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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 1787 Views
Yes. - 20/09/2009 11:56:22 AM 1129 Views
Sorry wrong place. *NM* - 20/09/2009 05:31:27 PM 546 Views
Yes - 20/09/2009 01:12:18 PM 1062 Views
No. *NM* - 20/09/2009 01:26:48 PM 544 Views
No, I prefer to see them after the 27th. - 20/09/2009 01:42:38 PM 910 Views
They don't have to read them if they don't want to *NM* - 21/09/2009 01:54:30 AM 542 Views
NO! *NM* - 20/09/2009 02:05:47 PM 594 Views
No *NM* - 20/09/2009 02:22:15 PM 660 Views
Yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 03:08:41 PM 595 Views
Yes please! *NM* - 20/09/2009 03:40:41 PM 601 Views
NO *NM* - 20/09/2009 04:16:55 PM 543 Views
Yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 04:17:32 PM 590 Views
Re: Do you guys want pre-release reviews on this board? - 20/09/2009 05:33:49 PM 920 Views
I just hate getting interupted. even if I'm at work *NM* - 21/09/2009 06:12:13 PM 536 Views
Sorry wrong place *NM* - 21/09/2009 06:12:54 PM 548 Views
We need them to maintain the spike in activity. - 20/09/2009 05:34:14 PM 1040 Views
YES. *NM* - 20/09/2009 05:44:48 PM 556 Views
Can anyone who voted no explain why? - 20/09/2009 05:51:51 PM 938 Views
Yes, why not? - 20/09/2009 06:18:42 PM 1235 Views
Yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 06:30:54 PM 523 Views
Yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 06:39:34 PM 529 Views
Yes. I see no reason not to. *NM* - 20/09/2009 07:08:47 PM 534 Views
No, I'll just read them and then go regretting it *NM* - 20/09/2009 07:18:27 PM 581 Views
Yes! - 20/09/2009 07:30:59 PM 939 Views
yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 07:46:37 PM 587 Views
Yes - 20/09/2009 08:34:03 PM 877 Views
Yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 10:08:42 PM 539 Views
Yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 10:17:51 PM 541 Views
Yes- Give ppl the option to see the reviews *NM* - 21/09/2009 12:03:27 AM 535 Views
Yes *NM* - 21/09/2009 12:33:13 AM 513 Views
I vote yes. - 21/09/2009 04:21:28 AM 973 Views
Yes - 21/09/2009 06:12:37 AM 929 Views
Yes - 21/09/2009 09:32:56 AM 920 Views
Yes. Don't click the link if you don't want to read it. *NM* - 21/09/2009 02:39:16 PM 569 Views
No - 21/09/2009 06:15:19 PM 999 Views
I think you missread the rules... - 21/09/2009 08:24:22 PM 1461 Views
so you want to give the admins all kinds of extra work? - 22/09/2009 02:16:56 AM 975 Views
I'm strongly against it - 22/09/2009 05:06:13 AM 1134 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 1055 Views
Re: I'm strongly against it - 22/09/2009 11:45:26 AM 965 Views
So are you going to be the one to enforce this? - 22/09/2009 12:03:16 PM 937 Views
Re: So are you going to be the one to enforce this? - 22/09/2009 12:16:57 PM 1103 Views
Re: So are you going to be the one to enforce this? - 22/09/2009 12:42:55 PM 1345 Views
Re: So are you going to be the one to enforce this? - 22/09/2009 01:20:58 PM 935 Views
Re: I'm strongly against it - 22/09/2009 02:39:55 PM 1115 Views
As I mentioned elsewhere - 22/09/2009 02:51:00 PM 858 Views
I had no idea about these legalities. - 22/09/2009 05:44:18 PM 930 Views
Re: I had no idea about these legalities. - 22/09/2009 06:25:20 PM 834 Views
Good to know. - 22/09/2009 10:19:57 PM 1054 Views
I'm shitfitng to no too. Hope more people change their votes. - 22/09/2009 10:34:22 PM 1163 Views
Re: Good to know. - 22/09/2009 11:01:35 PM 967 Views
Interesting - 23/09/2009 12:16:38 AM 1058 Views
How much is that infamous COT review to blame? - 24/09/2009 05:01:29 AM 852 Views
Well, Rand IS a transvestite - not exactly a spoiler anymore. - 22/09/2009 08:29:12 AM 941 Views
No, no, no, no, no! *NM* - 21/09/2009 06:31:22 PM 513 Views
You're going to ban/forbid spoiler filled reviews? Weak. - 22/09/2009 08:26:15 AM 906 Views
Ever hear of Napster? - 22/09/2009 12:11:02 PM 866 Views
But that only applies to piracy of the actual book itself. - 23/09/2009 12:36:35 AM 1040 Views
Sounds right to me. - 23/09/2009 12:27:57 PM 1123 Views
Thank you for the clarification. - 23/09/2009 07:04:13 PM 919 Views
Re: But that only applies to piracy of the actual book itself. - 23/09/2009 07:33:11 PM 1203 Views
Re: But that only applies to piracy of the actual book itself. - 27/09/2009 02:41:11 AM 988 Views
Re: But that only applies to piracy of the actual book itself. - 28/09/2009 07:53:46 PM 927 Views
Baloney. The two are not related at all. *NM* - 23/09/2009 07:00:47 PM 560 Views
Yes, as long as no-spoiler policy is employed. *NM* - 23/09/2009 12:04:41 AM 517 Views
No *NM* - 25/09/2009 07:05:03 AM 527 Views

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