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

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 12:32 pm
by Baker75
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.

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 12:46 pm
by Ambush Commander
Err... I think that this is the wrong forum for your post.

Why exactly where you booted?

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 12:54 pm
by John Cartwright
Moved to General Discussion.

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 8:40 pm
by feyd
"Thread of the year" +1


:roll:

complaining about a newspaper forum, on a programming forum... uh.. yeah.

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 8:42 pm
by hawleyjr
Feyd??? Are you back????

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 8:43 pm
by feyd
hawleyjr wrote:Feyd??? Are you back????
I'll say this once.. maybe. :)

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 8:45 pm
by hawleyjr
Good man, welcome back. How is the new job?

Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 1:59 pm
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?

Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 2:47 pm
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.

Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 2:59 pm
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.