As a hiring manager, I couldn't trust resumes. My team wasted so much time on screening calls, only to find the candidates weren't a match. There was no real proof-of-work, and with AI now writing resumes, the noise is just getting worse.
As a candidate, it was just as frustrating. My past work didn't help me get better roles; it felt like I was starting over every single time because my performance signals were buried in old company HR tools that no one could see.
What prevents fake or biased reviews from affecting someone's Trust Score?
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@robertpewpew Robert, we have ensured that we do thorough quality checks on the fake reviews to ensure that fake reviews do not get published - we do sentiment analysis, do work email authentication to ensure that only verified reviewers impact the trustscore.
What makes a Badge Trust Score more valuable than traditional LinkedIn recommendations?
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@robert_dimla LinkedIn has recommendations, Badge has anonymous reviews. Recommendatins are public, you hand pick people whom you want recommendatins from. Badge takes your phonebook find colleagues and AI agents ask them to give anonymous reviews for you. Badge has more honest data which resembles proof of work
One thing worth stress-testing: Raaghav mentioned a reviewer's own score rises and they get a 24h recruiter boost for leaving a review. Incentivized reviews are exactly how vouch systems get gamed. Two people who both want that boost can quietly agree to review each other well, and anonymity means no accountability for the puffery. Org-email verification proves they worked together, not that the praise is honest. Do you down-weight when a pair reviews each other close in time, or look for reciprocal clusters?
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@dipankar_sarkar I agree with you Dipankar, people will form pairs. For that one thing we have done is that we do not allow them to give review to each other in 90 days after they gave a review. But we definitely think we need to put more measures where the reviews come in very close in time and penalise on the trustscore. What do you think?
Set this up with a couple of former coworkers and the reviews came back faster than I expected. The trust score feels like a genuinely useful filter beyond just a resume headline.
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@aysimatruc 🎉 That's exactly what we're building towards. Really glad the experience felt smooth too. Would love to hear how it holds up as you collect more reviews!
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@aysimatruc Aysima, Thanks for using the product for the feedback. Could you give some feedback on the features which we could build?
This is between a reference check and a 360 review, expect it's portable across companies instead of stuck inside one org's HR system. That portability is the real unlock.
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@nora_mitchell Exactly! This way the candidate also has an idea of what needs to be done bettwe or continue with what they are doing well already.
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@nora_mitchell absolutely! We understant that 360 reviews are stuck within the company and its just such precious data going to waste. Badge is looking to use reviews to benefit both job seekers and recruiters!
Tried it on my own profile and was surprised how easy it was to nudge old coworkers into leaving real feedback. The trust score concept feels like something LinkedIn should have built years ago.
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@alya6vnc Yes the only problem this was not possible before because of toxicity and abuse which is only possible today in the AI age when agents can understand language. But i agree LinkedIN could have built this.
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@alya6vnc Yes. Finally no more filling out hundreds of applications! Badge makes hiring trustable and reliable.
@lokesh_motwani1 I'm curious about protability , if someone changes industires or has an uncoventional career path , does thier Badge score adapt to different hiring contexts, or is it intended to be a universal trust signal?
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@james_anderson77 I agree with you, if they change skills, then some context will definetly will not work out but a lot of interpersonal and personality attributes will still matter in the new industry.