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Badge gives an AI agent that collects peer reviews to build proof of work. For job seekers - The agent connects to your contacts, requests anonymous reviews from your past colleagues, and builds a verified, portable trust score. score. For hiring managers - Badge gives you a 30 second reference checks on candidates, collecting authentic feedback from their actual coworkers to replace unreliable, AI-generated resumes and LinkedIn Recommendations.
anonymous + verified is a hard combo to actually pull off. if reviews are tied to work email verification, doesn't that make it fairly easy to narrow down who wrote what once you know the reviewer pool is 3-4 people at a small company? genuinely curious how you're handling that, not trying to be difficult
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proof of work from peer reviews is a smart angle 👏 how do you keep it from getting gamed?
The anonymous part is interesting but how does it hold up for someone from a 5 person startup? if I invite my 3 ex teammates and one review says "struggles with deadlines" I'll know exactly who wrote it. curious if there's a minimum reviewer threshold before anything shows, otherwise honest feedback in small teams feels risky for the reviewer
Congrats on the launch! One thing I didn't see addressed in the thread: since the agent needs contacts/phone book access to find reviewers, how are you handling data privacy for the people being contacted? Especially under GDPR for EU users? Do reviewers get a clear opt-out, and is their contact info retained after the review is collected?
Congrats Lokesh. I like that the AI guides reviewers instead of collecting one-line testimonials that don't say much.
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@ranjan_kumar45 Yes, We do this because writing long reviews are cumbersome. I have worked as the EM and we saw that during the 360 feedback (annual), people used one liners. We understood that giving review is cumbersome and AI can do this for us. AI agents are the enabler for Badge
interesting concept. how do employers know this is trustworthy tho...
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@lucapiekarski Since reviews are anonymous Luca, employers will see honest details which they do not get anywhere. This signal will make them trust Badge.
@lokesh_motwani1 how do employers know reviews are trustworthy tho... the anonymous aspect seems like it hinders trustworthiness tbh
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@lucapiekarski I think i understand, so if we show - the work relationship - manager. colleague and not the name, do you think will it help in gaining trustworthiness?
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@lucapiekarski Currently users can enter their company and review anyone from that organisation. Full verification is not yet in place but is actively being built.
When someone submits a review, they are given the option to verify their work email. Once verified, a blue tick is added to their review , signalling to recruiters that this review comes from a confirmed colleague, not just someone claiming to know you. What do you think of this feature?