“don’t get CAUGHT deliberately misleading the public and your own customers.”

I think that goes against the point of this post.

FYI, I do agree that if The Didge is somone working for jobsjobsjobs it’s absolutely unprofessional and unacceptable.

Also, what sort of “research” are they doing into job boards and why aren’t they conducting this in an open manner?

And the honesty excuse is rubbish – simply an excuse to hide. If they’ve something meaningful to contribute to debate and discussion, they should be able to stand by their opinions.

And, of course they won’t admit to working for a job board…seems they won’t admit to much, really.

I asked the same question as was told that they do not work for a job board, and say that as their identities are anonymous they can be more honest. Apparently they have access to sensitive information and they feel if they were to come clean it would limit their access to the information. The email also indicated that they are undertaking research into job boards in Australia and that this might lead them to “coming out”.

My personal view is most folks should blog in the open. I know of several HR Tech bloggers in the US who remain anonymous, mainly because of their employers. However in private they are more than happy come clean.

Rgds
Michael

But that doesn’t apply here. The Didge offers editorial, therefore, he or she is hiding more than their identity. They are hiding alliances. And that’s cheating.

Come clean, Didge or your opinions will no longer hold water in this space.

I have made contact with The Didge via email. David (as he calls himself) said he is formulating a response (but that could take a while going by the length of his articles).

Let’s see if he comes clean or not…

Its all very well being anonymous – perfectly fair.

But that’s quite different from making a fraudulent claim of independence, then favourably reviewing your own products, and penning vitriolic reviews of your competitors and their employees.

If it is true that The Didge is in fact a JJJ employee, then their ‘online expertise’ credibility is shot – they’ve broken the cardinal rule of blogging wqhich is don’t get caught deliberately misleading the public and your own customers.

In the interest of the industry’s credibility, I think we’d all like to see a polite denial from JJJ that they haven’t been BUSTED or a confirmation from the Didge him/herself of their identity. What’s to hide in job board world anyway?