"Why is this forum dying?"

Originally posted by FMF
What law suits do you imagine might have the potential to materialize from the situation as it currently stands on this forum?

If someone threatened to sue Russ and then followed through on the threat, one of three things could happen. The judge might toss out the case, Russ would most likely prevail if the case wasn't tossed out, or Russ could save himself the headache of dealing with a lawsuit by dropping all of the public message boards.

The situation there (at that other site) was no different than it is here.

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Should Red Hot Pawn Terms of Service be revised?

i'm curious, and i have not collected any data, my bad...
can you give me an estimate of how many times you've asked this very question, in this forum, and others, or it's paraphrase???

i appreciate that...

Originally posted by lemon lime
If someone threatened to sue Russ and then followed through on the threat, one of three things could happen. The judge might toss out the case, Russ would most likely prevail if the case wasn't tossed out, or Russ could save himself the headache of dealing with a lawsuit by dropping all of the public message boards.

Threatened to sue Russ over what?

Originally posted by lemon lime
If someone threatened to sue Russ and then followed through on the threat, one of three things could happen. The judge might toss out the case, Russ would most likely prevail if the case wasn't tossed out, or Russ could save himself the headache of dealing with a lawsuit by dropping all of the public message boards.

The situation there (at that other site) was no different than it is here.

That's incorrect. The situation at that other site, and what caused the brouhaha that led to the removal of the forums at that other site was far different and was directly caused by those who ran that site.

Originally posted by lemon lime
The situation there (at that other site) was no different than it is here.

If, according to you, the situation at that other site was "no different than it is here" and it got shut down because of threats of law suits, can you give some examples of recent posts on this forum that you think leave this site open to such legal action.

Originally posted by FMF
Threatened to sue Russ over what?

Over not properly monitoring the boards. I'm not saying that is what's happening here. I'm talking about a situation where someone was threating to sue based on what other people were saying to them at the message boards.

And I don't know this for a fact, but I suspect the person(s) making this threat were among the trouble makers at those message boards. So it may have been an empty threat, or maybe it wasn't. Website owners have been taken to court over issues like this, so it was a threat the owner took seriously... he had been getting complaints about abusive behavior for a long time, and he had enough of it.

Originally posted by Suzianne
That's incorrect. The situation at that other site, and what caused the brouhaha that led to the removal of the forums at that other site was far different and was directly caused by those who ran that site.

Did you read his message about what he going to do and why he decided to drop the boards?

Originally posted by lemon lime
Over not properly monitoring the boards. I'm not saying that is what's happening here. I'm talking about a situation where someone was threatening to sue based on what other people were saying to [b]them at the message boards.[/b]

Who here do you think might be justified in threatening to sue the web site based on what other people were saying to them on this forum?

Originally posted by lemon lime
...I suspect the person(s) making this threat were among the trouble makers at those message boards. So it may have been an empty threat, or maybe it wasn't. Website owners have been taken to court over issues like this, so it was a threat the owner took seriosly... he had been getting complaints about abusive behavior for a long time, and he had enough of it.

Surely such a nuisance law suit could be attempted here (or anywhere for that matter) regardless of what was actually going on on this forum?

FMF: Threatened to sue Russ over what?

Originally posted by lemon lime
Over not properly monitoring the boards.

To sue, one must allege there has been some actual physical, financial or emotional damage or harm. Who might sue here at RHP and over what "damage"?

Originally posted by FMF
Who here do you think might be justified in threatening to sue the web site based on what other people were saying to them on this forum?

Well shoot, any narcissist here might feel justified. At that other site a posters messages could not be seen (literally) by you if you chose to click on 'ignore' in their profile. LoL

Originally posted by lemon lime
Well shoot, any narcissist here might feel justified. At that other site a posters messages could not be seen (literally) by you if you chose to click on 'ignore' in their profile. LoL

But if anyone could, in your view, launch a nuisance law suit at any time, including here at this web site, what does that have to do with the specific question that has been raised about the atmosphere on this forum?

Originally posted by lemon lime
At that other site a posters messages could not be seen (literally) by you if you chose to click on 'ignore' in their profile. LoL

If the posters at that other site had the facility to block the posts and posters they read and could conduct this monitoring and moderation themselves, how could they possibly sue the proprietor "over not properly monitoring the boards"?

Originally posted by FMF
But if anyone could, in your view, launch a nuisance law suit at any time, including here at this web site, what does that have to do with the specific question that has been raised about the atmosphere on this forum?

What specific question did you have in mind?

Originally posted by FMF
If the posters at that other site had the facility to block the posts and posters they read and could conduct this monitoring and moderation themselves, how could they possibly sue the proprietor "over not properly monitoring the boards"?

Good question. It's a feature I didn't have a problem using if I got fed up with someone. Some of us (including yours truly) were always advising people to use the feature if they didn't like what they saw, but many of them insisted it was their right to know what anyone was saying... I was willing to rescind that right, but apparenty they weren't.