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Brett_Tabke - 8:14 pm on Mar 26, 2009 (gmt 0)

Thanks card_demon. You know, within about 30 seconds of hearing of the problem over there, I immediately thought of our policy here and wondered how much grief it had saved us and the community.

The poloicy is in place to stop the various issues out of our control:

someones vendetta against a company,
people from using us as the public feedback system trying to get someones attention.
random acts of flaming.
unstable individuals (trust me, we are dealing with several on going ones that are certifiable - including life threats).
legally dubious issues out of our area of expertise.
to provide a safe environment for all members to participate without fear. From the search engine rep to the hyper aggressive anti search engine rep - as long as it is civil discourse and legal, they have a place here.

In short, we are not here to be used as a platform for resolving or pursuing disputes. No one wants to visit a site full of complaints about this company or that company. It lowers the overall quality of the discussions if you let that in the general message base.

I think that is the bulk of it, but I am sure there are incidents and issues that escape my thoughts right now, as it was one of the widest ranging parts of the tos.

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