Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

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Yes, thanks. I later realized that I posted the link wrong.

Last week I got locked out of Yahoo and I believe it was related to an offensive stance I was taking against a poster who was BS'ing about the stock.

I had one other experience with a poster who had enough clout to have my posts removed immediately for "TOS" violations. I was simply posting charts and I have since posted the same sort of material without their being removed. That poster was "Roger Mangane" on the Yaho IMGN board. He was obviously a broker and appeared to scare people out of their shares. His posts and ID have since been completely wiped from that board.

Last week my ID was blocked. I created a new ID and after a few posts that was blocked. A third ID was blocked so I assumed there was a domain level block. I created a fourth ID under another domain that I control and posted on that one for a while and it was blocked. An attempt to create a fifth ID under a third domain was unsuccessful so I assumed there was a IP level block.

I sent an email complaint with the title "POSSIBLE SEC VIOLATION" and contacted someone by phone. I was told that there were NO BLOCKS showing in the system at a management level. I know that I was blocked because I had bogus ID's blocked when I was fighting against IMGN's porno boy (another story) and I know the behaviour of the page when it is blocked.

I found that a friend of mine was able to post to my ID from an ISP in CA, but I was not. The block was removed late in the day and I got a cryptic e-mail from Yahoo saying they believed the problem would not happen again.

There are those who would say this is paranoia speaking, but the lawsuit referred to on the IBCL board contends that it does happen.

Be careful out there folks, lots of sharks in the water!!!