Comments on: Doctors are spamming RateMDs http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/05/doctors-are-spamming-ratemds.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/05/doctors-are-spamming-ratemds.html#comment-74992 Anonymous Sun, 13 May 2007 19:51:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/05/doctors-are-spamming-ratemds.html#comment-74992 Anyone who uses the internet as the primary tool to decide who should and should not take care of them deserves whatever they get.<br/><br/>Haven't we all deleted span from our inbox telling us about "financial opportunities?" Anyone who uses the internet as the primary tool to decide who should and should not take care of them deserves whatever they get.

Haven’t we all deleted span from our inbox telling us about “financial opportunities?”

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/05/doctors-are-spamming-ratemds.html#comment-74990 Anonymous Sun, 13 May 2007 19:36:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/05/doctors-are-spamming-ratemds.html#comment-74990 Its hard to even make a case for libel, when the poster[s] are Anonymous? Its hard to even make a case for libel, when the poster[s] are Anonymous?

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/05/doctors-are-spamming-ratemds.html#comment-74982 Anonymous Sun, 13 May 2007 15:52:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/05/doctors-are-spamming-ratemds.html#comment-74982 The lesson remains: SPAM away, colleagues! The lesson remains: SPAM away, colleagues!

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/05/doctors-are-spamming-ratemds.html#comment-74968 Anonymous Sun, 13 May 2007 02:22:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/05/doctors-are-spamming-ratemds.html#comment-74968 The internet is not above libel laws and doctors are not public figures who have no legal recourse when publically libeled. The internet is not above libel laws and doctors are not public figures who have no legal recourse when publically libeled.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/05/doctors-are-spamming-ratemds.html#comment-74959 Anonymous Sat, 12 May 2007 23:54:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/05/doctors-are-spamming-ratemds.html#comment-74959 Doctors can't win for losing...<br/><br/>1. Boards test/certify/rate them.<br/><br/>2. Now, irate/upset patients who may be in denial of their conditions [w/c doctors only diligently diagnose for and name for them] can express their juvenile frustrations and libelous rants in the internet...its pervasive in medically related websites, blogs, etc.<br/>When would doctors find salvation, and be able to get fun practicing medicine again?!? Doctors can’t win for losing…

1. Boards test/certify/rate them.

2. Now, irate/upset patients who may be in denial of their conditions [w/c doctors only diligently diagnose for and name for them] can express their juvenile frustrations and libelous rants in the internet…its pervasive in medically related websites, blogs, etc.
When would doctors find salvation, and be able to get fun practicing medicine again?!?

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/05/doctors-are-spamming-ratemds.html#comment-74957 Anonymous Sat, 12 May 2007 21:38:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/05/doctors-are-spamming-ratemds.html#comment-74957 "but as a practical matter, when the site is relatively small, we have to make it as easy as possible for people to add the ratings because there isn't enough content on the site otherwise."<br/><br/>In other words, bad, misleading, and poorly worded content is better than no content. What is the sound of an infinite number of monkeys pounding away on an infinite number of keyboards? “but as a practical matter, when the site is relatively small, we have to make it as easy as possible for people to add the ratings because there isn’t enough content on the site otherwise.”

In other words, bad, misleading, and poorly worded content is better than no content. What is the sound of an infinite number of monkeys pounding away on an infinite number of keyboards?

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