Tripadvisor to be sued, apprently

[trainman]

I've used tripadvisor in the past, usually to check views on a possible hotel, rather than search for one directly.
Did anyone else hear the debate regarding the group action today on radio2? Was really more about the type of stuff they get on tripadvisor and pundits, as well as some hoteliers, suggesting (as we all know with pub review sites) to take an overall view & not be swayed by some troll going against the general flow. The first telephone guest (hotelier) spoke about action he was taking against a tripadvisor reviewer, rather than the site, so he had managed to identify a defamatory culprit from his end.
Following talk of national PG exposure earlier this week, I was almost tempted to phone in to explain the pitfalls of unmoderated sites, and the benefits of well regulated ones...

[Oggwyn Trench]

I've used tripadvisor in the past, usually to check views on a possible hotel, rather than search for one directly.
Did anyone else hear the debate regarding the group action today on radio2? Was really more about the type of stuff they get on tripadvisor and pundits, as well as some hoteliers, suggesting (as we all know with pub review sites) to take an overall view & not be swayed by some troll going against the general flow. The first telephone guest (hotelier) spoke about action he was taking against a tripadvisor reviewer, rather than the site, so he had managed to identify a defamatory culprit from his end.
Following talk of national PG exposure earlier this week, I was almost tempted to phone in to explain the pitfalls of unmoderated sites, and the benefits of well regulated ones...

I heard the Radio 2 debate , basically as long as the review is a truthfull representation of your visit (good or bad) and is not malicious and defamotary your OK

[Conrad]

I heard the Radio 2 debate , basically as long as the review is a truthfull representation of your visit (good or bad) and is not malicious and defamotary your OK

The way I was always given to understand it is that it is not libel if it is the truth .

More genuinely though libel is a git of a law as it holds a reverse burden of proof, so once you are being done for libel you have to prove what you said is true, meaning opinion is fair game as that is true. Suggestions of illness or food poisoning however are difficult to prove unless you visited a Doctor or reported it to Environmental Health.

Going beyond that, whilst I might feel able to ask regular contributors if they were willing to stand by their comments, I have no faith that the one drop complainer who doesn't use their real name is going to be willing to support their statements.

[Maldenman]

Possibly one to look at considering this thread.

http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/userinfo...talie+Cardwell

[Conrad]

We don't need this thread to know those should be deleted

Thanks for bringing that to our attention, both reviews now gone.

[rpadam]

Given the recent publicity, I'm surprised that Tripadvisor think that this 'promotion' is a good idea:

http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/DirtyHotels

[Farway]

Given the recent publicity, I'm surprised that Tripadvisor think that this 'promotion' is a good idea:

http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/DirtyHotels

The photos do not lie though, I liked the ones with "dirty" writen in the dirt on a door, [like "clean me" on the back of a lorry] and the wires hanging from a ceiling

[hondo]

http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/n.../article/89626