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I do not share your optimisim about reputation systems. One of the benefits of an employer (who can be regulated) is that they have an economic incentive to do that filtering on behalf of the customer in order to protect their own bottom line. I don't want to spend time figuring out if a cab driver is legit or not, life's too damn short for that. That's part of what I am paying for when I hire a cab.

Meanwhile Uber has another PR headache as of last night... http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Uber-driver-accused-of-h...