OpenTable is adding your first name to previously anonymous reviews
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OpenTable is adding your first name to previously anonymous reviews
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Re: OpenTable is adding your first name to previously anonymous reviews
#2First Glassdoor, then OpenTable.
Who will dox us next - Reddit? Hacker News?
Re: OpenTable is adding your first name to previously anonymous reviews
#3First Glassdoor, then OpenTable. Who will dox us next - Reddit? Hacker News?
Glassdoor didn't make a reviewer's name public, that seems to be a persistent misconception, although there are still things to fault them for. This link is claiming that OpenTable is going to publicly associate first names and profile photos with reviews. This seems much worse, if we're comparing cases.
Re: OpenTable is adding your first name to previously anonymous reviews
#4First Glassdoor, then OpenTable. Who will dox us next - Reddit? Hacker News?
I do not disagree with you.
But critics of the past were never anonymous. If you review film or food or anything, and it got published you put your name next to it. You were proud of your opinion and how it was delivered.
I think it's why video is more interesting to the current generation than text. It isnt that video is more appealing, it's much harder to be in(un?)-authentic when your face is out there.
Re: OpenTable is adding your first name to previously anonymous reviews
#5It amazes me how a company can make a decision like this without anyone in the team stepping up and saying "Deanonymizing users will make people mad".
It really indicates bad management - That either the decision-makers have enough unearned confidence to make this change despite the negative feedback they're receiving, or that nobody who actually understands the user base feels empowered enough to speak up and say that this is an unethical way of doing business.
I perfectly understand the decision to stop allowing anonymous content, but it is absolutely insane to apply this decision retroactively to content created by users who operated with the expectation of anonymity.
Re: OpenTable is adding your first name to previously anonymous reviews
#6First Glassdoor, then OpenTable. Who will dox us next - Reddit? Hacker News?
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Re: OpenTable is adding your first name to previously anonymous reviews
#7First Glassdoor, then OpenTable. Who will dox us next - Reddit? Hacker News?
I do not disagree with you. But critics of the past were never anonymous. If you review film or food or anything, and it got published you put your name next to it. You were proud of your opinion and how it was delivered. I think it's why video is more interesting to the current generation than text. It isnt that video is more appealing, it's much harder to be in(un?)-authentic when your face is out there.
>critics of the past were never anonymous
That is a pretty bonkers thing to say about a review platform that has for many years been anonymous...
Not to mention that influential pre-Internet food critics have often been anonymous/pseudonymous to avoid IRL recognition by restaurant owners, ensuring that they receive the same level of service their readers would get.
Re: OpenTable is adding your first name to previously anonymous reviews
#8First Glassdoor, then OpenTable. Who will dox us next - Reddit? Hacker News?
I do not disagree with you. But critics of the past were never anonymous. If you review film or food or anything, and it got published you put your name next to it. You were proud of your opinion and how it was delivered. I think it's why video is more interesting to the current generation than text. It isnt that video is more appealing, it's much harder to be in(un?)-authentic when your face is out there.
> But critics of the past were never anonymous. If you review film or food or anything, and it got published you put your name next to it.
Partially. You would -publish- with your name beside it, but you were anonymous when you went to the restaurant, so they wouldn't know you were a critic.
Re: OpenTable is adding your first name to previously anonymous reviews
#9First Glassdoor, then OpenTable. Who will dox us next - Reddit? Hacker News?
I do not disagree with you. But critics of the past were never anonymous. If you review film or food or anything, and it got published you put your name next to it. You were proud of your opinion and how it was delivered. I think it's why video is more interesting to the current generation than text. It isnt that video is more appealing, it's much harder to be in(un?)-authentic when your face is out there.
Anonymous critique has been an important component of public discussion since before the printing press.
Re: OpenTable is adding your first name to previously anonymous reviews
#10It amazes me how a company can make a decision like this without anyone in the team stepping up and saying "Deanonymizing users will make people mad". It really indicates bad management - That either the decision-makers have enough unearned confidence to make this change despite the negative feedback they're receiving, or that nobody who actually understands the user base feels empowered enough to speak up and say th…
Presumably the logic here is that they have 136 million existing reviews, which is an incredibly valuable asset.
If they want reviews to no longer be anonymous, they can either do the right thing and delete/hide 100+ million reviews... or they can do what they're doing, anger a few tens of thousands of people who are paying attention but keep that valuable content.