The San Francisco Chronicle blogs on Rapleaf today:
snip:
RapLeaf, the new San Francisco start-up that aims to let people leave eBay-like feedback on buyers and sellers in a bid to smooth transactions between complete strangers and boost buying confidence on the Web, has raised nearly $1 million in a round led by former PayPal dynamo Peter Thiel.
and this:
Why the name RapLeaf? we ask.
“Why the name eBay?” Hoffman replies.
“Rapleaf is really cool and we fell in love with the name. For some reason, our members love it too. I think they like our cute leaf.
“Plus, it is seven letters or less and the URL was available.”
And leafs are green, the color of the Web2.0 money-making machine.
the blog post was by Jessica Guynn — the new Chron super-reporter covering all things technology.
and she also wrote another post on one of our favorite topics … Whuffie …
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