Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 08:25:13 -0500 From: -Bob- <noemailnopsammain.com> Subject: Re: Is saabnet.com down?
On Fri, 21 Feb 2003 10:30:32 GMT, hohnopsamlid.invalid (Goran Larsson) wrote: >In article <3E55B0FA.7nopsamin.com>, Mark Meytin <marknopsamin.com> wrote: > >> Can you guys expand on what you mean as "heavily sensored"? > >Whole threads just disappears. If you did not remember a thread >you would never notice it. Threads are removed by the owner if > * An article in it is just slightly off topic, unless the > site owner takes part in the discussion. > * An article is on topic, but the site owner doesn't like it. > * An article comments on how the site works. > * An article comments on articles that disappears. > * Probably lots of other reasons as well. > I >> visit the site quite often, and it has been very useful > >It could have been even more usefull. I used to post a lot of >appreciated information on Saabnet, but stopped when one of my >articles (on topic) was sensored. I'm sure that I am not one >only one. Good summary. I used to post out there frequently and answer lots of questions. I did _at least_ 10% of the helpful postings to the NG900 group. One day I made a comment that I guess would fall into the "comments on how the site works". It was not "negative"... just a comment. The next day I tried to post and I found that I was banned and could not post. Honestly, I did not even connect the two events since my "irregular" post was so minor. (Anyone who wants the details, please ask). I contacted the owner/dictator to see why I could not post. I thought it was a problem with the saabnet site i.e. no one could post at that point. Imagine my shock when I was told I had been "banned". I carried on a short 3 email conversation with the dictator wherein I started out nicely explaining why I should not be banned. By the third email, I'd had it with his nonsensical attitude and I told him in very clear terms what I thought of his unwarranted actions. The next day, every post I'd ever made to Saabnet (think in terms of hundreds, maybe a thousand) had been removed. Some of the NG900 regulars were a little upset... the dictator had no comment. I haven't been back and I don't ever plan to go back, despite the ease with which a knowledgeable fellow like myself could bypass the "ban" issue. Bob
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