If you allow user to broadcast unverified information about a company, it's called rumor. And people love sensational headlines, to which slashdot is not immune neither. And therefore, such site will not be useful if I can't trust it. ya, at most you can call it web water cooler.
How can I trust the user submitted comments if site allow them to post anonymously? How do they verify the truthfulness of the posts.
Competitor can just pose as ex-employee and trash the target company.
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If you allow user to broadcast unverified information about a company, it's called rumor. And people love sensational headlines, to which slashdot is not immune neither. And therefore, such site will not be useful if I can't trust it. ya, at most you can call it web water cooler.
How can I trust the user submitted comments if site allow them to post anonymously? How do they verify the truthfulness of the posts. Competitor can just pose as ex-employee and trash the target company.