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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 1925 Views
Yes. - 20/09/2009 11:56:22 AM 1249 Views
Sorry wrong place. *NM* - 20/09/2009 05:31:27 PM 608 Views
Yes - 20/09/2009 01:12:18 PM 1179 Views
No. *NM* - 20/09/2009 01:26:48 PM 597 Views
No, I prefer to see them after the 27th. - 20/09/2009 01:42:38 PM 1006 Views
They don't have to read them if they don't want to *NM* - 21/09/2009 01:54:30 AM 645 Views
NO! *NM* - 20/09/2009 02:05:47 PM 656 Views
No *NM* - 20/09/2009 02:22:15 PM 732 Views
Yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 03:08:41 PM 659 Views
Yes please! *NM* - 20/09/2009 03:40:41 PM 665 Views
NO *NM* - 20/09/2009 04:16:55 PM 628 Views
Yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 04:17:32 PM 672 Views
Re: Do you guys want pre-release reviews on this board? - 20/09/2009 05:33:49 PM 1030 Views
I just hate getting interupted. even if I'm at work *NM* - 21/09/2009 06:12:13 PM 597 Views
Sorry wrong place *NM* - 21/09/2009 06:12:54 PM 607 Views
We need them to maintain the spike in activity. - 20/09/2009 05:34:14 PM 1146 Views
YES. *NM* - 20/09/2009 05:44:48 PM 619 Views
Can anyone who voted no explain why? - 20/09/2009 05:51:51 PM 1041 Views
Yes, why not? - 20/09/2009 06:18:42 PM 1355 Views
Yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 06:30:54 PM 614 Views
Yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 06:39:34 PM 587 Views
Yes. I see no reason not to. *NM* - 20/09/2009 07:08:47 PM 590 Views
No, I'll just read them and then go regretting it *NM* - 20/09/2009 07:18:27 PM 636 Views
Yes! - 20/09/2009 07:30:59 PM 1065 Views
yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 07:46:37 PM 660 Views
Yes - 20/09/2009 08:34:03 PM 984 Views
Yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 10:08:42 PM 596 Views
Yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 10:17:51 PM 609 Views
Yes- Give ppl the option to see the reviews *NM* - 21/09/2009 12:03:27 AM 597 Views
Yes *NM* - 21/09/2009 12:33:13 AM 572 Views
I vote yes. - 21/09/2009 04:21:28 AM 1103 Views
Yes - 21/09/2009 06:12:37 AM 1036 Views
Yes - 21/09/2009 09:32:56 AM 1023 Views
Yes. Don't click the link if you don't want to read it. *NM* - 21/09/2009 02:39:16 PM 644 Views
No - 21/09/2009 06:15:19 PM 1118 Views
I think you missread the rules... - 21/09/2009 08:24:22 PM 1556 Views
so you want to give the admins all kinds of extra work? - 22/09/2009 02:16:56 AM 1092 Views
I'm strongly against it - 22/09/2009 05:06:13 AM 1275 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 1192 Views
Re: I'm strongly against it - 22/09/2009 11:45:26 AM 1096 Views
So are you going to be the one to enforce this? - 22/09/2009 12:03:16 PM 1025 Views
Re: So are you going to be the one to enforce this? - 22/09/2009 12:16:57 PM 1214 Views
Re: So are you going to be the one to enforce this? - 22/09/2009 12:42:55 PM 1452 Views
Re: So are you going to be the one to enforce this? - 22/09/2009 01:20:58 PM 1081 Views
Re: I'm strongly against it - 22/09/2009 02:39:55 PM 1242 Views
As I mentioned elsewhere - 22/09/2009 02:51:00 PM 968 Views
I had no idea about these legalities. - 22/09/2009 05:44:18 PM 1061 Views
Re: I had no idea about these legalities. - 22/09/2009 06:25:20 PM 965 Views
Good to know. - 22/09/2009 10:19:57 PM 1187 Views
I'm shitfitng to no too. Hope more people change their votes. - 22/09/2009 10:34:22 PM 1293 Views
Re: Good to know. - 22/09/2009 11:01:35 PM 1074 Views
Interesting - 23/09/2009 12:16:38 AM 1153 Views
How much is that infamous COT review to blame? - 24/09/2009 05:01:29 AM 968 Views
Well, Rand IS a transvestite - not exactly a spoiler anymore. - 22/09/2009 08:29:12 AM 1040 Views
No, no, no, no, no! *NM* - 21/09/2009 06:31:22 PM 580 Views
You're going to ban/forbid spoiler filled reviews? Weak. - 22/09/2009 08:26:15 AM 1028 Views
Ever hear of Napster? - 22/09/2009 12:11:02 PM 950 Views
But that only applies to piracy of the actual book itself. - 23/09/2009 12:36:35 AM 1157 Views
Sounds right to me. - 23/09/2009 12:27:57 PM 1249 Views
Thank you for the clarification. - 23/09/2009 07:04:13 PM 1007 Views
Re: But that only applies to piracy of the actual book itself. - 23/09/2009 07:33:11 PM 1309 Views
Re: But that only applies to piracy of the actual book itself. - 27/09/2009 02:41:11 AM 1132 Views
Re: But that only applies to piracy of the actual book itself. - 28/09/2009 07:53:46 PM 1043 Views
Baloney. The two are not related at all. *NM* - 23/09/2009 07:00:47 PM 612 Views
Yes, as long as no-spoiler policy is employed. *NM* - 23/09/2009 12:04:41 AM 578 Views
No *NM* - 25/09/2009 07:05:03 AM 581 Views

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