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Agreed. With the old-fashioned rumor, there's always the chance that it will be traced back to you, providing a real disincentive to gossip. With fully anonymou
by MicahWedemeyer 17y ago
Agreed. With the old-fashioned rumor, there's always the chance that it will be traced back to you, providing a real disincentive to gossip. With fully anonymous rumor spreading, just go to town and make up all the shit you want.
- isleyaardvark 17y agoBut that cuts both ways, because anonymous internet rumors are worthless. At least with old-fashioned rumor, you were listening to somebody that you could make some judgement on trustworthiness (positive or negative). If anything reputation would be more important, somebody has to put their reputation on the line to criticize someone else.
- MicahWedemeyer 17y agoWorthless? Really? Assume you're interviewing 2 people for a job, and they're both good candidates. However, 1 has a nasty anonymous review about how they suck at their job, and the other doesn't. Just because it's anonymous, you're going to fully, 100% ignore it? Or, could it possibly bias your decision by just a teensy bit?
- lsc 17y agoand the other guy is completely anon online? I'll take the non-anon guy who has gotten smeared. I'm extremely unlikely to hire a person who I can't find online somewhere, unless I know them personally. I don't trust anonymous, and in this world, without that online identity, that's what you are.
- MicahWedemeyer 17y agoWhere did I say that the 2nd guy is completely anonymous online?
- lsc 17y agoYou didn't. Obviously a better reputation wins over a worse one... but many people seem to think that no online reputation /is/ a better online reputation, and I disagree with that.