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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Sunny@slrpnk.net to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

In todays episode of "Plex enshittifies" Plex employee breaks ToS.

Source: https://forums.plex.tv/t/fake-reviews-on-play-store-by-plex-staff/917736

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[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Might be. It is definitely a thing, though.

When I used to work for a large American corporation that sold products to consumers, they took it extremely seriously and breaking it would result in disciplinary action. It probably had something to do with advertisement laws, but it also easily could have just been because it makes the company look very bad.

one place even asked people to write fake reviews on Trustpilot/job sites

That sounds unethical, to say the least. Did they verify if you actually did it, or just "suggest" you do?

[-] Pilon23@feddit.dk 1 points 1 week ago

Might be. It is definitely a thing, though.

Oh I have no doubt about that - maybe there's a story behind their strictness. Maybe the companies I've worked for have not yet had an employee publicly embarrass the company to such an extent, that they felt the need to make this a mandatory part of employee onboarding.

That sounds unethical, to say the least. Did they verify if you actually did it, or just “suggest” you do?

There was no top-down verification, but I worked with a few Grade A suck-ups, who would proudly volunteer information on which accounts they used and which posts were theirs. I kept politely ignoring the repeated verbal requests until management moved on to their next big obsession.

this post was submitted on 14 May 2025
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