at selling tickets, he sold me five tickets, they were great, and even
threw in a free parking pass.” Matt then gets an email saying he was rated
positively, and which asks him he wants to rate Auren, the buyer. Matt says:
“Auren, he wasn’t very courteous.”

of course, i’d always be courteous … especially to Matt.