Ramjet
Somewhere,#2Consumer Comment
Wed, October 14, 2009
OMG, it's just an internet forum. If you don't like the way it's run, drop out and move on. It's really not that important, Honest!
James Webb
Rockville Centre,#3General Comment
Tue, October 13, 2009
Explain the specific clause about being allowed to listen in on private investigations, explain who decides when a member is "under investigation", who oversees the investigation, at what point it can be decided that you can listen in on private conversations and where on your website you explain all of this so members know that private messages aren't always private. Also explain the legality of your actions. As for your stupid metaphor about someone witnessing a murder...apples and bowling balls. If someone was illegally tapping someone phones and heard a crime was to be committed that evidence would not be admissable in court. Otherwise warrents wouldnt need to be obtained to tap phones, and the police could operate like your website and listen in on anyone they deem to be "under investigation". Witnessing a murder is not the same as hearing or in this case seeing some communication that is assumed to be private.
GunsNLipstick
Bradenton,#4Author of original report
Tue, October 13, 2009
The site owner made it all sound very sinister. Investigation. Conspiracy. Wow!
There was no conspiracy and there was no investigation. There are no rules that say a PM can be read to "ascertain the truth". The rebuttal was one large falsehood from start to finish.
The facts are simple:
1. He was reading my PRIVATE messages.
2. He didn't like what I said about the site administrator.
There you have it. Had my private messages not been read he would never have known that I was not complimentary toward his site admin.
Whenshtf.com
Port St Lucie,#5REBUTTAL Owner of company
Thu, September 24, 2009
The "Super Moderator" who is bitching and moaning here is, as usual, giving one side of the story. She left out the parts how she was under investigation for releasing PRIVATE information from a secure area of the site to another non-staff member she was conspiring with. There IS a clause in the Moderators Code Of Conduct, which states this is a gross violation of the rules. There is also a clause in it stating that during the course of an internal investigation PM's may be read as to ascertain the truth. This girl is clearly floundering, pissed off that she got caught read handed breaking the rules and being punished for it. Her defense when I brought what she had done to her was "You weren't supposed to see it!"...Uh...HELLO...Like I have said in the past, thats like shooting someone to death and telling the judge that the witness wasn't supposed to see you.