OnionStar is a new ratings system that allows users to provide more detailed feedback on businesses and elected officials through both an overall star rating and ratings on specific topics that matter. It aims to give people a collective forum to express opinions and for those opinions to actually influence companies and officials, unlike other rating sites. OnionStar launched in 2013 with the goal of being the first platform where public opinions could be crowd-sourced and have a real impact.

1. It all started at a restaurant

2. The food was great, but the service was awful
• He said:
“Why don’t you write a
Yelp review about it?”
• She said:
“What would I do? Give
it 3 stars? What
difference would that
make?”
And that was the beginning of

3. Opinions and business ratings

4. Where your star actually matters

5. OnionStar is
• A star ratings system for the people and
by the people.
• Like the layers of an onion, opinions are
complex.
• We let you give a thumbs up or thumbs
down for your overall opinion as well as
a star rating on topics that matter.

6. As part of the 99%
• We want to give people a way to give
feedback on the companies and
elected officials that affect our lives.
• The time is now to be the first mover
in providing people a collective
forum to express their opinions.

7. People are
• Hungry
• Ready
• Willing
to share their views.

8. OnionStar
Crowd-sourcing public opinion
since 2013.