Ebay SNAFU

From: Marvin Johnston <marvin_at_rain.org>
Date: Fri Apr 25 10:41:00 2003

Mail List wrote:

> What's the url to the archive?

The DNF archives are posted at http://www.manuals2go.com/dnf/.
>
> > Several of us scrolled the board so that URL was no longer
> > available for public viewing ... and ended up getting suspended for it.
 
> Sure wasn't the first time eBay suspended someone on the DNF board.
> It's only temporary, I hope?

It is an indefinite suspension from posting to the ebay boards. There
are a lot of *PISSED* off people over the situation, myself included!

>
> At 07:18 PM 4/24/03 -0700, you wrote:
> >With all this talk about the ebay DNF board, just thought some of you
> >would like to know what is going on there. Basically, a number of people
> >(10 or so that I know of), myself included, were suspended today from
> >posting on any of the boards. Seems that a *MAJOR* SNAFU on their part
> >last night left open a database that documented the complaints that were
> >being generated by (I think) the Report Button; that URL got posted on
> >the DNF Board. That database included *who* generated the complaint, and
> >several DNFers started browsing the database to find out who the
> >snitches are. Several of us scrolled the board so that URL was no longer
> >available for public viewing ... and ended up getting suspended for it.
> >
> > From my standpoing, this further verifies comments I've made about the
> >inept ebay management! Some people from the media have been contacted,
> >so you may be hearing more about this :).
Received on Fri Apr 25 2003 - 10:41:00 BST

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