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To: zonder who wrote (11051)	5/24/2004 9:26:45 AM
From: epicure	Respond to of 20773

Amazon is a real business. This has never really been one, and I wouldn't ever expect the admin here to act like Amazon admin. Amazon admin aren't personally involved in the site like the admin on SI. I don't think I've ever seen anyone at Amazon get the least bit personal, or have a hissy fit- nor do I feel I will ever see that. If you have the expectation that this site will ever rise to the level of service that Amazon has, I think you are bound to be disappointed. I suppose if it got bought out by real business types, and implemented a disinterested and efficient policing model, it could change- but I don't see what value SI really has, and I doubt that will happen. Snippy attacks, petty grudges, and iffy enforcement are probably with us for the duration.

To: zonder who wrote (11051)	5/24/2004 11:34:29 AM
From: SI Dave	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20773

Zonder, for the last time, I responded to your complaints. The one's I did not act upon were on the GWB thread, for reasons I explained to you at the time, "That thread is pretty much left alone except for egregious violations such as disclosure of personal information or overt threats." In short, if you don't like that thread, don't read it. >>I am saying quite a few other TOU violators are still going about their merry insults, usually rich in sexual content and graphic detail. It's noteworthy that you haven't complained about the non-stop vulgarity end explicit sexual content on the other similarly disposed thread that you like to post on, though another one (percieved threat) was acted upon because it met the "egregious" criteria. What's the difference, other than one set of violators are "friends" and the other set isn't? >>That is how customer service works in Amazon.Com, and I cannot see why it should have lower standards here on Silicon Investor. Does Amazon.com operate message boards? I wasn't aware of that. Yahoo.com does... maybe that would be a more apropos comparison.