Comments on: What to do if your name is trashed on the web http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/what-to-do-if-your-name-is-trashed-on.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mary Luhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/what-to-do-if-your-name-is-trashed-on.html#comment-71320 Mary Lu Mon, 05 Feb 2007 22:40:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/what-to-do-if-your-name-is-trashed-on-the-web.html#comment-71320 Kevin, Thanks for the pointer. I've put up my first round of comments on this at my site http://www.hellomarylu.com/?p=290 . I think there is a lot that can be done to reinvent the wheel on this problem and turn it into a productive tool. But it would take a serious amount of time and money to make it work right. Mary Lu Kevin, Thanks for the pointer. I’ve put up my first round of comments on this at my site http://www.hellomarylu.com/?p=290 . I think there is a lot that can be done to reinvent the wheel on this problem and turn it into a productive tool. But it would take a serious amount of time and money to make it work right. Mary Lu

]]> By: Dmitriy Kruglyakhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/what-to-do-if-your-name-is-trashed-on.html#comment-70229 Dmitriy Kruglyak Tue, 09 Jan 2007 01:26:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/what-to-do-if-your-name-is-trashed-on-the-web.html#comment-70229 This just goes to show why the first crop of "doctor-rating" sites will not go too far.<br/><br/>There is no reason to trust these anonymous reviews, positive or negative! This just goes to show why the first crop of “doctor-rating” sites will not go too far.

There is no reason to trust these anonymous reviews, positive or negative!

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/what-to-do-if-your-name-is-trashed-on.html#comment-70221 Anonymous Mon, 08 Jan 2007 23:44:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/what-to-do-if-your-name-is-trashed-on-the-web.html#comment-70221 As long as the systems are anonymous and don't even pretend to moderate comments, then I don't have any problem at all commenting on myself. Why should I let only the disgruntled spew vitriolic untruths, when I can balance things with positive fiction. <br/>As long as the sites are open to manipulation by all I would be foolish not to manipulate my own set of reviews. As long as the systems are anonymous and don’t even pretend to moderate comments, then I don’t have any problem at all commenting on myself. Why should I let only the disgruntled spew vitriolic untruths, when I can balance things with positive fiction.
As long as the sites are open to manipulation by all I would be foolish not to manipulate my own set of reviews.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/what-to-do-if-your-name-is-trashed-on.html#comment-70210 Anonymous Mon, 08 Jan 2007 21:30:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/what-to-do-if-your-name-is-trashed-on-the-web.html#comment-70210 As long as the systems are anonymous and don't even pretend to moderate comments, then I don't have any problem at all commenting on myself. Why should I let only the disgruntled spew vitriolic untruths, when I can balance things with positive fiction. <br/>As long as the sites are open to manipulation by all I would be foolish not to manipulate my own set of reviews. As long as the systems are anonymous and don’t even pretend to moderate comments, then I don’t have any problem at all commenting on myself. Why should I let only the disgruntled spew vitriolic untruths, when I can balance things with positive fiction.
As long as the sites are open to manipulation by all I would be foolish not to manipulate my own set of reviews.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/what-to-do-if-your-name-is-trashed-on.html#comment-70200 Anonymous Mon, 08 Jan 2007 17:02:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/what-to-do-if-your-name-is-trashed-on-the-web.html#comment-70200 These sites at least need a prominent disclaimer to remind the reader the intrinsic value of the 'comments'. <br/>"The comments rendered are not evaluated for truthfulness. There is no way to determine whether the commenter was ever a patient of the doctor in question. The comments could be libelous, and reproduction or retransmission of libelous comments itself could constitute libel on your part. Free advice is worth what you paid for it." These sites at least need a prominent disclaimer to remind the reader the intrinsic value of the ‘comments’.
“The comments rendered are not evaluated for truthfulness. There is no way to determine whether the commenter was ever a patient of the doctor in question. The comments could be libelous, and reproduction or retransmission of libelous comments itself could constitute libel on your part. Free advice is worth what you paid for it.”

]]> By: Dmitriy Kruglyakhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/what-to-do-if-your-name-is-trashed-on.html#comment-70195 Dmitriy Kruglyak Mon, 08 Jan 2007 11:52:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/what-to-do-if-your-name-is-trashed-on-the-web.html#comment-70195 The recourse is pretty obvious.<br/><br/>People will be saying all sorts of things online, more to come. The only answer is to create a public online persona with greater visibility and invite patients and colleagues who have good things to say to do so.<br/><br/>I have written more about this dilemma: <a HREF="http://www.healthvoices.com/blog/hippocrates/2006/11/20/physician_review_sites_here_to_stay_despite_concerns" REL="nofollow">Physician Review Sites: Here to Stay, Despite Concerns</a>. The recourse is pretty obvious.

People will be saying all sorts of things online, more to come. The only answer is to create a public online persona with greater visibility and invite patients and colleagues who have good things to say to do so.

I have written more about this dilemma: Physician Review Sites: Here to Stay, Despite Concerns.

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