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Users Ditch Glassdoor, Stunned By Site Adding Real Names Without Consent


Readers waspleg and SpzToid shared the following report: Glassdoor, where employees go to leave anonymous reviews of employers, has recently begun adding real names to user profiles without users' consent. Glassdoor acquired Fishbowl, a professional networking app that integrated with Glassdoor la...

Readers waspleg and SpzToid shared the following report: Glassdoor, where employees go to leave anonymous reviews of employers, has recently begun adding real names to user profiles without users' consent. This acquisition meant that every Glassdoor user was automatically signed up for a Fishbowl account. This effort to gather information on Fishbowl users includes Glassdoor staff consulting publicly available sources to verify information that is then used to update Glassdoor users' accounts.

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