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American workers are no longer satisfied with swapping job gossip and gripes at the water cooler.
Instead, tech-savvy employees are taking their whines to cheap, public, and surprisingly powerful forums on the Internet. Some of it is healthy. . . . But as any Web surfer knows, many of the postings are sophomoric, and some are downright dangerous. Workers who use the Web responsibly are gaining unprecedented powers to pressure their bosses into making changes. And companies willing to shrug off vulgarity and anonymous insults are using the electronic water coolers to address morale problems and improve recruiting.