The "Related Offers and Requests" forum was designed as a sales forum for various "intangible" items and services. It currently allows for 1 post per 5 days (or is it week?)

Unfortunately, there has been an adequate PLAGUE of "crap-flooders", people that have no other incentive in life but to cause distress and harassment to the ad-placers. They crack wise comments right after the ad or - even worse - post incorrect information and false allegations about the ad.

I, personally, have been the target of at least 2 such unscrupulous individuals, who decided that their next thing for the afternoon was to crap-flood on my domain sales. In the most recent one, they crap-flooded my ad whereupon I link to my eBay domain name auctions, with comments that are suggestive of illicit activity on my part.

In the real world, this is called slander and defamation and it's punishable by law. Online, these individuals believe that they can kick dust in the face of the rest of us, either for fun or for reasons of an incomplete transaction.

I am very disappointed by the lack of action against these annoying pranksters by the mods. Instead, I was "spanked' verbally by Chicken because of my choice of vocabulary in my defensive postings. Talking about pointing to the moon and looking at the finger :(

The solution is VERY SIMPLE: make the Related Offers and Requests forum READ only past the first post of a thread. I know this is possible by this wonderful piece of software called vBulletin :D

Therefore, I am proposing an open vote to check the "public temperature" of the WHT forums on this subject. True, a lot of you don't sell items or don't really care about the little "wars" that occur daily in here. But to several faithful members of WHT, it's an opportunity to have a voice that would stigmatize the bullying tactics of a few, who repeatedly harass us.

Please vote YES if you would like to see the Related Offers and Requests forum become SINGLE POST only or NO if you don't wish to.

Again, this is not endorsed by the mods or the management and it's my cry of despair against the unfairness that I've witnessed.

Thank you for your time,
Theo.

Originally posted by timechange
I am very disappointed by the lack of action against these annoying pranksters by the mods. Instead, I was "spanked' verbally by Chicken because of my choice of vocabulary in my defensive postings. Talking about pointing to the moon and looking at the finger :(
Yes Theo, as you were told clearly via many emails, your rude comments and flames in the thread which was locked (http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=58130) will NOT be tolerated. Why you don't understand this is beyond me, however I can assure you that the appropriate action was taken.

Also, as you were told, I found the next post to be a valid concern of the person making the post (read: not unfairness that you've witnessed), and adding $15 to the reserve price isn't such a outlandish suggestion to warrant your abuse. Regardless, it really doesn't matter if you found the concern to be valid or not, you could have addressed it politely and professionally. That's the bottom line and you were emailed for your comments. As I said, this was the most appropriate action. If anything, the lack of action is us allowing you to remain a member when you have posted such garbage. You were warned which is typically the course of action.

I think there is a huge gap in communication here and I will refrain from replying to your posts, Chicken. Unfortunately you chose not to be neutral and there is nothing I can do to change your personal opinion.

If you opened your eyes for a second, and saw the exact comments that he posted, with words such as:

(It's kind of a) shame you have that $15 hidden cost.

You bid for what you pay for - enough of this crap with extra fees. If you need $15 then make the reserve $15 more.

Come on...someone twisting an ad around, suggesting that there is a hidden cost (incorrect), tagging this as a "shame" and suggesting what I should do in my line of business. I would say "Ludacris" :D

...and of course from there on it escalated. That's why I repeat that the method of ad-posting here is ineffective, as it allows unwelcome dialogue. No matter how many times I mention that I don't want negative comments, each and every time someone will toss a wise comment; but in this case it's a blatant form of slander.

I'm more disappointed by your lack of neutrality than the wiseguy that posted all the junk; I can handle bullies myself. Shame that you decided to slap the assaulted and not the assaulter.

Funny, you even deleted the link to this poll from the Lounge - which is supposed to be an "everything goes" forum.

Amazing, simply amazing.....

Funny? You think linking from other forums to your thread is "amzing, simply amazing" ? We don't permit you to post one place and then post links to that thread in other forums. This thread is done.