Comments on: Tripit Employee Pretending to be Disgruntled Dopplr User?

By: oyun indir

oyun indir — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:25:30 +0000

Thanks for the pointer Scott. I appreciate the way you handled this…good on you.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:04:52 +0000

I am happy that TripIt has acknowledge that it was false, whereas Kevin Rose’s “Pownce” still has not acknowledged that the Ariel Waldman controversy (where an account anyone could post to tweeted the female “C” word in relation to her name, once, all the other threats she made were proven to be false). First, there is no proof Ariel Waldman did not anonymously call herself the c word, and secondly, she was the community leader for Pownce, a twitter competitor, when starting all this.

Google [Ariel Waldman Twitter Pownce] and you’ll find information on this.

By: Mike Farley | Web Designer

Mike Farley | Web Designer — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:47:13 +0000

There seems to be a lot of this going. A client of mine had some SCATHING reviews put up on various local entities such as merchantcircle, yahoo local, etc. Turns out they were all from a disgruntled employee. It’s becoming more and more important to setup alerts for your company and your name and pay attention to what’s being said. Google Alerts are not just for vanity anymore!

By: Bruce P. Henry

Bruce P. Henry — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 08:25:54 +0000

Josh - Can you check your spam filter for a comment I made (about spam curiously enough)?

I’m pretty sure it hit about 100% on the Bayesian filter for spam.

Funny how trying to describe spam makes you look like spam. Not so “funny haha” as “funny, I want to hit my head with a hammer.”

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By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:03:57 +0000

Joshua, excellent post to draw attention to the sordid underbelly of review posts on the Web.

My guess is that many very positive posts and many very negative posts are posted with some hidden agenda. When I read a review, I tend to discount the extremes and look for balanced opinions in the comments.

I wonder if this is something you address in your book, which is on my to-buy-soon list. In other words, how does a social web site avoid being manipulated by folks with a hidden agenda.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:06:07 +0000

“That is bad behavior, in the same way as if someone from Dopplr had come and made positive comments without disclosing who they are.”

Here in Europe, it’s more than bad behaviour - it’s a criminal offence as of this year.

By: TripIt vs Dopplr - least the blog got an apology! (Musings on travel ecommerce)

TripIt vs Dopplr - least the blog got an apology! (Musings on travel ecommerce) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:31:54 +0000

[...] appropriate step. The apology can be found in the comments on the original post as well as on the Bokardo blog (where there is further coverage on this little [...]

By: Serollah

Serollah — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:05:28 +0000

I run a variety of local business sites which allow comments (all moderated) .. I have a hunch that many comments are actually being made by those with a competative interest in the success and/or failure of entities being commented on .. just a hunch, little hard evidence to back up my hunch .. although I do track IPs, etc ..

By: Ozel Dedektif

Ozel Dedektif — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:13:32 +0000

bad start but good finished, thank you

By: John Stack

John Stack — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:10:43 +0000

I should hasten to add that I didn’t find it!!! He was self-googling to figure out some SEO stuff.

By: John Stack

John Stack — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:53:44 +0000

It takes a good company with a good ethic to make a public apololgy. Now, taking that ethic and ensuring it is alive in the culture is the next step.

Joshua, I’m afraid by allowing unmoderated comments on blogs, replies in forums, its going to be a bigger problem. For example, I know someone who showed up on a porn site forum in this manner. Unfortunately, this person from a big operating system company who is trying to buy a search company can’t do a darned thing about it.

By: Buzzregog

Buzzregog — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:39:46 +0000

This sort of thing really is no shock, look at any site selling something that has “customer” reviews. Mighty standup of the co-founder to own up though.

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:29:14 +0000

Thanks for the pointer Scott. I appreciate the way you handled this…good on you.

By: Scott Hintz

Scott Hintz — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:02:03 +0000

Hi, this is Scott Hintz, one of the co-founders of TripIt. You are correct that the comment you refer to on John Eckman’s blog was left by a TripIt employee who violated TripIt’s policies regarding such posts. We extend our sincerest apologies to John, his readers, and our friends at Dopplr.

We’ve posted a more detailed response on John’s blog here: http://www.openparenthesis.org/2008/07/15/dopplr-gets-email-twitter-sms-import