Pfft. : ) Show some case history of this actually happening, with a forum full of writers and us want to be's. A forum of computer programmer's and retired folks and beards. A forum of people who are worried they won't get a job if some see what someone else has said about them? Then it is best not to be on a forum, go to FACEBOOK, they will protect you there and data mine the feces out of your name. Facebook is, "the new employment resume." Sell your soul to FB? : )
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung <no_reply@...> wrote: > > Don't forget that if Yahoo can be triggered into shutting down FFL for > violations of Yahoo's rules, then those rules probably include shutting FFL > down if there's any chance that Yahoo will become involved in a lawsuit or be > accused of criminality. > > Case in point: Ravi's statements might actually constitute libel and if FFL > egregiously allows that to continue after FFL's been repeatedly warned that > it is doing so, then both Ravi, FFL's moderators and Yahoo could all be named > parties in at least a civil dispute. You guys got $50,000 to pay lawyers to > defend yourselves? > > I would think that Curtis has given just such a warning to FFL even if he's > such a nice guy that he'd merely leave FFL instead of starting a lawsuit. > > Not that I'm saying any such action would have much legal traction, but we > must note that Yahoo will cut off FFL at the very first sign that Yahoo might > have to pay a lawyer dime one. It simply will not care in the least about us > here. > > Therefore: just as anyone here has the possible power to shut down FFL by > anonymously flooding it with porn and then complaining to Yahoo about it as > "a concerned citizen," so too can Curtis give a simple "heads up email" to > Yahoo that he might be suing it for yada yada, and BAM all our posts are > probably forever inaccessible or out-rightly erased. > > Therefore I say: Ravi is the cause of this risk -- not Rick's largess or > that Curtis is somehow so wrong that Ravi is forced by integrity to besmirch > Curtis by possibly slandering him. > > And, hey, Ravi: There's war mongers here and you're worried about Curtis > wanting sex? Get the fuck real. > > And failing Ravi's agreement to rein in his accusations, then I think the > onus DOES then go to Rick, and in all love, I warn Rick that this scenario > could go south and ugly in a nanosecond and that it is not merely his Yahoo > group at stake, but it is a community's worth of wisdom and struggle that > might be lost to the world because of the actions of a single "outrageously > indifferent to the civilities of the group" poster. > > Edg > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <j_alexander_stanley@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > > > Yep, I should hope the FFL moderators would enforce the highest > > > levels of civility here. > > > > You can hope until you're blue in the face, but until Rick decides he no > > longer wants FFL to be an almost anything goes free-speech zone, you're > > likely to remain disappointed. I suggest people simply filter out those > > participants they find disagreeable. > > >
