10 responses to “The reputation he ruined on Google: that eBay laptop story…”
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And one more since you posted—this is karma at work!
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I’m quite suprised we haven’t seen more of this type of thing already. In an age when anyone and everyone can make content available for the world to see, I thought there would be a number of scandalous (and probably anonymous) blogs out there already. Ex-lovers, ex-employees, dodgy dealers etc etc.
It’s quite scary to think about it. No matter how many LinkedIn endorsements, eBay positive feedbacks etc you might have, something like this could ruin a career…and maybe a lot more. And even worse, the claims don’t have to be true necessarily. It could be just a hate campaign by someone you’ve pi$$ed off somewhere down the line.
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That’s very true, Stephen – all it takes is one nutter and you’ll be cleaning reputational ordure up online for weeks…
Linked IN is a funny site in its own right too. Once you’ve accepted a link it’s very hard to downgrade it or remove someone from your network…
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Crime doesn’t pay
at least it pays less now that everybody uses Google to check out people before they meet them. I though long and hard before commenting on the plight of Amir Massoud Tofangsazan, but in the end decided that it is…
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Just as an aside, the LinkedIn connection removal is a simple email—I’ve found it to be fairly painless and they don’t ask any questions.
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Thanks, Jack – I didn’t realise that re: LinkedIn – much appreciated!
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You’re very welcome, Antony!
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Antony, an update: the gentleman’s name now fetches 11,000 references in Google.
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Truly incredible. I’ve ben out of the loop for a few days – hoping to find out if there is more news on the investigation as well. Thanks, Jack.
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Mostly foreign media now, Antony—I have seen the odd thing in Dutch and in French. I think the mass media in the UK have covered and have got over the story, unless the Crown decides to prosecute. Google references cracked 20,000 today, and a second blog has started that accepts comments (as the original one was overwhelmed).
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