Krissy F.

I have always enjoyed the excitement of good debate and commenting on social issues, that is why I had some hope for a site called Topix. I quickly discovered that unless you enjoy attacking other people, using profanity, making racial slurs, and other horrible things, you don't belong on Topix. On most legitimate sites, a person goes through some type of registration and the comments are monitored. Topix will have none of that and I am completely convinced there is not a worse site on the internet. There seems to be very little good that comes off of the site and it has become a breeding ground for internet trolls to attack one another. Topix does an incredible job of drawing people who love to attack just for pure meanness and running off most good people who may want to comment on a newsstory. The site is about greed and I try my best not to do business with anyone who advertises on Topix.

What is even more shocking is media companies, Gannet, Tribune, and the McClatchy Group hold stock in this company, while often running articles talking about the dangers of cyberbullying and even occasionallly running negative stories on Topix. Because of this hypocrisy I refuse to buy any paper owned by any of those companies and I used to be an avid USA Today reader.

One other thing that scares me is one of their main advertisers is a dating site called Match.com. There certainly is nothing wrong with posting an online ad, but did you know that Match.com shows profiles of people on its site on Topix without their permission? That means that a person's privacy is being invaded and this is unethical. A person did not pay to have their profile used on another site.

I am going to give careerbuilder three stars based on the fact, I have never had a single job contact from the site. The list of jobs are impressive and the site is easy to use. It just strikes me as strange sometimes that the same jobs keep getting posted and I have never met anyone who actually got a job offer. I am sure that has happened but I don't personally know of anyone. I am not trying to slam the company, they seem to be legit but I do wonder about the screening process for some of the jobs. However, it is a well-done site and hopefully of use to some people.

I have always had great experiences with Amazon. You can find a ton of deals and just about anything you can think of. The marketplace allows you to find deals at the lowest price available. The site is user friendly and their customer service is about average for that type of site.