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Nobody here has made what I thought to be the biggest point in this article. The reputation management company... Given the situation and the details mentioned

by thechut 14y ago

Nobody here has made what I thought to be the biggest point in this article. The reputation management company... Given the situation and the details mentioned in the article. It seems the reputation management company is hiring people to re-post content and send DMCAs. What other explanation is there for why somebody would rip off blog posts. Obviously this sort of thing would be a last resort for the reputation management company. But in some cases, there may be no other way to remove / push down the unwanted content. I would bet this is a common tactic of reputation management companies. Can anybody here confirm or offer insight about how these companies work?

wging 14y ago
>Can anybody here confirm or offer insight about how these companies work? Twitter: https://twitter.com/anilpottimd https://twitter.com/anilpottimd Website: http://web.archive.org/web/20120318184249/http://www.anilpotti.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20120318184249/http://www.anilpot... Other website: http://web.archive.org/web/20120309072714/http://www.anilpottiblog.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20120309072714/http://www.anilpot... Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anil_Potti&diff=478282377&oldid=478281064 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anil_Potti&dif... That's how.
monochromatic 14y ago
The same thing occurred to me as a possibility, but saying that "it seems they are doin this" is way stronger than what we can conclude from this article. Do you have any evidence beyond "hey, this could happen"?
- thechut 14y ago
  No, there really isn't hard proof which is why I'm assuming ars didn't jump to that conclusion. To me what points to it the most is why would somebody rip off those RetractionWatch articles in India. It seems that something other than trying to increase ad revenue is going on here.
  - monochromatic 14y ago
    Yeah, it's certainly suggestive.

by thechut 14y ago

wging 14y ago

>Can anybody here confirm or offer insight about how these companies work? Twitter: https://twitter.com/anilpottimd https://twitter.com/anilpottimd Website: http://web.archive.org/web/20120318184249/http://www.anilpotti.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20120318184249/http://www.anilpot... Other website: http://web.archive.org/web/20120309072714/http://www.anilpottiblog.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20120309072714/http://www.anilpot... Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anil_Potti&diff=478282377&oldid=478281064 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anil_Potti&dif... That's how.

monochromatic 14y ago

The same thing occurred to me as a possibility, but saying that "it seems they are doin this" is way stronger than what we can conclude from this article. Do you have any evidence beyond "hey, this could happen"?

thechut 14y ago
No, there really isn't hard proof which is why I'm assuming ars didn't jump to that conclusion. To me what points to it the most is why would somebody rip off those RetractionWatch articles in India. It seems that something other than trying to increase ad revenue is going on here.
- monochromatic 14y ago
  Yeah, it's certainly suggestive.