Comments on: Honestly.com – Not acting so honestly

By: RonSmithe

RonSmithe — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:02:44 +0000

Whoa, talk about strong arm tactics. That they force you to “like” them speaks volumes. I have also read that if you do create an account and later delete it, they’ll keep your personal info. According to their privacy statement “some information may remain in our records after deletion of your account.”

Truth in reputation? More like: Reputation reveals truth. In this case, the rep of this company tells you how honest they really are.

By: Mark Peden

Mark Peden — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 01:13:15 +0000

I believe that honestly.com used my login credentials to secure my google contacts database and has sent ALL of my contacts the following message:

Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 13:24:46 +0300
From: mpeden [at] gmail.com
To: kevin [at] usa.alcatel.com
Subject: Hey Kevin

Kevin hey, i hated going to work http://g.msn.com.br/BR9/1369.0?http://cnbc7.com/news

I replaced the at symbol above to prevent spambots from capturing my e-mail, but you get the idea. I have almost 10,000 contacts in Google and apparently every one of them was sent this message and there was nothing I could do about it. All my friends think it came from me and there’s no way I can send out 10,000 emails to tell them it didn’t.

Really sad actually.

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By: J

Mon, 16 May 2011 12:27:46 +0000

I agree with everyone on the sleaziness but would like to point out that there is very well a way to enter the site without facebook. I didn’t try this particular one but I’ve come across this tactic for some other sites before, and when it prompts you to Allow or Don’t Allow using facebook to log in, you simply click Don’t Allow and it brings you to a “regular” sign up page. Try that, worked for me a few times.

Tactics like that are shameful for any website though, the fact that it’s called “honestly” is just additional comedy.

By: @Roebot

@Roebot — Mon, 16 May 2011 03:48:03 +0000

I posted some tongue-in-cheek and all very positive reviews of people I’ve worked with. The founder, Peter Kazanjy, deleted my reviews and banned me. WTH? I complained to him about deleting my reviews and banning me and then the dude wrote a negative review of me. http://aaronfulkerson.com/2011/02/01/honestly-dot-com/

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By: Kevin Peterson

Kevin Peterson — Sun, 15 May 2011 21:17:02 +0000

Sounds just like what Tagged.com got in trouble for. They settled for a slap on the wrist and agreement to be slightly less sleezy. http://www.webpronews.com/taggedcom-reaches-settlement-with-ny-ag-2009-11

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totally some scammy indian company — Sun, 15 May 2011 16:35:55 +0000

this is totally some scammy indian company.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Sun, 15 May 2011 16:23:19 +0000

Can employers leave bad reviews on their best employees? It would certainly help keep wages down, and reduce the prospect of them being poached. How about good reviews on bad employees: Maybe getting rid of the chaff will help the bottom line?

By: tedchhiiie

tedchhiiie — Sun, 15 May 2011 12:22:09 +0000

thanks for exposing these assholes