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Censorship at 68kmla?
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II2II
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What do you know. It is gone. It was only locked earlier.
Anyway, it has nothing to do with you. The seller (or someone posing as the seller) popped by to comment on our rudeness and to be several times more rude in return. Nothing as rude as the link sent to you, but it did involve some nasty video clips of Macs being demolished.
Anyway, it has nothing to do with you. The seller (or someone posing as the seller) popped by to comment on our rudeness and to be several times more rude in return. Nothing as rude as the link sent to you, but it did involve some nasty video clips of Macs being demolished.
He's flamed Mac folk before. For those who don't know, the eBay seller was also the admin of "My Dream Windows App" at one point, which was nothing more than a pure hate ground to anyone who owns or uses an Apple product. I am trying to find more information on this matter outside of the 68kMLA.
It's probably a good idea to have had the thread removed, not due to Puckman, but due to "the sellers" responces being quite abusive. If it wasn't locked, I myself probably would have gotten quite abusive toward "the seller" as well. There's something about what he said that makes the blood boil. I'm not one to tolerate BS from someone like him, regardless of whether it be directed at me, or in this case, the good people of this forum who put in tireless hours to help fellow users with problems, etc.
The kind of behaviour put forward by the individual is not to be tolerated on forums such as these.
It's probably a good idea to have had the thread removed, not due to Puckman, but due to "the sellers" responces being quite abusive. If it wasn't locked, I myself probably would have gotten quite abusive toward "the seller" as well. There's something about what he said that makes the blood boil. I'm not one to tolerate BS from someone like him, regardless of whether it be directed at me, or in this case, the good people of this forum who put in tireless hours to help fellow users with problems, etc.
The kind of behaviour put forward by the individual is not to be tolerated on forums such as these.
bluekatt
Well-known member
what a sad sad sad person
guess he doesnt have anything better to do then
how ever hsi blood must be boiling thanks to the succes of the ipod which are every bloody where an dhe must get an anyeursm each time he ventures outside and sees those white ear plugs
that in it self is chuckle worthy
quite frasnkly the best way to deal with his kind is to just shrug it off and ignore them hurling abuse at them just fills them with glee and gives them a reason to continue to bullshit
how ever such behavior should not be tolerated no
guess he doesnt have anything better to do then
how ever hsi blood must be boiling thanks to the succes of the ipod which are every bloody where an dhe must get an anyeursm each time he ventures outside and sees those white ear plugs
that in it self is chuckle worthy
quite frasnkly the best way to deal with his kind is to just shrug it off and ignore them hurling abuse at them just fills them with glee and gives them a reason to continue to bullshit
how ever such behavior should not be tolerated no
The Macster
Well-known member
It looks like it has actually been deleted, not just locked - why is that? It's not like it was doing anything wrong, we weren't slandering him or anything.
Anyway, have you complained to the eBay PowerSeller programme about it?
Anyway, have you complained to the eBay PowerSeller programme about it?
The Macster
Well-known member
We did have one but it got locked pretty quickly, at fear of being sued I think.
The Macster
Well-known member
I guess so, as it's only one side of a story that is being posted. I don't see that it's a problem as long as only the facts of what actually happened are posted though.
II2II
Well-known member
The problem with slander vs. non-slander is properly documenting the "truth".
I have a friend who wants to ensure that people are aware of the conduct of a medical doctor. In order to do so she collected dozens of references from reputable sources and posted them with no interpretation of the details. That doctor would have a hard time touching her.
On the other hand, saying that "blah emailed me blah" is much harder to prove (emails can be lost or forged). There is also a lot of interpretation of the facts. So the whole thing reduces to us vs. them. In other words, it could end up a legal mess.
Then again, it may not have anything to do with the law either. Such vengeance threads would just diminish the repute of our forums.
I have a friend who wants to ensure that people are aware of the conduct of a medical doctor. In order to do so she collected dozens of references from reputable sources and posted them with no interpretation of the details. That doctor would have a hard time touching her.
On the other hand, saying that "blah emailed me blah" is much harder to prove (emails can be lost or forged). There is also a lot of interpretation of the facts. So the whole thing reduces to us vs. them. In other words, it could end up a legal mess.
Then again, it may not have anything to do with the law either. Such vengeance threads would just diminish the repute of our forums.
I think overall, it's a pass on any eBay scam forums. Often the idea is to post your successes on eBay, not the hundreds of failures that happen every day.
Agreed with II2II, vengeance threads just make the forum look and feel dreadful overall. Sometimes they're warranted, like in Puckman's case when it was a long running known issue, but I consider it a one-off, not something that needs to be posted on a frequent basis.
Agreed with II2II, vengeance threads just make the forum look and feel dreadful overall. Sometimes they're warranted, like in Puckman's case when it was a long running known issue, but I consider it a one-off, not something that needs to be posted on a frequent basis.
