Posted on 06-Apr-2004 07:24 GMT by Christian Kemp (Edited on 2004-04-06 10:09:44 GMT by Christian Kemp) | 1057 comments View flat View list |
I am currently being threatened by my former employer (they are "compelled [to] take action against [me]") for the way I am running ANN, and how this allegedly violates my employment contract with them ("interfere _in any manner_ with any business relationship between the Company and any of its customers or business partners"). This might entail drastic changes to the relative freedom of speech ANN has always allowed its visitors, or ANN might close down altogether. Updated 10:00 CET.
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Posted by Fabio Alemagna on 06-Apr-2004 12:49 GMT | In reply to Comment 217 (Sammy Nordström): > Why? Do you think there would have been less of a flamewar and personal
> attacks if Christian made outright accusation towards specific individuals?
If the accusations Christian makes are all genuine, then no, there would have been exactly the same amount of trolling and slandering, however we'd know everything that there's to know about the issue and no one would dare to speculate, as there'd be nothing to speculate about, and all accusations would be well founded.
After all, this is what you always wanted, Sammy: facts on which to judge, before judging.
Moveover, Christian should have moderated all slandering posts, as he has always done.
> I don't think this news article is about making any accusations against anyone
> to begin with, but more about letting people know what is happening and that
> Christian might have to close down the site, either by force or because he
> simply isn't motivated enough to keep it running under these circumstances.
If the point is not to make accusations and rise masses, then there's no point in announcing that it might happen that ANN might have to close down.
> If Christian would have wanted to make accusation or put any specific
> individual in a bad light, I'm quite sure he would have put those names in
> this article. The fact that he has not done so tells me that the intention
> never was to be accusative towards anyone to begin with.
Sorry, but I could see it the completely opposite way. |
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