AndrewCS
Active member
Thank you Alan / Peter
1.4 We are advised that, if damages were sought in law for injurious posts, not only the original poster but the system provider, Club, Forum Moderators and Admin could be at risk. The Club will not accept such exposure, nor considers it acceptable for the Forum Admin and Moderators to be put at personal risk. As we do not have the resource to establish if potentially libellous posts are true, or otherwise, any post which may be considered injurious will be deleted without warning.
Given that 1.4 is the governing factor and that the threatening, murky world of subjective interpretation legality rules - for direct Forum use there appears little chance of an alternative solution. By direct Forum use I mean ... the easy access - get it off one`s chest rant that the emotion of the concern, perceived injustice triggers.
For any solution that would allow for open, informative notice we need to get away from an up front `name and shame` stigma.
As an example, would the following posting `work` ...
" Recently had a poor experience at named dealer - provider - supplier ... details available by private contact "
" Recently had a poor experience at unnamed dealer - provider - supplier ... details available by private contact "
Whilst the contact would be by PM the fact that the post in itself is not injurious may work but could ultimately be revealed under detailed legal CSI scrutiny ?
If something like this is acceptable, how could people be informed / encouraged to use it ... []
1.4 We are advised that, if damages were sought in law for injurious posts, not only the original poster but the system provider, Club, Forum Moderators and Admin could be at risk. The Club will not accept such exposure, nor considers it acceptable for the Forum Admin and Moderators to be put at personal risk. As we do not have the resource to establish if potentially libellous posts are true, or otherwise, any post which may be considered injurious will be deleted without warning.
Given that 1.4 is the governing factor and that the threatening, murky world of subjective interpretation legality rules - for direct Forum use there appears little chance of an alternative solution. By direct Forum use I mean ... the easy access - get it off one`s chest rant that the emotion of the concern, perceived injustice triggers.
For any solution that would allow for open, informative notice we need to get away from an up front `name and shame` stigma.
As an example, would the following posting `work` ...
" Recently had a poor experience at named dealer - provider - supplier ... details available by private contact "
" Recently had a poor experience at unnamed dealer - provider - supplier ... details available by private contact "
Whilst the contact would be by PM the fact that the post in itself is not injurious may work but could ultimately be revealed under detailed legal CSI scrutiny ?
If something like this is acceptable, how could people be informed / encouraged to use it ... [
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