Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Curiouser 8Mar 26, 2007 11:24 pm NeilD I guess I'm going to have to ask the question outright. Does this forum, or at least, the people who run it, have some kind of vested interest, or at least some connection with, the company that gets no adverse comment in here. Why is it that only one company, that I know of, has to be blanked out whilst others can be named as being good, bad or whatever. I've been under the impression that this is an impartial forum. Am I wrong? To all members: I have PM'd the Administrator of this site to see if he wants to justify the comments made by NeilD, if he or she choses to. Might I suggest that unhelpful comments be made to the administrator via PM rather than via a posting such as this. You might want to look at the home page and check out some of the wonderful companies that do advertise on this forum. You might find that the organisation in question does not. You might also want to check my posting AND NOW FOR A POSITIVE STORY in the building forum that talks about this same organisation in a very positive light, yet the name is also blanked out there. So yes it does work both ways. ephinay wrote: "To be honest, it's really rather pathetic if it gets to a point that a building company is so insecure about what people might say on a message board that they can't stand to have their name displayed at all" To be honest, welcome to the new world of litigation. No I am not kidding, and yes I do see this in action on a weekly basis in my line of work. (I too am not a lawyer for the record!!) If you have heard of ambulance chasers, then you can imagine what a keyboard chaser is. Unfortunately this is the world we now live in, rightly or wrongly. NeilD for the record, I do NOT have any dealings, financial or other professional, with the organisation in question, apart from being a ex-customer of theirs, and am pretty disgusted at the insinuation. I would not compromise this board by doing so, and I believe that Homeone would not allow this to happen. I joined this forum like many people to learn about the building game. I am NOT paid by Homeone. I have put this comment here, rather than via PM, to prove this point to all who have read your posting. If you have any other questions about my impartiality, please PM me off the board. I look forward to NOT having to lock or delete this topic, but will do so in the interests of the site. The site owner may delete the entire post or the entire comment or the entire topic; it is their site, I ask that you all respect this. I stand by my previous post in the original Curious topic. Members, before you post any comment, please remember that this forum is a free service to you all, and that it is hoped that you enjoy it and benefit from it. But also remember that it is someone’s business, someone's livelihood, and that they have the right to protect their livelihood from anything that might harm it. I ask that you respect their livelihood, and their decisions. If you have any questions or feel you have issues with this, I ask that you PM the moderators. Enough said. Adrian B Re: Curiouser 9Mar 27, 2007 6:26 am Adrian B NeilD I guess I'm going to have to ask the question outright. Does this forum, or at least, the people who run it, have some kind of vested interest, or at least some connection with, the company that gets no adverse comment in here. Why is it that only one company, that I know of, has to be blanked out whilst others can be named as being good, bad or whatever. I've been under the impression that this is an impartial forum. Am I wrong? To all members: I have PM'd the Administrator of this site to see if he wants to justify the comments made by NeilD, if he or she choses to. Might I suggest that unhelpful comments be made to the administrator via PM rather than via a posting such as this. You might want to look at the home page and check out some of the wonderful companies that do advertise on this forum. You might find that the organisation in question does not. You might also want to check my posting AND NOW FOR A POSITIVE STORY in the building forum that talks about this same organisation in a very positive light, yet the name is also blanked out there. So yes it does work both ways. ephinay wrote: "To be honest, it's really rather pathetic if it gets to a point that a building company is so insecure about what people might say on a message board that they can't stand to have their name displayed at all" To be honest, welcome to the new world of litigation. No I am not kidding, and yes I do see this in action on a weekly basis in my line of work. (I too am not a lawyer for the record!!) If you have heard of ambulance chasers, then you can imagine what a keyboard chaser is. Unfortunately this is the world we now live in, rightly or wrongly. I was going to answer this in a PM as it's not my wish for this to turn into a slanging match via forum, however as you have chosen to answer in this way publicly, in the interests of fairness, so shall I. There WAS NO insinuation, just several pertinent questions. I realise that it's hard to convey emphases in writing and, taken out of context, my questions may well have seemed accusatory, but they were not, they were questions leading from an unexplained incident. If you care to read the whole of my posts you will read of my agreement on this whole topic of litigation. Without going back to it, I think I said something along the lines of not wanting to be in your shoes. NeilD for the record, I do NOT have any dealings, financial or other professional, with the organisation in question, apart from being a ex-customer of theirs, and am pretty disgusted at the insinuation. I would not compromise this board by doing so, and I believe that Homeone would not allow this to happen. I joined this forum like many people to learn about the building game. I am NOT paid by Homeone. I have put this comment here, rather than via PM, to prove this point to all who have read your posting. If you have any other questions about my impartiality, please PM me off the board. Thank you for answering that. It was really all that was required. In future I will PM you if I have questions of the nature. If my questioning has offended you in any way, you have my unreserved and sincere apologies. I did not however suggest in ANY way that you were being paid by anyone. I look forward to NOT having to lock or delete this topic, but will do so in the interests of the site. The site owner may delete the entire post or the entire comment or the entire topic; it is their site, I ask that you all respect this. I stand by my previous post in the original Curious topic. I would certainly hope that it wouldn't be locked before I had the chance of reply. I think everyone has respect for this site. That does not mean however that any of us are not open to questions. One of the questions most asked on here is "What do you think of "XYZ company. Are they any good". Surely if we are open and honest about advising one another on good and bad oreganisations, then we, and the forum, should be open and honest too. Members, before you post any comment, please remember that this forum is a free service to you all, and that it is hoped that you enjoy it and benefit from it. But also remember that it is someone’s business, someone's livelihood, and that they have the right to protect their livelihood from anything that might harm it. I ask that you respect their livelihood, and their decisions. The enjoyment and benefit is without question, as is the respect for people's businesses and livelihoods. I'm sure everyone on here has nothing but praise and thanks for the job being done by the forum admins. Perhaps I am being a bit thin skinned here, but in no way did I threaten any of those things. As I said earlier, due to the inability of the written word to convey emphases or stress, the wrong impression has been conveyed by either my question, or your reply. I repeat, there was NO insinuation of any kind in my question. Adrian, I apologise again if my questions have offended you in any way. I will say however, that should similar circumstances arise, I wiould feel compelled to ask again. I do ask though that you look at those questions in context and in the interests of openness, and not as a personal attack. I would never do that in such a forum. If you have any questions or feel you have issues with this, I ask that you PM the moderators. I will indeed do that. Enough said. Adrian B If all you can see are obstacles, you have lost sight of the goals Re: Curiouser 10Mar 27, 2007 6:31 am Adrian, I have tried to answer your post question by question in the previous post, but it has appeared on the page as one long post. I'm sure you'll work out what I've tried to say, just my lack of computer/forum skills. If all you can see are obstacles, you have lost sight of the goals |