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"You start trusting people. So really what we are doing is not just renting out spaces but helping to change the way people trust humanity."

In other words, a host's or a guest's reputation gets users comfortable with trusting the idea (staying in or renting the homes of complete strangers), trusting the system (Airbnb) and trusting the recipient.

the algorithm is proprietary.

Citing a number of stories of what she calls micro-entrepreneurs — individuals that are making a living from services like Airbnb, Skillshare and Taskrabbit that match haves with wants — Botsman painted a picture of a future in which resumes and even credit scores are irrelevant, replaced by an aggregated digital reputation based on our interactions in the collaborative economy.

a quantifiable metric that pulls together your

reputation, intentions, capabilities and values across a wide variety of communities and marketplaces.