Is it ethical to post negative reviews for small-time bloggers?

Post date: 2019-12-09 12:47:56

I recently prepared a recipe posted by a blogger (I found the recipe through a Google search). The recipe looked promising, but the resulting dish was quite vile. I'm tempted to post a negative review.

The blogger is not some kind of well-known influencer with a huge following. It's just some random, obscure person on the internet. She raved about her own recipe, and how everyone loves it every time she makes it. There were seven or eight positive reviews posted under it, and nothing negative.

This is not the first time I've been burned in this way. In another case, the recipe had a mistake in it, calling for four cups of water, when it should have been two cups (I learned this by emailing the author).

This current recipe called for some unusual ingredients that I had to run out and buy. So I'm a little miffed, and I'm tempted to post a negative review. But I hesitate, because I'd be picking on someone who clearly does this as a hobby, isn't making any money, and might have their feelings hurt.

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