The tech writer Casey Newton discovered that Grammarly has attached his name to advice for its users:
On Friday I learned to my surprise that I had become an editor for Grammarly. The subscription-based writing assistant has introduced a feature named “expert review” that, in the company’s words, “is designed to take your writing to the next level — with insights from leading professionals, authors, and subject-matter experts.”What a deceptive, thieving business practice.
More here: Aisha Baiocchi, “When You’re an ‘Expert’ Reviewing Students’ Work on Grammarly — But You Didn’t Know It” (The Chronicle of Higher Education , subscription required). And here: Steve Bonifeld, “Grammarly is using our identities without permission” (The Verge ).
See also Jessica Mitford’s celebrated 1970 exposé of the Famous Writers School: “Let Us Now Appraise Famous Writers” (The Atlantic, gift link). Grammarly’s “expert review” suddenly seems all too familiar.
I looked at Grammarly and WhiteSmoke in 2013 and have never looked again.
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Thanks, Jim.
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