Deleting board members

LSPoorEeyorick · 10-19-2006, 06:13 PM

So, what is LoT's official policy for deleting board members?

NO! No, of course I don't want to be deleted. You guys are like family!

There's been some question at my workplace about the legality of deleting a member from a board. As far as we understand it, when someone puts their words on the internet, even deletion won't make it go away. Board admins need to keep track of IP addresses, and in the off-chance that there would be some need to return, if your membership was deleted you'd officially be a sock puppet-- and that's not kosher, either.

What's the LoT policy? The MousePlanet policy? The Micechat policy? Anybody know anything else about the matter?

€uroMeinke · 10-19-2006, 06:48 PM

Eh, we're a private entity we do what we want.

I think so far we've only suspended one person for a day, and banned one person and their IP addresses before they even signed on. I've also been deleting some of the Bots that sign up now and then.

I don't get the legal issues. For one, we're not offering a service for cash, whereby someone might sue you for breech of service or something. The usual legal issue are about plagerism and copyright violations, child pornography, or exposing children to naughty pictures and talking dirty.

Our official policy on such things can be found in our FAQ from which I quote:

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Who’s In and Who’s Out

We run some smooth digs around here, so please don’t freak out anyone’s groove. Be your own kinda cat and all that, but if you ruffle too many feathers on our beatnik birdies, we may pull you aside to have a word or two. We’ll try to clue you in on how to play nice around here, and we’ll give you every chance to bend on to the mend.

We'll tell you once, we'll tell you twice, but then we must come down a little salty on you. After two warnings, we may ask you to chill and your account can be suspended. Maybe you need a day, maybe a week, maybe even more.

We’d like you all to improve your mojo, but we know there are some cats out there who we may have to show the door. We’ll do our best to be fair and consider your place in our community, but if you’re here to just rankle our swank, perhaps you ought to try one of the other joints in town.

RStar · 10-19-2006, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

I've also been deleting some of the Bots that sign up now and then.

Why would someone creat Bots to sign up on chat boards? I know there are bots that search out websites for the search engines, is that the same thing? I also realize there are some kind of automation that causes me to have to fill in the security blanks with code that's half scrambled at times to prove I'm a real person.

So what's up with these Bots you speak of (or should we call them "Those we don't speak of"?)

€uroMeinke · 10-19-2006, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by RStar

So what's up with these Bots you speak of (or should we call them "Those we don't speak of"?)

I believe their purpose is to post spam to our forums, but usually being a bot, they can't complete the registration process which requires responding to an email, and then being manually approved by one of the admins. A lot of Bots seem to have been born on January 1, 1980.

innerSpaceman · 10-19-2006, 10:53 PM

Heheh, my favorite part was seeing this post of €uro's -

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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

The usual legal issue are about plagerism and copyright violations, child pornography, or exposing children to naughty pictures and talking dirty

right above his current signature.

€uroMeinke · 10-19-2006, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Heheh, my favorite part was seeing this post of €uro's -
right above his current signature.

Yeah, well I haven't hit death row material yet - but I could come seeking your professional services sometime in the future

LSPoorEeyorick · 10-19-2006, 06:56 PM

Thanks, €. Since this person is leaving of his own accord, it's not a matter of banning or suspending. He simply wants us to delete everything he's ever done on the site-- which will, in turn, require us to delete a lot of other people's interaction as well, and we don't want to do that.

€uroMeinke · 10-19-2006, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

Thanks, €. Since this person is leaving of his own accord, it's not a matter of banning or suspending. He simply wants us to delete everything he's ever done on the site-- which will, in turn, require us to delete a lot of other people's interaction as well, and we don't want to do that.

Ah, naw - we don't do that - if you posted it, you should be willing to live with it (Copyright and criminal activities though are some noteworthy exceptions though)

Not Afraid · 10-19-2006, 07:37 PM

Sorry, Charlie. When you hit that post button, your words became property of the board you posted it on and no long your property. If the board admins want to delete stuff, then that's their decision. Admins and Mods and board rules dictate what gets deleted and what does no after the editing period is gone.

BTW, I believe copyright issues are already delt with with the VBulletin software. Another reason that "off the shelf" software is such a wonderful thing. Of course neither one of us can find the text that says this.

wendybeth · 10-19-2006, 07:44 PM

Does that board have edit functions? Tell the person you don't have the time or energy to go through cleaning up all their posts- if it's important enough, they can do it. I've pulled a few posts on OP request here and at Fabs, but I am not about to go and delete everything a person ever posted, especially if they were prolific posters.

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LSPoorEeyorick scribblin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in the moment Posts: 3,872	Deleting board members So, what is LoT's official policy for deleting board members? NO! No, of course I don't want to be deleted. You guys are like family! There's been some question at my workplace about the legality of deleting a member from a board. As far as we understand it, when someone puts their words on the internet, even deletion won't make it go away. Board admins need to keep track of IP addresses, and in the off-chance that there would be some need to return, if your membership was deleted you'd officially be a sock puppet-- and that's not kosher, either. What's the LoT policy? The MousePlanet policy? The Micechat policy? Anybody know anything else about the matter?
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LSPoorEeyorick scribblin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in the moment Posts: 3,872	Thanks, €. Since this person is leaving of his own accord, it's not a matter of banning or suspending. He simply wants us to delete everything he's ever done on the site-- which will, in turn, require us to delete a lot of other people's interaction as well, and we don't want to do that.
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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Sorry, Charlie. When you hit that post button, your words became property of the board you posted it on and no long your property. If the board admins want to delete stuff, then that's their decision. Admins and Mods and board rules dictate what gets deleted and what does no after the editing period is gone. BTW, I believe copyright issues are already delt with with the VBulletin software. Another reason that "off the shelf" software is such a wonderful thing. Of course neither one of us can find the text that says this. Last edited by Not Afraid : 10-19-2006 at 07:42 PM.
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wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	Does that board have edit functions? Tell the person you don't have the time or energy to go through cleaning up all their posts- if it's important enough, they can do it. I've pulled a few posts on OP request here and at Fabs, but I am not about to go and delete everything a person ever posted, especially if they were prolific posters. __________________
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