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Originally Posted by mojoman
ethics? from people who sit infront of a computer, don't deal face to face with humans at all, and can disappear and come back reinvented at a whim?
doctors, lawyers, teachers, specialists etc are called professionals for a reason. webmasters generally aren't.
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Ouch. I sure expect good ethics and I think I have them too.
In my eight years as a webmaster, I've only been ripped off once, out of dozens of transactions. I can't even say I chuck that down to lesson learned, because I am still a very trusting person in online business. Maybe I got lucky, or maybe it's the fact that I got by word of mouth and check references that saved me so far.
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Originally Posted by pam
There have been several cases of litigation and I don't believe a forum owner has been held liable for what is said on a forum.
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I don't know about held liable, I do know about sued, from personal experience, alas. Trust me, spending hours in court and a fortune on lawyers is not fun. The woman who sued me didn't have a leg to stand on, but she could still sue and drag us through the courts for four years before she finally offered a settlement which we happily accepted. We knew we would win the case, but she asked for $1k (because she knew she was going to lose) and it was worth saving our time in going on dealing with her. My point is, you can be sued as a forum owner, and even as a moderator or a member (she sued all of the above, and the host as well!).
Glad you like Steve (Senore) and I'm sorry you had to go through this. The one thing that I don't get is how he could have used the excuse of wanting to go to NASCAR???? How is that reason enough to get payment in advance??