Never trusted the fact that reviews on glassdoor AREN'T anonymous...
Oh sure, they hide your name and email, but they have it. A good secret isn't a secret if someone knows it.
I always wondered if they should - and now I wonder if they could - have really anonymous reviews. Just don't tie a review to a user. Sure, ask users to create accounts, validate them, but once they submit a review, it's store without details.
This would make it impossible to respond to subpoenas such as this. And my question now is, could they?
Need to track who said what for libel cases. There are plenty of unfairly scathing Glassdoor reviews. If Glassdoor can’t point to who said it, they’re the one who gets sued.
> If Glassdoor can’t point to who said it, they’re the one who gets sued.
Why? HN doesn't have any information on me. If I say something that's alleged to be libelous, does that mean HN is responsible? That seems a bit out there.
Oh sure, they hide your name and email, but they have it. A good secret isn't a secret if someone knows it.
I always wondered if they should - and now I wonder if they could - have really anonymous reviews. Just don't tie a review to a user. Sure, ask users to create accounts, validate them, but once they submit a review, it's store without details.
This would make it impossible to respond to subpoenas such as this. And my question now is, could they?