https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/05/employer-sues-expose-glassdoor-commenters/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Wed, 01 Jun 2016 17:15:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/05/employer-sues-expose-glassdoor-commenters/comment-page-1/#comment-336873 Wed, 01 Jun 2016 17:15:59 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=59393#comment-336873 These types of situations – including the one involving the business owner who sued a Yelp user (and won) for posting a negative review – are setting an interesting precedent. I think one of the big problems with sites like Yelp and GlassDoor is a lack of true verification. With sites like Amazon, reviews of actual purchases are verified through the user’s account. Yelp cannot necessarily confirm whether a reviewer has truly been a customer of a business, which enables the online witch-hunts we commonly see. Realistically, someone with an active yelp account can take out their frustrations on a business even if it’s unwarranted. And that in turn can seriously hurt the business.

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/05/employer-sues-expose-glassdoor-commenters/comment-page-1/#comment-336548 Tue, 24 May 2016 20:17:50 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=59393#comment-336548 It’s apparent Mr Philip Layfield (formerly Pescin) doesn’t understand the Streisand Effect. Who will lay odds after this event, he will?

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