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Old 07-28-2007, 06:57 PM   #20
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Re: Reasons to promote/discuss your MUD on TMS.

I prefer to be able to just keep reviews off but if you’re going to allow them, have you considered the implications of requiring moderator approval? By doing so the site is essentially endorsing that review and the facts within and almost surely opens itself to libel charges if anything in the review is false. I heard about a lawsuit recently on NPR where a restaurant was suing a food reviewer and the newspaper that published the review simply because the reviewer said she had gotten a strip steak and in fact it was a porterhouse.

It’s probably not a huge deal but by approving them before they’re posted TMS is essentially endorsing them (as opposed to removing them after the fact if someone legitimately complains) and that's got potential consequences that you may want to factor into how you implement your new system.

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