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I'm also interested in this question. Here's a half-idea for discussion purposes: Review sites must be free for readers and reviewers. So, the revenue either h
by mushufasa 8y ago
I'm also interested in this question. Here's a half-idea for discussion purposes:
Review sites must be free for readers and reviewers. So, the revenue either has to somehow come from
1. end-users indirectly (like how HackerNews helps YCombinator attract quality investments)
2. a group that has users' best interests at heart, as well as a financial incentive (google's personalization helps readers find relevant searches as well as helping advertisers target... maybe not a 100% perfect example but you get the idea)
3. a diverse array of paying customers such that no one interest overpowers the others.
Any ideas in Glassdoor's context?
- chii 8y agoWhy must reviews be free? Tech magazines used to do reviews (of gadgets), and they ain't free to read? at least, not the trustworthy ones.
- mushufasa 8y agoAre you talking about print publications? As far as I know Consumer Reports is the only one that does this still. Consumer Reports is a nonprofit, and they're run like a media company. Their staff research and write the content, pretty well! I don't think this would work for user-generated content -- who would pay to be able to write an anonymous review? I do think user-generated content is necessary for job reviews; you can't buy the experience of being an employee off the shelf and subject it to objective tests, like with technology products.
- chii 8y agoIt doesn't have to be paid to write - but you have to pay to view the reviews just like you'd have to pay to read a magazine.