Is this board private ?

[accumulator]

Does what is posted here come up on google or other searches ?
Can we openly discuss shonks without fear of litigation against the forum or us personally ?

[markn]

Does what is posted here come up on google or other searches ?
Can we openly discuss shonks without fear of litigation against the forum or us personally ?

The forum can only be viewed by registered users.  But do not let this fool you into thinking what is written here is in anyway private.  Many users will register here and never post and just read what is going on, those people could include dealers and eBay sellers.  Information will get out.  So think very, very carefully before you say anything on this board and make sure you'd be happy for what you're saying to be made public and attributable to you.

That being said the moderators here can and will delete anything we deem to be offensive or defamatory.  Problem users will be moderated heavily and possibly banned.  We will not allow this forum to degenerate into the series of petty fights and arguments that have so ruined other Australian coin forums.

[Australian coin]

Eventually I would think so, search engines have “bots” or programs that continually sweep the web gathering info.
But I have no problem telling others what I think :p
And this forum gives you the option to delete what you post anyway, go crazy

[accumulator]

Thanks for the replies, I don't seek to be argumentative or rude to any members but would like to be able to point out ovbious shonky dealings of unscrupulous sellers is all.

AC  LOL your naughty.

[trout]

That being said the moderators here can and will delete anything we deem to be offensive or defamatory. Problem users will be moderated heavily and possibly banned. We will not allow this forum to degenerate into the series of petty fights and arguments that have so ruined other Australian coin forums.

Well stated Mark:good:
In my opinion we NEED a good Australian forum so that we can discuss and air our opinions in an honest and adult enviroment without petty arguments and stupid and hurtfull statments.
As a collector I know I can get fired up and emotional about coins but there is a line in the sand, that when crossed is unacceptable and the code of ethics must come into play.
There WILL be users from other sites that will see this new forum as competition and MAY use some of the " Unsutable" posts as a way to destroy what has been acomplished by PP and Markin.
Please don't let this happen and lets all enjoy this site for what it is,
A brand new and purely Aussie site that we should be proud to be part of:wavemulticolor:
Just my 2 bobs worth, If we treat this site with respect it could be AWSOME:thank_you:

[jumpydj]

Is this forum part of American forum ?

[triplewitch]

No, but this forum has and the old forum had American members such as myself.  I was a member of the two predecessors of this forum.-John

[Fulvio]

One should always presume everything is public. I've had private emails published, and semi-private posts reposted publicly, so I learned this lesson a long time ago.

Nowadays I simply post everything publicly anyway. Its much easier that way.

Oh, and I also use my real name, because there really is no safety to be had from pseudonyms.
LOL! I head over to G+ just now, and what comes up at the top of my stream, but this:

https://plus.google.com/u/0/112247611440196124954/posts/8wTy29PKiiH

Seemed so totally appropriate, somehow.

[accumulator]

Hi Fulvio, MY real name is Peter & i think 99% of this forum & other forums know that.
I was mainly asking this question as last time i publicly outed a serial shill bidder on the American forum they removed the thread & i received private messages saying privately they know i was right but publicly they can't back me for fear of litigation. ( fair enough )
I just wanted to know if that would also be an issue here,the fact is American's are sue mad from what they told me but i think Aussie's have a completely different attitude toward suing at the drop of a hat,some will but the majority of Aussie's look down there nose at the suing thing & most shonkies go "Oh i've been caught i better shut my mouth in case things spiral out of my control".
That is so wrong that you had private emails posted publicly IMO,so morally wrong !

[Graham]

Hi Fulvio, MY real name is Peter & i think 99% of this forum & other forums know that.
I was mainly asking this question as last time i publicly outed a serial shill bidder on the American forum they removed the thread & i received private messages saying privately they know i was right but publicly they can't back me for fear of litigation. ( fair enough )
I just wanted to know if that would also be an issue here,the fact is American's are sue mad from what they told me but i think Aussie's have a completely different attitude toward suing at the drop of a hat,some will but the majority of Aussie's look down there nose at the suing thing & most shonkies go "Oh i've been caught i better shut my mouth in case things spiral out of my control".
That is so wrong that you had private emails posted publicly IMO,so morally wrong !

If you think that members can't get sued, ask some previous members. I personally fail to see the importance of being advised about every shill, every shonky and every false misleading ebay advert in existence.

[markn]

If you think that members can't get sued, ask some previous members. I personally fail to see the importance of being advised about every shill, every shonky and every false misleading ebay advert in existence.

I'll second what Yass says there.  Our hobby involves people spending money and people making money.  As soon as finances get involved in anything people can turn nasty, especially if they feel that their own financial situation is being threatened.  Do not think for a second that you can cast about accusations online and expect to get away with it forever.  At some time you'll do it to the wrong person or company and find yourself on the wrong end of a law suit.  It's happened on Australian coin forums before and no doubt will happen again.

It's worth re-iterating.  Do not post anything here that you're not happy to have made public and made directly attributable to you.

[accumulator]

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 I personally fail to see the importance of being advised about every shill, every shonky and every false misleading ebay advert in existence.
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PPFFTTT & who does that ?  Geez you'd spend a 24/7 posting on forums if you were to do that,if you don't like what i post please make use of the ignore button !

[Graham]

Just did

[jumpydj]

I am here to learn and know ebay has shonks
We should have no restrictions sharing these
Graham can you expand on your post feel free to open up and share your thoughts more

[triplewitch]

I notice that this forum allows guest viewers.  Maybe restricting it to registered users would allay some of the fears expressed.-John