Live, Honest, Free Commenting Has Positive Results

I’ll say it again – Live, Honest, Free Commenting Has Positive Results!

Microcosmic as it may be, I believe this exchange between Raj and myself is indicative of the truth behind commenting live, honestly and for free.

What appeared initially, to me, to be a disagreement, evolved into a brief and positively productive conversation within which I learned something about Raj, he learned something about me and we both became able to use this medium to pass along information of value to someone.

Had comments been turned off, or if this had been a static html web page, this would not have happened. Had Raj’s initial comment been paid for, I would have smelled it out and probably deleted it out of hand as spam. If I hadn’t seen it as spam, Raj may not have responded to my return comment at all, we simply would not have had a conversation.

You then, would not have learned about this – Co-Workers.com

Well, perhaps you already knew about it but what about you? Information gets passed along, not everyone has the opportunity to learn everything at the same moment. Which is one of the magnificent things about communication!

With a hat tip to Mashable, we find that “Coworkers.com is a rating system for coworkers, employers and employees, a peer review site that lets you say how you really feel about them anonymously.”

Heck, they even offer us a “Self Review;”

“How do you rate yourself as a worker? Don’t worry, this is just for your personal amusement. You are the only one who can see your self review, and it does not count toward your average rating. So be honest with yourself! Then check out how others have reviewed you… surprised?”

I doubt highly that Jon Warez will afford anyone the opportunity to be of service through his paid comment spam service because, well, he doesn’t care! He’s in it for the money! Wake up folks!

And now, if you have a boss like we discussed you can “review” that boss anonymously and get it off your chest without fear of reprisal.