petekazanjy

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by petekazanjy 12y ago
Totally right! Goal of this was not to say "don't hire them" but instead "authenticate the acumen." Also, the non-abridged chapter for the book talks about exactly this: "But there is a caveat when it comes to
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by petekazanjy 16y ago
This is actually one of the use cases we're most proud about on Unvarnished ( Community-powered professional reviews http://www.getunvarnished.com ): the ability for information about hiring managers to float as well as information about
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by petekazanjy 16y ago
Actually not. Because we can see, in the backend, the reviewing patterns, along with a variety of other tools, it's possible to discern when folks who have likely not worked with each other are reviewing each other. Also, the site is only f
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by petekazanjy 16y ago
Well, this is the sort of thing that we believe persistent identity and review graph analysis will help us prevent. We are committed to ensuring that the content on the site is not spam or shilling, and that it remains a place for producti
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by petekazanjy 16y ago
Correction to your point: On Yelp, you or I can add a restaurant, doctor, dentist, whatever, to the site in order to review them. Again, people can speak about me without my permission. And no one's reputation is being held ransom. Individ
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by petekazanjy 16y ago
Yes. That is extremely important to provide balance to the conversation. While I can't infringe your right to express your opinion about me, I certainly do have a right to add my voice to the conversation. Unvarnished allows profile owners
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by petekazanjy 16y ago
Correct. You can speak about me without my permission. We do it all the time offline, and we do it all the time online.
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by petekazanjy 16y ago
Why do you find that amusing? The cut out the second part of that sentence which was "everyone would take their profile down in the case they get a negative review." Your desire to 100% control your image does not trump the rights of free
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by petekazanjy 16y ago
Private information that is not business related will be deleted from the site, and get the reviewer banned. (and not just kicked off the site. Ban his FBUID forever, such that he'll have to invest in a whole new FB identity that passes our
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by petekazanjy 16y ago
The site is actually full of awesome content of a very productive, professional nature. TechCrunch's headline was hysterical and designed to draw pageviews. Mission accomplished! The conversation on Unvarnished is more akin to what you fi
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by petekazanjy 16y ago
Again, that sort of thing will be tough to do based on what we've built. You can't just spin up new account programattically. You have to use a verified Facebook account with a sufficient level of activity to prove humanness.
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by petekazanjy 16y ago
We're committed to implementing countermeasures that prevent bad content from coming onto the site. In similar fashion to how Reddit Karma and other reputation systems moderate content and kick off bad actors.
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by petekazanjy 16y ago
Hey folks. Sorry for being so late to the conversation. It's been wild with the amount of media coverage we've been getting. I'll try to respond to comments.