Posted by MOD on October 03, 2006 at 13:55 [38.119.107.81]
In Reply to: WTF ? free speech on it's way out here. posted by aunt-elli on October 03, 2006 at 13:33
Hi aunt-elli,
Not at all, I'm working for Paul Compton.
Whilst I don't have a difinitive list from him that says "delete this / don't delete this" I've certainly corresponded with him many times and I know exactly what he doesn't want on his forums. One thing he doesn't want on his forums are people's personal details without their consent (no matter who they are) or even posts that explicitly describe where to go to gain access to that information (which were the subjects of the two deleted posts you are referring to).
Paul is away from his office until Wednesday, but I would urge you please to email him and discuss this with him - he is the one who can over-ride this decision if you convince him to. Until then, I have to do the job I'm charged with doing, and I am genuinely sorry if it upsets people - it is not the death of free-speech when a webmaster decides that he will not allow his forum to be used for things he doesn't want it used for.
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