Anonymous review site Glassdoor now consults public sources to identify users.

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      9 months ago

      They added real names without consent. No further action required. Opens people to litigation from petty former companies with too much money (generally the ones that need those reviews).

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        The whole point of it was that it was anonymous, without that, why would anyone ever post anything to it?

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      It’s literally all in the article…

      They’re de-anonymizing all accounts so I hope you’re okay with your reviews having your real name. Whether you have Glassdoor your name or not - Fishbowl using data lists to fill your data regardless of your consent.

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        Seems like you didn’t read the article either. That isn’t what’s happening. I can understand your confusion because of the provocative and misleading article title, but they’re adding names to your private profile, not adding them to your reviews.

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        I was five minutes away from clocking out for the day, so I couldn’t be arsed to read the article before getting up. Lol. Serves me right for being lazy, I guess. :)

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          Sorry just meant there is no prior knowledge required. It’s not an ongoing issue of enshittification or anything. Just a sudden leap forward, or rather Dump/Plop…

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        9 months ago

        The title is misleading and it seems as though nobody actually read the article. Your name is not being posted with your reviews.

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          But they will add your name to your profile without your consent, and then in the future they could easily share your identity and there would be nothing you could do about it.

          Particularly for employees who fear retaliation for reviews, Mackey said that Glassdoor users could historically choose never to share their real names, and the company now storing names for all users makes it much more likely that users could be linked to their reviews should Glassdoor’s data ever be subpoenaed or leaked. That’s what had Monica so concerned, too.

          It’s a valid concern. The whole premise of the site kind of demands anonymity.

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            Not disputing that it’s a concern at all, and the way they went about it is super shady. It’s just that the implication in the headline is so so much worse than that.

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          When has anyone ever read the article? Even the author doesn’t bother anymore, it’s all about headlines baby.

          But thank you for running around the comments trying to correct this literal ball of misinformation.