Censorship at Reef Central

[Ben 4]

Did anyone else notice the mod.'s at R.C. deleted a thread that was critical of one of their sponsors. I found this troubling, as these forums are supposed to be arenas for exchanging ideas and opinions, good and bad. Geez, what is the world coming to!

 

[pez]

was there any justification for it?

 

[jimmy n]

What was the gist of the thread?

Which sponsor was being criticized?

 

[Ben 4]

The thread was in the Vendor Forum and was started by an aquarist who wanted to thank Dr. Mac and Son's for their quality products and service but it degenerated into a slugfest involving, among other folks, Dr. Mac himself.
The gist of the discussion was the tank being greatly overstocked (he added over 100 corals and 35 fish to a 180 gal. tank in 4 months) and the possibility that Dr. Mac allowed that to happen just to make a buck.
Supposedly the thread was pulled for legal reasons. Sounds like censorship to me.

 

[SPC]

Ben4, I noticed when I did a search on your posts that there seems to be a problem.
1. Nov 29 - First post given for you on search you had 19 posts.
2. March 12 - You have 17 posts
3. After 17 posts to this board (since Nov 29) you now have 19 posts.

What gives?
Steve

 

[Anonymous]

RC has some censorship practices that I do not agree with - except on in the Religious part of the Lounge where it apparently ok to call anyone anything you want - but it is their board, and in their user agreement, so whoo hoo. It is one of the reasons I almost never post there, even though I would like to.

RR

 

[Ben 4]

Steve- I have no idea what happened. I own a seasonal business and have no time to visit the various boards from May-Oct so maybe I was re-registered last Nov.
My post count of 17/19 sounds about right since I have not been posting much since I came back.

 

[Ben 4]

I found the answer to my own question. Apparently the powers that be at R.C. were threatened with legal action if they did not pull the aforementioned controversial thread.
Sad that we can't exchange our good/bad experiences with our suppliers without this kind of reaction.

 

[JennM]

Pardon me for intruding....but if you have an issue with RC, should it not be discussed there?

I don't see what relevance it has over here.

Many of us post on multiple boards, but IMO this thread just serves to stir the pot over here.

JMHO.

Jenn

 

[jamesw]

I am moving this post to the Sump.

Keep it clean or I'll have to close it. No "he said she said" and spreading of rumors.

If you all stick to the facts and keep a civil discussion, I have no problem leaving this thread open.

Afterall, what do we do when someone "slanders" a company here on reefs.org? Your thoughts folks?

Cheers
James