Im getting sick of reading about tweets to assassinate Trump and rape Melania. I thought this wasn't protected under free speech. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/11/1...darker-turn-with-calls-for-assassination.html And Trump supporters were the deplorable ones?? Looks like it's the other way around...these people are acting like animals. Bunch of whining cry babies....the safety pin is perfect for their symbol...that's what I used to pin my baby's diapers.
@Chrissy Cross Thus, the safety pin protects from leakage of fecal materials from within their organization! Perfect simile! I had been wondering about those images of safety pins......... Frank
Even though it could be investigated by the Secret Service, or other law enforcement agency, most take any comments as Free Speech. It can be unbelievable what some consider Free Speech, but. Or, as I say.........Welcome to today's society!
Actually I think we are a Republic. I know you can't say certain things at an airport and I'm pretty sure you can't call for someone's death on public Media. I know on forums you can't condone illegal activity or post porn etc. but there is a big difference in what is and isn't allowed on forums. Some you can't say anything and I've seen some where almost anything is allowed including the f word. Who or what governs speech on a public forum @Ken Anderson? Is it the admin who makes up the rules or is it xenforo or vsbulletin or probards etc.? I'm a person that doesn't shock easily at all and yet I see stuff on some forums and wonder how it's allowed.
Each forum member is responsible for what they say, but the forum administrator also has some responsibility in it. Xenforo simply produces the software, but has no responsibility for what might be done with it. When you click on the "Terms and Rules" link at the bottom of the forum, you will view the default template that came with the forum, but that's only because I haven't bothered to change it. I have modified the "Privacy Policy" section specifically for this forum but haven't gotten to the rules section. That's a safe, generic set of rules for the forum. For actual forum conversations, I refer to the simpler set of Rules that I posted under "News and Announcements," but the rest of that is true. As far as legalities go, there have been lawsuits relating to forums from as far back as the Computer Bulletin Board Services (BBS) that preceded the Internet, and it depends on the level of moderation that is in place on the forum. Ultimately, a forum administrator is not held responsible for moderating the comments of forum members unless he or she agrees to take on that responsibility. In other words, if someone wants to put a forum up with no moderation whatsoever, the forum administrator is unlikely to be held responsible for whatever might be said there, at least no more so than any other individual. For example, if you take part in a conversation where someone is threatening to commit a crime and you do not report it, you may be held responsible as a co-conspirator. So if the forum administrator take part in a thread where something illegal is being discussed, he might be held responsible, and likely will be. Anyone else who takes part in that discussion could feasibly be held responsible as a co-conspirator as well, but it's unlikely that they would charge someone who wasn't agreeing to it. Many forum administrators do not participate in their own forums because they may then be held responsible for what is said there. If they don't take part in it, they can argue that they simply provided the space for people to carry on discussions, and they had every reason to assume that these discussions were not in violation of any laws. In retro terms, if I put up a chalkboard and someone else writes something libelous on it, I can be held responsible only if I knew that something libelous was going to be placed there or if I saw it, and left it there. When a forum administrator chooses to moderate their forum, as I do, then he is held to a greater degree of responsibility. If someone posts something illegal, and I post something else in the same thread after that, it can be assumed that I had viewed the illegal post and allowed it to remain. That wouldn't be a solid conviction of course, because I could always argue that I hadn't read the preceding posts. You may have noticed that I have stated several places in the forum that I do not read every post that is made here, and that I don't even read every thread that is started. This is not only true because I can't keep up with everything that is said here, but it can also serve as a defense. Some forums have multiple moderators who keep a closer eye on what is posted, and they would probably be held to a stricter standard, as might the moderators. I haven't come across one in a while but the forum software allows an administrator to hold posts until they have been reviewed by a moderator, who then approves or declines to publish it. These forums would probably be held fully responsible for whatever is posted there.
So what I'm u derstanding is....xenforo will allow the f word (just an example) but you as the admin wouldn't. I'm just trying to understand what I see said on some forums and wonder how it's allowed. When I was a mod on a proboards forum I think we were subject to the rules of proboards with our forum. If we allowed something x rated we could lose our forum. These are just examples I'm giving...we never had an x rated forum or even wanted one.
Xenforo is just the software. That would be like Microsoft not allowing you to type a bad word using Microsoft Office. Some forum softwares, including vBulletin and Proboards, I believe, have an option to either buy the software and host it on your own server or to host it on their servers. Those who choose to host it on their servers would be subject to whatever rules they might have in place. I don't think Xenforo has such as an option and, at any rate, I own my copy of Xenforo and am hosting it privately.
@Ken Anderson we all have responsibility as well we are all seniors, post nicely and respect others view. I also think we are at an age we should be having fun too. Your moderating skills are excellent. Seems you have enough on your plate just running a forum. Thank you for the hard work.
Looks like twitter is deleting accounts in a massive purge but of the alt right! Not very fair but read that it's privately owned and he can do what he wants.
Read it here... http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/11/15/twitter-suspends-alt-right-accounts/93943194/
It's not just tweets/replies on social media, it's also photos some put on. Some young girls will put some pretty seductive photos of themselves on Facebook or other social media website and there have been young guys that will pose with an assault/military type weapon and post to Facebook or some other social media website. It's like they post these photos to get attention and, it's obvious, by the look of the pose, the wrong type of attention. At times, when there is a murder of a young girl in our city, local news will post a photo, posted to Facebook, showing the girl that was murdered.