I want to complain about a forum before I get a lawyer

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Baker75
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I want to complain about a forum before I get a lawyer

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This site is the STLToday newspaper forum. I was unfarily booted 2 weeks ago. Now the moderator is letting the other users post libelous posts about me. What can I do. I want to make a formal complaint.
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Post by Ambush Commander »

Err... I think that this is the wrong forum for your post.

Why exactly where you booted?
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Moved to General Discussion.
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Post by feyd »

"Thread of the year" +1


:roll:

complaining about a newspaper forum, on a programming forum... uh.. yeah.
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Post by hawleyjr »

Feyd??? Are you back????
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hawleyjr wrote:Feyd??? Are you back????
I'll say this once.. maybe. :)
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Good man, welcome back. How is the new job?
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Post by Baker75 »

Ambush Commander wrote:Err... I think that this is the wrong forum for your post.

Why exactly where you booted?
here was another guy who wouldn't leave me alone so the mod booted us both.
They boot you every everything and without warning there. Here is the site.

http://forums.stltoday.com/viewforum.ph ... 0ecbdf68a5

The guy is back under another name.Any suggestions?
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Post by John Cartwright »

I don't think you can do anything about you being booted as noted in the terms and conditions when registering on their site.
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Post by Roja »

Baker75 wrote:Any suggestions?
Several.

First, don't complain about a totally unrelated forum here, where no one can do anything about it.

Second, email the site admin (once!) and politely ask why you were kicked/banned from the site. You may not agree with the reason, but if you understand it, you can avoid doing it again.

Third, re-read the terms and services. YOU agreed to give them those exact abilities and rights by using their site, and signing up. You have *zero* legal grounds.

In short, suck it up. Online forums can be a humbling experience for many.
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