Forum Archive Index - April 2000

["Ben Dutton" <bendutton@sharechat.co.nz>]

Sorry Timothy,

 

But I disagree with what you have said.

 

I am not censoring anything - no posts have been removed.  I have merely gently asked some people to refrain from unconstructive criticism.  Calling companies "Dogs" and "Ugly Direct" etc. lowers the whole tone of this forum. 

 

I also have to say that your comment "your earlier attempt to censor content about brokers appeared to be motivated by an attempt to keep favour with your advertisers (viz. D F Mainland). This is hardly in the tradition of free speech." is absolutely untrue.

 

First, DFM has never been an advertiser on ShareChat.

 

Second, nothing was censored - once again, no posts were removed.

 

Third, even if DFM was a ShareChat advertiser, criticism of the company would not be censored because of any commercial relationship.  In the instance you are talking about, some of the comments that were being posted were innuendo and untrue, compromising DFM's credibility as a member of the NZSE.  In that case, I suggested that if people had a problem with DFM, they should take it up with the company themselves, as opposed to airing their views on ShareChat.

 

Remember, all postings to ShareChat are subject to our legal disclaimer, which you can read here:

 

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/legal.shtml

 

If you have any more issues or concerns you would like to raise, please Email me personally at:

 

bendutton@sharechat.co.nz

 

Benjamin Dutton

 

 

 

 ----- Original Message -----

From: Timothy Walker

To: sharechat@sharechat.co.nz

Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 9:24 AM

Subject: Re: [sharechat] Some constructive criticism please

I don't think you should try to censor good robust debate in favour of some sort of naive boosterism. Surely it is realistic to be sceptical (a la your dad) and realistic about some of the conflated and hyped bluster emerging from new fangled and opportunistic e-floats. Surely this is the forum for pricking these sort of balloons.

 

Also your earlier attempt to censor content about brokers appeared to be motivated by an attempt to keep favour with your advertisers (viz. D F Mainland). This is hardly in the tradition of free speech.

 

Having said that you are to be congratulated on otherwise running a very interesting sight.