censorship here??? post removed by who????

A few days ago I posted about a terrible experience at Azalia Resto. Within 2 days it was removed??? Does the owner have enough juice to pressure this site and have his own way if either of his establishments are criticized??

Maybe owners should take comments here as a tool to better provide the service expected to be successful???

My places have been criticized and I welcome comments and do whatever I can to improve weekly.....


So much for free speech lol...happy new year everyone!!!!!

 

Recently this site, it's owner, and moderator were sued, costing a very substantial amount of money over inflammatory remarks about a business made by a poster, I dare say that The Dane is quite gunshy about it happening again...

Larry

 

Then why delete Gerry's thread and not mine?

 

I was working in the Q of S field of a multi national company and a complaint we always considered as an opportunity to improve things, not by ignoring or dropping it in the trash bin, like deleting postings on DI.

 

Seems like things does not work the same way here, and I am not going to pay for "damages" for someones venting... Pretty simple eh?

We are in their playground, so we play by their rules!

I would prefer to keep the post up, but I really dont want the potential problems...

I would have to check this with my attorney, but we might be able to keep posts up like that with real name and adress(verifyable) of the poster posted in the post and a disclaimer like the one we put in the bottom of the forum. Again not sure that would be enough to protect us...

Insane world we live in - where free speech is suppressed :-)

 

Good question, but look at the owners in question. One is a franchisee of a very large international franchise, that has his/her own guidelines and actions they must abide by lest they get stepped on from above, whereas the other is a local (Filipino owned I presume) business whose owner may be the type to see an opportunity to sue the rich and horrible foreigner. Everyone who has been here a while understands what it means to a Filipino to "lose face".

In addition, we all agreed to follow the forum rules when we signed up, here is what we agreed to;

Protecting Other People's Rights

We respect other people's rights, and expect you to do the same.

1. You will not post content or take any action on Dumagueteinfo that infringes or violates someone else's rights or otherwise violates the law.
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7. You will not post anything derogatory about other people, any business or the Philippines.
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sexually-oriented, hateful, threatening, or otherwise violate any laws.



The way the laws are enforced here is so sporadic and unbalanced one must cover their own a**. I know several other Philippine forum owners, and they all live outside the Philippines now for their own protection. One can easily be sued for allowing such content. Even if the case is thrown out one still has to hire a Filipino lawyer.....

It's the Dane's site, so he has to cover his own a**...

Larry

 

ok, ok ok, I am sorry (not). I dont know why my post was deleted and why many negative McDonalds posts stay on????

 

I read the rules we agree to abide by when joining and hope I do not expose the dane to any problems..... I apologize for crossing the boundary as agreed upon but hope those who read my post before it was removed realize I am not a complainer, sh*t disturber or doing this to hurt any business here.

Most of us here are on a budget and need to make the most of our entertainment dollars (peso's). That was what prompted my post. I apologize to the owner of the restaurant I named on the twin lakes road.

Again...happy new year everyone, I will post nothing for the next 3 years again lol....

 

Positive feedbacks unfortunately are not as useful as negative.

 

You mean you actually think the forum cares about your opinions or membership? Amazing. There are places on the net where you can post your opinions freely without retaliation (other than flaming) but forums, like this one are generally not one of them.