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Re: So are you going to be the one to enforce this? RandAllThor Send a noteboard - 22/09/2009 01:20:58 PM
So I ask you again, are YOU personally willing to be the one to make sure the reviewers provide proof? Or are you just willing to give others more work?


I've changed my perspective on the issue. On further reflection, I don't think any proof should be necessary at all since I feel the authenticity/reputation issue (the issue that proof relates to) is a moot one-- the site won't be vauching for the accuracy, content, or authenticity of the reviews, so the site itself can hardly be blamed for any BS reviews. Faulting a site for a false review that one of its members posts would be like saying a message board as a whole is utter garbage because one member posted the most absurd theory imaginable there. (If I made a post at Dragonmount theorizing that Alivia killed Osmodean, could one logically conclude that the site as a whole is disreputable on the basis of one clearly bogus theory?) Do you yourself think proof should be necessary given the lack of any trouble in the past with an extremely lax spoiler-free review policy at wotmania?

Again are you willing to police the reviews to be sure they are spoiler free? Sid said he wouldn't, and I don't blame him. And I never said that RAFO members would be leagally responsible, and if I inadvertantly gave that impression I apologize; but RAFO as an website may be subject to shutdown.


If that would resolve the matter, sure, I would be fine with reading through the reviews to make sure they're spoiler free.

At the end of the day, I think this issue is one for Ben and the other mods to decide since this is their site. As I said in my last post, if they see a real possibility of being sued or shut down over allowing reviews to be posted, I say it absolutely isn't worth the bother. If the main issue is just one of preserving the reputation or credibility of the site, though, I personally don't think there is an issue there at all.
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Do you guys want pre-release reviews on this board? - 20/09/2009 08:40:03 AM 2166 Views
Yes. - 20/09/2009 11:56:22 AM 1523 Views
Sorry wrong place. *NM* - 20/09/2009 05:31:27 PM 749 Views
Yes - 20/09/2009 01:12:18 PM 1423 Views
No. *NM* - 20/09/2009 01:26:48 PM 753 Views
No, I prefer to see them after the 27th. - 20/09/2009 01:42:38 PM 1232 Views
They don't have to read them if they don't want to *NM* - 21/09/2009 01:54:30 AM 764 Views
NO! *NM* - 20/09/2009 02:05:47 PM 789 Views
No *NM* - 20/09/2009 02:22:15 PM 914 Views
Yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 03:08:41 PM 812 Views
Yes please! *NM* - 20/09/2009 03:40:41 PM 795 Views
NO *NM* - 20/09/2009 04:16:55 PM 774 Views
Yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 04:17:32 PM 810 Views
Re: Do you guys want pre-release reviews on this board? - 20/09/2009 05:33:49 PM 1297 Views
I just hate getting interupted. even if I'm at work *NM* - 21/09/2009 06:12:13 PM 736 Views
Sorry wrong place *NM* - 21/09/2009 06:12:54 PM 738 Views
We need them to maintain the spike in activity. - 20/09/2009 05:34:14 PM 1399 Views
YES. *NM* - 20/09/2009 05:44:48 PM 769 Views
Can anyone who voted no explain why? - 20/09/2009 05:51:51 PM 1268 Views
Yes, why not? - 20/09/2009 06:18:42 PM 1635 Views
Yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 06:30:54 PM 742 Views
Yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 06:39:34 PM 726 Views
Yes. I see no reason not to. *NM* - 20/09/2009 07:08:47 PM 726 Views
No, I'll just read them and then go regretting it *NM* - 20/09/2009 07:18:27 PM 766 Views
Yes! - 20/09/2009 07:30:59 PM 1292 Views
yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 07:46:37 PM 801 Views
Yes - 20/09/2009 08:34:03 PM 1217 Views
Yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 10:08:42 PM 715 Views
Yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 10:17:51 PM 760 Views
Yes- Give ppl the option to see the reviews *NM* - 21/09/2009 12:03:27 AM 736 Views
Yes *NM* - 21/09/2009 12:33:13 AM 691 Views
I vote yes. - 21/09/2009 04:21:28 AM 1394 Views
Yes - 21/09/2009 06:12:37 AM 1291 Views
Yes - 21/09/2009 09:32:56 AM 1270 Views
Yes. Don't click the link if you don't want to read it. *NM* - 21/09/2009 02:39:16 PM 797 Views
No - 21/09/2009 06:15:19 PM 1350 Views
I think you missread the rules... - 21/09/2009 08:24:22 PM 1813 Views
so you want to give the admins all kinds of extra work? - 22/09/2009 02:16:56 AM 1353 Views
I'm strongly against it - 22/09/2009 05:06:13 AM 1512 Views
I hadn't thought about all that, you should have made some kind of pros and cons list - 22/09/2009 08:53:39 AM 1467 Views
Re: I'm strongly against it - 22/09/2009 11:45:26 AM 1355 Views
So are you going to be the one to enforce this? - 22/09/2009 12:03:16 PM 1261 Views
Re: So are you going to be the one to enforce this? - 22/09/2009 12:16:57 PM 1479 Views
Re: So are you going to be the one to enforce this? - 22/09/2009 12:42:55 PM 1682 Views
Re: So are you going to be the one to enforce this? - 22/09/2009 01:20:58 PM 1339 Views
Re: I'm strongly against it - 22/09/2009 02:39:55 PM 1505 Views
As I mentioned elsewhere - 22/09/2009 02:51:00 PM 1177 Views
I had no idea about these legalities. - 22/09/2009 05:44:18 PM 1303 Views
Re: I had no idea about these legalities. - 22/09/2009 06:25:20 PM 1240 Views
Good to know. - 22/09/2009 10:19:57 PM 1455 Views
I'm shitfitng to no too. Hope more people change their votes. - 22/09/2009 10:34:22 PM 1554 Views
Re: Good to know. - 22/09/2009 11:01:35 PM 1322 Views
Interesting - 23/09/2009 12:16:38 AM 1445 Views
How much is that infamous COT review to blame? - 24/09/2009 05:01:29 AM 1240 Views
Well, Rand IS a transvestite - not exactly a spoiler anymore. - 22/09/2009 08:29:12 AM 1266 Views
No, no, no, no, no! *NM* - 21/09/2009 06:31:22 PM 694 Views
You're going to ban/forbid spoiler filled reviews? Weak. - 22/09/2009 08:26:15 AM 1306 Views
Ever hear of Napster? - 22/09/2009 12:11:02 PM 1200 Views
But that only applies to piracy of the actual book itself. - 23/09/2009 12:36:35 AM 1446 Views
Sounds right to me. - 23/09/2009 12:27:57 PM 1541 Views
Thank you for the clarification. - 23/09/2009 07:04:13 PM 1219 Views
Re: But that only applies to piracy of the actual book itself. - 23/09/2009 07:33:11 PM 1594 Views
Re: But that only applies to piracy of the actual book itself. - 27/09/2009 02:41:11 AM 1410 Views
Re: But that only applies to piracy of the actual book itself. - 28/09/2009 07:53:46 PM 1289 Views
Baloney. The two are not related at all. *NM* - 23/09/2009 07:00:47 PM 735 Views
Yes, as long as no-spoiler policy is employed. *NM* - 23/09/2009 12:04:41 AM 733 Views
No *NM* - 25/09/2009 07:05:03 AM 703 Views

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