Why has the thread "finding if a company is real" been pulled?

omen666

There was nothing libellous, slanderous and only information accesible from the public domain. Again it seems that MSE is preventing it's members from getting the necessary help from other forum members when they are not getting the goods or service they pay for. Youve done the same here as you did with the littledivaz thread

toffe

omen666 wrote: »

There was nothing libellous, slanderous and only information accesible from the public domain. Again it seems that MSE is preventing it's members from getting the necessary help from other forum members when they are not getting the goods or service they pay for. Youve done the same here as you did with the littledivaz thread

Will someone please tell martin to remove the words "consumer revenge" from the title of this site.

It is so misleading when in reality all a company or person with a history of ripping people off has to do is ask nicely and he'll delete all warning threads about them from public view.

MSE way to go helping the scammers.

fermi

Didn't see it myself, but were people on the thread breaking this rule?

MSE forum Rules/FAQ

Forum users should not post their or anyone else's personal details (full names, email addresses, home addresses or telephone numbers) on the forum or send them via PM (private message). This includes personal details found on public lookup sites such as Whois.com and Companies House.

omen666

fermi wrote: »

Didn't see it myself, but were people on the thread breaking this rule?

MSE forum Rules/FAQ

Fermi, there was a whois and there was companies house information but why this is not allowed is beyond me considering these are publicly available and I am sure Martin has advcated this before on TV and I cannot see any statute that he would be breaking by us posting these on the site

Kool_Kool

Then why not remove the post with the details and warn users to be careful instead of deleting a whole thread that users find helpful?

toffe

fermi wrote: »

Didn't see it myself, but were people on the thread breaking this rule?

MSE forum Rules/FAQ

possibly, but thats a silly rule, why shouldn't you be allowed, on a consumer rights board (which is where the thread was) to post the contact details of a scamming business who is ripping people off and going to great lengths to hide their identity?

I think this site is a bit limp wristed when it comes to real consumer rights issues.

omen666

also doing a search of the site it has 12 pages of whois and I have randomly selected threads and they do indeed have whois results

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/1976601
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/1966593
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2482137

etc etc etc

lucylucky

Martin's site Martin's rules.
If you don't like it play nicely elsewhere.

omen666

lucylucky wrote: »

Martin's site Martin's rules.
If you don't like it play nicely elsewhere.

Well I wouldnt mind but as I mention above there are 12 pages of threads

toffe

toffe wrote: »

possibly, but thats a silly rule, why shouldn't you be allowed, on a consumer rights board (which is where the thread was) to post the contact details of a scamming business who is ripping people off and going to great lengths to hide their identity?

I think this site is a bit limp wristed when it comes to real consumer rights issues.

you might aswell ban linking to other news articles about scamming companies too, thats just another form of information which is in the public domain already.

Hell, what are MSE saying? that we can discuss rougue businesses as long as we don't post anything that might expose who they actually are?

Tell me, are you suppossed to be helping the consumer or the scammer with this rule MSE?

lucylucky

omen666 wrote: »

Well I wouldnt mind but as I mention above there are 12 pages of threads

Fair point - but for some reason - your one got pulled.

Maybe all the others should have as well?