i’m all for the free speech part but then again, nothing’s ever really free. it comes with responsibility.

unfortunately, there are some people who would be exploiting and misinterpreting the free speech part. they tend to forget that it comes with a huge amount of responsibility.

that said, throw that blogger to the sharks.

While salute you in your fight for Free Speech, I’m not so sure if Anonymous blogging without limitations is a good idea.

*While I salute

Should the medium be prosecuted for the mistakes of the one using it? Free Speech, although considered by all as a right, is something I personally consider a privilege. People afraid of being prosecuted for things they said shouldn’t be saying anything at all.

It’s not your responsibility to protect your subscribers’ rights. At least, not after said subscriber violated your policy. Or did they?

I’m sure there are checks and balances that subscribers need to agree with in your policy when signing up for your service.

What you should do, imho, is suspend the account pending the outcome of the litigation between the one filing the lawsuit and your subscriber.

You are not the subscriber’s mommy. And that subscriber should grow up and start taking responsibility for their actions.

Exactly worth 2 cents.

Well I’m new here but here’s my two cents.

Freedom of speech is a wonderful thing. I am thankful to you guys for upholding that standard but we also need to be responsible for our actions.

Freedom of speech does not mean we can just say what we want to say without validity or proof. This unto itself defeats the purpose of freedom of speech.

A thing that has been taught to me by a former rival is that bloggers try as they might not to be are journalist. We have our works published for everyone to read. Then we are responsible for what we say.

Early this year I was just a contributing blogger and not active in the community. Something happened that I felt affected me so I blogged about it.

I got replies, remarks, and violent reactions and yet here I am now a real blogger.

Did that incident bring me down? No. I actually faced it despite the fact that I was overwhelmed by the attention one blog post can make.

This is a lesson unto itself you blog, you behave.

I for one believe in airing out opinions but what differentiates valid opinions from smears is facts.

I believe you should communicate with the blogger and initiate that you be given proof or validity of his claims. This is the responsible thing to do. You need
not name the client unless he himself proves that he had no validity over his statements.

In the future you can make a disclosure over your new members and a memo to your old ones the responsibilities needed in order to maintain “freedom of speech”

Did I make sense? nah

Responsibility, Accountability and Ownership of what expressed in the world of Free Speech with good interest to public in general.

Photography is one way of Free Speech.

I admire your fight for free speech but I would suggest the i.ph close the blog down since the user himself, whose blog is said to be “libelous”, is in no position to defend himself. He doesn’t even want to defend himself. Clearly, this is a sign that he passively agrees with his persecutors.

Yet, on the contrary, it could be possible that he himself is being prevented by such company from having any ability to respond to i.ph’s appeals.

Money being wasted on this guy, which could be better spent on buying newer hardware, and upholding the free speech rights of those willing to defend it, should go somewhere else that is more deserving.

I totally agree on you, Will.

People unwilling to defend their rights do not deserve to have their rights in the first place.

i posted blogs about how i felt when i passed all of my account’s metrics as well as shared some info on how to get access to the free email that is supposed to be advertised by us. i also expressed my sadness that our account closed. i also happened to upload one photo that was taken inside the office. just last week, i got suspended for allegedly breaching the confidentiality agreement, this is leading to termination.

in no way did i put my employer as well as the client in a bad light nor did i badmouth them, but i am about to lose my job in less than a month.

i have not closed down my blogsite in your domain, but i have chosen to keep it private although i know you can still access it since you are the administrator. this is because the site has become popular among my workmates

if given a chance to go back in time, i will still post those entries, i will do it over and over, but i will be careful with whom i give access to them. the person who maliciously reported my site may be happy with the repercussions but i wonder if ghe/she gets to sleep peacefully at night.