Ok, We Get It: No One Likes Being Criticized Online
from the but,-it-still-won't-go-away dept
Earlier this month we wrote about how doctors were freaking out over public sites where patients would complain about the doctors or rate them. And, now, Wired News is running a similar article about how professors are freaking out about the RateMyProfessors site, which has been around for ages. What's odd, though, is that the article seems to assume that all professors hate the site. Obviously, almost no one likes to be criticized (especially publicly), but some professors I know don't seem to mind those sites too much. While not all of the feedback is constructive, certainly a lot of it is. And, no matter how much people hate being talked about online, it's not going to make these sites go away. So, people need to learn to either ignore them or try to take the constructive feedback for what it is.
Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
Techdirt is one of the few remaining truly independent media outlets. We do not have a giant corporation behind us, and we rely heavily on our community to support us, in an age when advertisers are increasingly uninterested in sponsoring small, independent sites — especially a site like ours that is unwilling to pull punches in its reporting and analysis.
While other websites have resorted to paywalls, registration requirements, and increasingly annoying/intrusive advertising, we have always kept Techdirt open and available to anyone. But in order to continue doing so, we need your support. We offer a variety of ways for our readers to support us, from direct donations to special subscriptions and cool merchandise — and every little bit helps. Thank you.
–The Techdirt Team
Reader Comments
Subscribe: RSS
View by: Time | Thread
No Subject Given
I had a husband who was dying of cancer at the time and I really wanted to learn these subjects, I wanted to do cancer research (naive, yes)
I was stunned when one professor was called into the dean's office after giving an essay exam -twenty parents had called within a few horus of the exam to complain that their kids needed good grades to get into med school... we never had another essay exam -only exams that mirrored the MCAT format.
I think any thinking person knows the kids who post to these sites are like the the kids at my alma mater (none got into med school :-)
Of course, there are bad professors but there are also mature ways to handle it.
I think these sites are lame, when I was let go at a dot.com -everyone was thrilled it wasn't them. A year later I got an email to join the the others now laidoff in a bitch fest online. I passed.
Add Your Comment