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Blocking Reviews by Blocking Words?
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A client sent me an email this week, stating that you could block bad reviews on social media sites by "blocking" certain words from comments such as "I", "you", "them", "they"......she heard it at a conference from some other CEO's that had some problems with bad reviews.
Essentially these CEO's blocked these words making the pages read only pages so no one could leave a review on social media sites. Now, I have never heard this tactic, nor think this is a good idea in any way shape or form. And I know that you can't block bad reviews from happening (without looking at the bigger picture and encouraging some look at internal processes and customer service).
Has any one heard of this tactic? Or better, know of anywhere online that documents this idea of blocking words? I have to get back to her, but I have beaten the drum about how to acquire good reviews so much, I feel I am not getting through! Help! Thanks
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I believe that for Facebook and Twitter you can only block profanity. I agree, it is a terrible thing to have to fight negativity on SM. Some people would say try to fight the negative reviews by offering free stuff or simply publicly apologizing. I would say remove the negative comments if possible. I don't think you can remove the reviews though.
The example I kind of live by is the BBB. No matter how many negative complaints you get, you can keep a good reputation and rating by resolving the problems. If the in house customer service team can't fix the issues, and they don't make it to the boss except through Social Media, maybe this will be the eye opener to get things progressing.
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For Facebook your answer is here: https://www.facebook.com/help/131671940241729
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I have never heard about this tactic although I also would have loved it to never hear about it. It's probably already a terrible sign if you get negative reviews on your product or services. Although I could see why some services would allow to make su re curse words couldn't be found in the review itself.
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