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Cornfed
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 Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:07 pm Post subject: Slagging schools off on the Internet |
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| We all know that no-one gives a toss when you complain about schools to any regulatory agency, but does critisizing them on the Internet generally have any effect? |
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DrunkenMaster
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Sometimes it results in a lawsuit |
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Cornfed
Joined: 14 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Sometimes it results in a lawsuit |
But couldn't you just take all your money and leave the country? Besides, you would obviously do it anonomously. And if your comments were true and/or a matter of subjective judgement, what legal recourse would they have? |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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It can. I know it can. I won't go into details but I know it did at least once.
As for lawsuits, they would need a lawyer in California to subpeona Dave to get your IP info ... unless Dave was low enough just to give that information to a school (and potential advertiser).
If you really wanted to increase the odds and hated your school enough, the thing to do would be to create a homepage named after your school and it's city, such as Wonderland Acadaemy, _________-Dong, Seoul. Then if anyone googled the name and city that would be the first thing to come up. |
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Cornfed
Joined: 14 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
| If you really wanted to increase the odds and hated your school enough, the thing to do would be to create a homepage named after your school and it's city, such as Wonderland Acadaemy, _________-Dong, Seoul. Then if anyone googled the name and city that would be the first thing to come up. |
That's a great idea. It seems like this would be a good way for people the arrogant jerks think are powerless to fight back. I wouldn't have thought of doing this before this morning, but events have convinced me that I'm likely to be leaving soon. Hence I'll probably take my saved 7M won to a low cost country, make this my project for a while and then try ESL again somewhere else. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Cornfed wrote: |
| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
| If you really wanted to increase the odds and hated your school enough, the thing to do would be to create a homepage named after your school and it's city, such as Wonderland Acadaemy, _________-Dong, Seoul. Then if anyone googled the name and city that would be the first thing to come up. |
That's a great idea. It seems like this would be a good way for people the arrogant jerks think are powerless to fight back. I wouldn't have thought of doing this before this morning, but events have convinced me that I'm likely to be leaving soon. Hence I'll probably take my saved 7M won to a low cost country, make this my project for a while and then try ESL again somewhere else. |
I know there are various tips you can find for increasing the likelihood of such a site coming up on search-engine searches. I would just be careful to keep your criticism as professonal as possible to add credibility. You should also get some photos of the boss and whatever supervisor was a problem. They'd be totally freaked out to see their photos there, and incensed that they can't do a thing about it if you're out of the country.
There are also a couple of hagwon blacklists you should check out. |
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Juregen
Joined: 30 May 2006
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Can anyone refer me to some of these blacklists? |
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blackjack
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: anyang
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Cornfed wrote: |
| DrunkenMaster wrote: |
| Sometimes it results in a lawsuit |
But couldn't you just take all your money and leave the country? Besides, you would obviously do it anonomously. And if your comments were true and/or a matter of subjective judgement, what legal recourse would they have? |
The rules are not the same here. As I understand it even if it is true you can still get done for slander. I think if you say some thing with the intent of hurting their business or reputation you can be sued |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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| blackjack wrote: |
| Cornfed wrote: |
| DrunkenMaster wrote: |
| Sometimes it results in a lawsuit |
But couldn't you just take all your money and leave the country? Besides, you would obviously do it anonomously. And if your comments were true and/or a matter of subjective judgement, what legal recourse would they have? |
The rules are not the same here. As I understand it even if it is true you can still get done for slander. I think if you say some thing with the intent of hurting their business or reputation you can be sued |
Not if you've left the country. |
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bassexpander
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Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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This site had been up for years, and it certainly impacted me when I was considering jobs when I came here: http://www.lulu.com/content/86610
Now she's turned it into a book. |
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PigeonFart
Joined: 27 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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I'm sure it must have an impact, especially for potential teachers researching a particular school.
Putting the name of certain hogwons into Google gets immediate feeback, some of it very negative. I'm sure that'd scare off some teachers. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:07 pm Post subject: Re: Slagging schools off on the Internet |
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| Cornfed wrote: |
| We all know that no-one gives a toss when you complain about schools to any regulatory agency, but does critisizing them on the Internet generally have any effect? |
IF you are in Korea you are at risk of a lawsuit if the employer can figure out who you are. Truth is NOT a defense in a defamation suit.
If you are OUT OF KOREA... SLAG AWAY>>>> they can't touch you. |
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PigeonFart
Joined: 27 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 6:43 am Post subject: |
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| I'd imagine being sued about such a thing would be very rare indeed. |
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