It's a good idea in theory - we are all tired of fake, forged, and bad reviews on Yelp, and extortion by Yelp itself. Ditto for other platforms (Glassdoor is full of fake, slanderous, and extorted employer reviews). However I don't think Steemit alone is the answer. How do Steemit users magically know which reviews are bad ones, that is inaccurate?
For example a customer is pissed because the worker is 10 minutes late due to traffic and then writes a really bad review with made up stuff saying the worker was rude and made a mess and made up items on the bill that didn't need fixing... How do Steemit users know who is right and wrong? Everything is hearsay.
Another example... Think about the rogue contractor with all the fake jobs and one one real one that gets a bad review. What if he has his 50 fake accounts all downvote the bad review of his real job. Or he has one whale account (or pays a whale for their vote) to downvote that bad review.
I think you might need your own Smart Media Token and integrate with things like Bloom for strong but private identity and reputation management, and Kleros for dispute resolution. Sure both those areas in early stages but in the time frame you have for roll out they might well be usable or at least in later versions of Bob's Repair. For now I would advise you at least consider making identity and reputation pluggable and independent of pure Steemit concepts of reputation and identity.
Either way I wish you good luck.
BTW I think you should include a link to your main website and the actual white paper not just the summary...
@bobsrepair Welcome to the Steem Community 🍸
Thank you for the feedback.
Hi @virtualgrowth, are you working with Bob's?
Hello! VG is our advisor and also a great friend.
Hi @o1o1o1o, yes I am working with Bob's as their advisor.
Once solutions like Bloom are ready, they’d definitely be a great value-add to the platform. We haven’t finalized the process for how Bob SMTs are distributed, but we’re looking at ways to airdrop them based on factors like verified background checks and platform participation rather than pay-to-play. I really appreciate you taking the time to reply. We are open to all suggestions and any help from the community is greatly appreciated.
p.s Thank you for posting the website and Full White Paper.