In January 2016, two friends and I found ourselves frustrated by the rising levels of clickbait and sensationalism in online news. When we looked at the media’s underlying revenue models, we saw the problem would only get worse. In that moment, the three of us (and Jared’s fiancé haha) moved into a house in Petaluma, CA to work full-time on what we were calling “Rotten Tomatoes for news.” Our persistence came out of our shared belief that news should be competing for credibility, not clicks. We understood that in order to see change, we needed to create a real incentive for quality in online news. Today, we’re thrilled to announce that along with our web app at Credder.com, our Chrome Browser Extension has arrived! It’s been a rollercoaster 3-year journey building out these products. During this time, we’ve… -Built a community of hardcore news consumers -Generated ratings for +30 Authors and +40 Outlets -Raised our Angel Round from top Silicon Valley investors -Featured in TechCrunch -AND NEXT MONTH: We'll be back to launch our Firefox Extension and iOS App! Credder is a work in progress, but we’re continually humbled by the amount of repeat use and thousands of reviews coming from our community. We hope you find value in our products and comment below on the many ways you think they could be improved. Thanks for holding news accountable with us and for helping create a real incentive for quality in online news. Cheers!

Great job guys, congrats! Bad information could very well be the single biggest issue facing mankind. It's also extremely tricky to solve. (And hard to get people to use once you do!). Years ago, we raised over 500K to build "OpenLabel", to bring this same idea to products and companies. But ultimately we had to pivot & sell it off: https://www.theguardian.com/sust... I'm eager to hear about your strategy to finance this effort, and eager to keep posted on ways I may be able to help!

Think about it: What if you could see a journalist's or news source's track record of credibility on the topics you care about?... How would it change your news gathering? That's Credder, and now its on the go with this Chrome extension.

Awesome solution to the growing problem of sensationalized & poorly sourced “news” content that’s making it harder to determine what is worth the time to read. Unlike news “fact checking” services, Credder doesn’t pretend to be an authority on what is True or Newsworthy, it simply provides a way to measure how Credible the public thinks each article is, similar to how Rotten Tomatoes or Yelp show you public sentiment on a particular movie or business.

Finally, a platform that brings accountability to journilists and news outlets! Super user friendly, and fast way to find credible articles. Plus, with the addition of the chrome extention, it is that much easier to review articles instantly on any news outlet. With Credder, fake news will be a thing of the past!

This product empowers news consumers to reward the writers of objective, independent news stories. Similarly, it enables us to push back against activist journalism and lazy reporting.