Hello Felix, I'm Enrico from the SharedDesks team. I usually only read this group, but since you've mentioned us directly, I'm goint to "step in" for the first time :-)
We have been discussing if we should add a "review" feature a couple of times, and we did not yet come up with a clear decision about that: as you noted if you can't guarantee 100% transparency it becomes useless, and there are also some moderation issues ie. you never know if a review, both a negative or a positive one, is a true review by a real user or if it's a fake. I just wanted to let you know that we are aware of the issues you pointed out above, and we are taking them in serious consideration. Cheers Enrico On 9 Mar, 13:59, Felix Schürholz <[email protected]> wrote: > link to article:http://bit.ly/xv94um > > As I was just researching on an article on “Free Coworking” , more > precisely on “Free Coworking Grants”, I noticed something that we > should become more aware of. In trying to make a better coworking > world, we run the danger of becoming slaves to an apparently “cozy” > but artificial design world. In doing so, we tend to relate more to > the building and things rather than to our coworkers. To give you an > example. There are a lot of coworking sites now that promote coworking > offers. A lot of them are very nicely done, with very attractive > pictures. One example “SharedDesks”. The example chosen is random, I > picked London, and this is what I found. Very beautiful, I think > everyone will agree, but something is missing. It is not only the > people that are missing in the picture, but more importantly there is > no feedback loop. You cannot comment on this or any other coworking > offer as a user. And this is the same on all the other sites I found > in the net. > > In contrast there is a site in the net called “yelp”, where you will > find “real reviews” by “real people” as the site claims. There you > find pictures and reviews of coworking offers. These reviews and > pictures can be nice and positive or more in the “ok” category.* > *[Note: While writing this article one negative review (one star) for > Citizen Space San Jose was deleted, see picture below. So much for > transparency :-(((()] > > link to article:http://bit.ly/xv94um > > I think we need more of this feedback from coworkers. To get this we > need more transparency and more coworker involvement. Everyone of us > can contribute to this. We started “Free Coworking” to address this > need. We need more collaboration, more team work, more social capital. > Join our Facebook Group, add yourself to the “Skill-Sharing“, start a > local “Free Coworking” campaign. Here is where you can start: > Spaces:http://bit.ly/zzO5wH > , Coworker:http://bit.ly/Input_Free_Coworking_Skill_Sharing -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
