4.20.2010

The art of the anonymous review (hint: only do it if you're nice)

People really love to leave mean comments on blog and nasty reviews on Amazon. But guess what--you may be unmasked! This happened to Dr. Stephanie Palmer, the wife of a British academic, who flamed other academic texts on Amazon.

Well, that blew up in her face.

5 comments:

  1. Blast you, Laura C. Ombreviations! Stop filling my day with interesting, relevant or quirky things I have to stop and read and then usually have to send them to someone else who may be interested! Stop being the only "links" blog that I really pay attention to!

    Oh all right, don't stop. That one was a killer, and it just shows you that anonymity is a very relevant concept.

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  2. Wow. It doesn't pay to try to get ahead by sabotaging the competition. Major backfire! It's always funny to see highly educated people acting like ill-behaved children.

    People think online anonymity can protect them from having to use their social skills, but it's not a foolproof veil! Comments can be traced, so commenters still need to be prepared to take personal responsibility for what they post.

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  3. This brings to mind Jane Smiley's, "Moo."

    Thanks for the great link!

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  4. I have nothing to add. I just wanted to say HI LAURA. :)

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  5. Jane--that's how I do, encouraging procrastination. It's all part of the evil, anonymous plan. Mwaaaaaahaha...ha...ha?

    And HI LYDIA! HELLO HOW ARE YOU I MISSED YOU NEVER LEAVE AGAIN.

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