Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent

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Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent
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Did Glassdoor somehow force users to use their real names on the site?

That's explained in the article. If Glassdoor somehow learns of the real name of an account they'll silently add that information to the account. Glassdoor is meant to be anonymous so such action can lead to repercussions.

They were automatically updating their profiles with info from 3rd party sources. This resulted in personal information being displayed without consent or warning, and wild inaccuracies like updating a profile to say a man was based in london when he was still very much in california