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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 1892 Views
Yes. - 20/09/2009 11:56:22 AM 1214 Views
Sorry wrong place. *NM* - 20/09/2009 05:31:27 PM 584 Views
Yes - 20/09/2009 01:12:18 PM 1142 Views
No. *NM* - 20/09/2009 01:26:48 PM 581 Views
No, I prefer to see them after the 27th. - 20/09/2009 01:42:38 PM 976 Views
They don't have to read them if they don't want to *NM* - 21/09/2009 01:54:30 AM 602 Views
NO! *NM* - 20/09/2009 02:05:47 PM 632 Views
No *NM* - 20/09/2009 02:22:15 PM 712 Views
Yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 03:08:41 PM 643 Views
Yes please! *NM* - 20/09/2009 03:40:41 PM 647 Views
NO *NM* - 20/09/2009 04:16:55 PM 601 Views
Yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 04:17:32 PM 645 Views
Re: Do you guys want pre-release reviews on this board? - 20/09/2009 05:33:49 PM 989 Views
I just hate getting interupted. even if I'm at work *NM* - 21/09/2009 06:12:13 PM 577 Views
Sorry wrong place *NM* - 21/09/2009 06:12:54 PM 582 Views
We need them to maintain the spike in activity. - 20/09/2009 05:34:14 PM 1112 Views
YES. *NM* - 20/09/2009 05:44:48 PM 596 Views
Can anyone who voted no explain why? - 20/09/2009 05:51:51 PM 1013 Views
Yes, why not? - 20/09/2009 06:18:42 PM 1315 Views
Yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 06:30:54 PM 577 Views
Yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 06:39:34 PM 566 Views
Yes. I see no reason not to. *NM* - 20/09/2009 07:08:47 PM 571 Views
No, I'll just read them and then go regretting it *NM* - 20/09/2009 07:18:27 PM 619 Views
Yes! - 20/09/2009 07:30:59 PM 1019 Views
yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 07:46:37 PM 636 Views
Yes - 20/09/2009 08:34:03 PM 954 Views
Yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 10:08:42 PM 578 Views
Yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 10:17:51 PM 588 Views
Yes- Give ppl the option to see the reviews *NM* - 21/09/2009 12:03:27 AM 575 Views
Yes *NM* - 21/09/2009 12:33:13 AM 547 Views
I vote yes. - 21/09/2009 04:21:28 AM 1051 Views
Yes - 21/09/2009 06:12:37 AM 999 Views
Yes - 21/09/2009 09:32:56 AM 987 Views
Yes. Don't click the link if you don't want to read it. *NM* - 21/09/2009 02:39:16 PM 618 Views
No - 21/09/2009 06:15:19 PM 1068 Views
I think you missread the rules... - 21/09/2009 08:24:22 PM 1526 Views
so you want to give the admins all kinds of extra work? - 22/09/2009 02:16:56 AM 1048 Views
I'm strongly against it - 22/09/2009 05:06:13 AM 1240 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 1143 Views
Re: I'm strongly against it - 22/09/2009 11:45:26 AM 1057 Views
So are you going to be the one to enforce this? - 22/09/2009 12:03:16 PM 998 Views
Re: So are you going to be the one to enforce this? - 22/09/2009 12:16:57 PM 1182 Views
Re: So are you going to be the one to enforce this? - 22/09/2009 12:42:55 PM 1418 Views
Re: So are you going to be the one to enforce this? - 22/09/2009 01:20:58 PM 1033 Views
Re: I'm strongly against it - 22/09/2009 02:39:55 PM 1201 Views
As I mentioned elsewhere - 22/09/2009 02:51:00 PM 937 Views
I had no idea about these legalities. - 22/09/2009 05:44:18 PM 1023 Views
Re: I had no idea about these legalities. - 22/09/2009 06:25:20 PM 920 Views
Good to know. - 22/09/2009 10:19:57 PM 1143 Views
I'm shitfitng to no too. Hope more people change their votes. - 22/09/2009 10:34:22 PM 1253 Views
Re: Good to know. - 22/09/2009 11:01:35 PM 1033 Views
Interesting - 23/09/2009 12:16:38 AM 1126 Views
How much is that infamous COT review to blame? - 24/09/2009 05:01:29 AM 929 Views
Well, Rand IS a transvestite - not exactly a spoiler anymore. - 22/09/2009 08:29:12 AM 1006 Views
No, no, no, no, no! *NM* - 21/09/2009 06:31:22 PM 554 Views
You're going to ban/forbid spoiler filled reviews? Weak. - 22/09/2009 08:26:15 AM 988 Views
Ever hear of Napster? - 22/09/2009 12:11:02 PM 923 Views
But that only applies to piracy of the actual book itself. - 23/09/2009 12:36:35 AM 1124 Views
Sounds right to me. - 23/09/2009 12:27:57 PM 1211 Views
Thank you for the clarification. - 23/09/2009 07:04:13 PM 975 Views
Re: But that only applies to piracy of the actual book itself. - 23/09/2009 07:33:11 PM 1277 Views
Re: But that only applies to piracy of the actual book itself. - 27/09/2009 02:41:11 AM 1094 Views
Re: But that only applies to piracy of the actual book itself. - 28/09/2009 07:53:46 PM 1003 Views
Baloney. The two are not related at all. *NM* - 23/09/2009 07:00:47 PM 595 Views
Yes, as long as no-spoiler policy is employed. *NM* - 23/09/2009 12:04:41 AM 561 Views
No *NM* - 25/09/2009 07:05:03 AM 567 Views

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