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.
Do you guys want pre-release reviews on this board?
- 20/09/2009 08:40:03 AM
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No, if people want to review the book, they can do it on their own blogs. *NM*
- 20/09/2009 09:27:18 AM
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Yes. Visitors who don't want them should simply avoid reading them. *NM*
- 20/09/2009 02:42:15 PM
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If it's going to be in a separate section, and it's spoiler free, why is "NO" even an option?
- 20/09/2009 05:04:11 PM
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Absolutley! ^ If they don't want to read that section then it shouldn't be a problem. *NM*
- 21/09/2009 04:24:37 AM
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Re: Do you guys want pre-release reviews on this board?
- 20/09/2009 05:33:49 PM
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Yes-- reviews are an essential part of any fanpage-- People have the option not to read them though *NM*
- 20/09/2009 06:53:42 PM
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Why is No even an option? there supposedly wont be spoilers duh *NM*
- 20/09/2009 11:40:37 PM
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Yes. If a review is clearly marked as such, please who don't want to read it don't have to. *NM*
- 21/09/2009 12:59:54 PM
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If they are quarantined in an announced post, I don't see and problem for me, so yes I guess
- 21/09/2009 01:09:41 PM
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No
- 21/09/2009 06:15:19 PM
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I think you missread the rules...
- 21/09/2009 08:24:22 PM
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so you want to give the admins all kinds of extra work?
- 22/09/2009 02:16:56 AM
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I'm strongly against it
- 22/09/2009 05:06:13 AM
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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
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- 22/09/2009 08:53:39 AM
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Re: I'm strongly against it
- 22/09/2009 11:45:26 AM
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So are you going to be the one to enforce this?
- 22/09/2009 12:03:16 PM
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Re: So are you going to be the one to enforce this?
- 22/09/2009 12:16:57 PM
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Re: So are you going to be the one to enforce this?
- 22/09/2009 12:42:55 PM
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Re: So are you going to be the one to enforce this?
- 22/09/2009 01:20:58 PM
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Re: I'm strongly against it
- 22/09/2009 02:39:55 PM
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I had no idea about these legalities.
- 22/09/2009 05:44:18 PM
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Re: I had no idea about these legalities.
- 22/09/2009 06:25:20 PM
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You're going to ban/forbid spoiler filled reviews? Weak.
- 22/09/2009 08:26:15 AM
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Ever hear of Napster?
- 22/09/2009 12:11:02 PM
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But that only applies to piracy of the actual book itself.
- 23/09/2009 12:36:35 AM
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Re: But that only applies to piracy of the actual book itself.
- 23/09/2009 07:33:11 PM
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