An open letter to Mat Sklansky

[daveymck]

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I really can't see how 2+2 could get into legal problems because of OOT. It's not like anyone's posting kiddie porn in here. I'm pretty sure they can't be held responsible for anything posted in OOT.

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I think are wrong as the hosts they can be held accountable, a football site I post on has had a number of problems with litigation threats due to people posting photos from matches as well as links to a site a user was using to host the goals ripped from a tv show. They have also reported some users to their employers and colleges for some extreme postings.

Personally I think OOT was doing fine things have gone pear shaped since moderation came in all we seem to talk about is moderation, the majority of the current advertisers form what I see are current or ex posters on the forum I dont see any major multi nationals with adverts here maybe they are wanting to expand the advertising streams.

[gumpzilla]

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I'm sure the Times would sue their asses off for such a horrible violation of copyright laws.

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While it's unlikely, I think it's certainly possible and thus it's a relatively substantial risk, particularly when you can easily fix it by just posting outside links.

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You can not afford to listen to bad advice.

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You best chickity check yourself before you wreck yourself.

[trying2learn]

there was a post here a second ago that i was going to respond to...and then it was gone. i didn't feel that it was offensive in any way, but in the effort to not get deleted myself i won't rehash it. curious however.

[Indiana]

ThinMan,

Im not afraid to speak my mind so here goes: You've been an [censored] this week.

The end. Indy

[BottlesOf]

Some good stuff in there, but if you want to attract advertising revenue, I wouldn't worry about not "scaring them," I'd try and update my site beyond 1999 standards, and support third-party ad serving. I'd also develop a media kit. The site needs to have IAB standard ad units that aren't piled on top of each other. It needs to look better. If twoplustwo.com is going to generate significant ad revenue it needs a significant overhaul on the front and backends. I've seen no signs that this is anyone's intent at 2+2.

[imported_anacardo]

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ThinMan,

Im not afraid to speak my mind so here goes: You've been an [censored] this week.

The end. Indy

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This week? It's his MO. Anonymous Internet Hater. Every other post is "consider killing yourself."

[mslif]

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Problem 1) avoid litigation

Earlier today a poster with only 1 year of law school under her belt represented herself as a legal expert. This is highly dangerous for a multitude of reasons. First of all it was very poor advice. Second she was giving law advice, representing herself as an expert, without a license. You can not afford to listen to bad advice. Going too lenient will eventually land you with a lawsuit. Becoming too strict will push away posters which will make you lose advertisement revenue. Both situations are a losing scenario.

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This was a very good post Wacki.
The above-mentioned is what shocked me the most. This forum is entirely too big for them not to have legal counsel. The owner of this site needs to know what can and cannot be posted. Trusting other posters or moderators is not merely enough (nothing against you or the other mods but you do not have any kind of legal background), and trusting a one-year law student is madeness.
I hope your post makes a difference.

[sthief09]

uh poker you [censored] idiot?

[Mat Sklansky]

We have legal counsel.

I deleted the bride thread after locking it because I'm sick of people coming on here and being ungrateful little pricks. I would have unlocked it after It was clear that the picture wasn't someone's private snapshot, but people expecting that I should go to great efforts to research a single thread is silly. If something seems questionabble to me, it will be deleted or locked. At least locked, I can be privately notified that I am in error.

Ultimately we are still in the bookselling business and when I tell potential customers (who don't really know who we are), say from Canada, to come check out this site, I don't necessarily want them to read post titles like best "blowjobs" and open up threads talking about cocks being chewed up by girls with braces.

If that makes sense, great. Help me out by not going out of your way to offend. You people have thousands of posts in this forum. It must mean something to you. If you don't like it; if you think I'm an idiot, go get your own forum.

In fact, for 10,000 per month, you can rent one of ours.

Mat