Replies to post #950 on The Question and Answer Board (IHUB)

[Lisa aka Viperchick]

I dont know anything about this brouhaha on SEVU but a poster did bring up an interesting concept that a COB could be held liable for posts made on his board even though not made by him

something one should think about as the poster said it is hard to give clients a definitive answer when it comes to liability on the net......

a judge refusing to allow a company to gain access to identities is not much of a help if those identities are already well known by others.

[Was (Bob)]

What if it's true? I'm not saying that it is, but if that person feels that it is, then they should be able to say it without you deleting their posts because you don't like it.

so I fail to understand why you're so inflexible on this issue

Because I will not have chairpeople, as proxies for me, deciding which posts are and aren't true, and deleting the ones they either don't believe are true or don't want others considering as possibilities.

You're supposed to be facilitating discussions about the company, including negatives and positives. The chairperson role is not to be used as a "filter" to eliminate things you don't personally think are true.

I don't know where you got the idea you'd be able to exert that level of editorial influence over a board, but I certainly didn't see anything to that extent or I wouldn't have taken this job.