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The Wild West of anonymous reviews

Beware anonymous feedback on your yoga classes online. By Paula Hines

It can be breathtaking what some people will say when they don’t have to say it to your face. Even more so when they can say it anonymously.

Recently, I saw a post on social media where a studio explained why they were no longer going to be working with a certain platform and shared some (unnecessarily cruel, I feel) anonymous reviews they had received, mostly about their teachers.

Reading those reviews left me feeling sad, but unfortunately unsurprised.

Now, feedback when it’s constructive and considered is and should be welcomed, as it can be helpful. However, one-word anonymous reviews labelling a teacher’s class as “pathetic” are most certainly not.

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