Thursday, August 23, 2012

MAPLEWOODONLINE BLACKBALLS ME FOR NOTHING




So Maplewoodonline has kicked me off again, apparently because I want to allow its reader to link to some of my work.

As Jamie Ross knows, I make no money from my website and I only link to things that are not otherwise reported.

Several fellow residents have raised the issue of how Maplewoodonline's practice of limiting access to what has become a real public square of commentary is a form of censorship and likely the basis for legal action.

Interestingly, Maplewoodonline's rules indicate there is no "inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene" conduct allowed.

As anyone who regularly reads the site knows this is broken daily by many others.

The site then states it can kick anyone off for any reason.

Read it all below:

You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use this community to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violative of any law. You agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you.

We at this community also reserve the right to reveal your identity (or whatever information we know about you) in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any message posted by you. We log all internet protocol addresses accessing this web site.

Please note that advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are inappropriate on this community.

We reserve the right to remove any content for any reason or no reason at all. We reserve the right to terminate any membership for any reason or no reason at all.

You must be at least 13 years of age to use this service.

If you read my links on MOL often, you see I break none of these rules.

21 comments:

Anonymous said...

Get them YALESTREETMAN GET THEM REAL GOOD

Anonymous said...

I think for real important information about Maplewood, no bias just reporting, the YALESTREETMAN is the BEST.

Anonymous said...

It's about time...You should have been banned long ago. You were given multiple opportunities to comply with the rules, but you willfully ignored them. Can't wait to see what new screen name you come back with...NOT !

Anonymous said...

Fuck rules. I come hear once a day to get info. That mssg board is full of Internet bullies that are passive aggressive. Keep up the good work buddy.

Anonymous said...

Here. Not hear.

Anonymous said...

Dave says "We asked him to add a sentence of content with a link. " Was that too much trouble for you?

Anonymous said...



not for nothing but the obscenity rules on MOL are pretty lax... just check out this bukkake group thread http://forum.maplewoodonline.com/vc/discussion/86638/to-all-her-virtual-community-and-real-friends-this-thread-is-for-sharon-please-respond....

don't get me wrong, I love a good bukkake vid, I just wish they'd hurry up and cover that face

Joe Strupp said...

Thanks to all for being in touch

Anonymous said...

I notice that a few comments have been deleted here ... so much for opposing censorship.

Joe Strupp said...

i have not deleted anything

Anonymous said...

It was a post quoting Dave's statement from the now-deleted MOL thread where he said that he had asked you to post something and you did not do so.

Why were you not able to reply with his apparently reasonable request?

Joe Strupp said...

I did not delete and did not see it here. Maybe it did not post. Feel free to post as you will. i have only deleted one or two posts here that were profane, but otherwise let the comments flow.

Anonymous said...

I can't repost because the thread quoted is no longer there. But Dave stated on MOL that he and Jamie had made a (reasonable-sounding) request of you and you did not comply. Do you have a response to that?

Anonymous said...

JHC Joe, you are thicker than I thought, and who can't figure out that the first couple "Anonymous" posts up above are you.

Hey Joe- "We reserve the right to remove any content for any reason or no reason at all. We reserve the right to terminate any membership for any reason or no reason at all."

See what I mean, THICK!

Not sure if you're the Anonymous poster who created this post, http://joestrupp.blogspot.com/2012/08/maplewoodonline-blackballs-me-for.html?showComment=1345814062057&m=1#c3328309441560284694 , or if strawberry did.

Anonymous said...

Hmmm, that was supposed to be a link to to the post above about bukkake, which I'm sure you know something about.

stephanie said...

I love that jOe delted some profane posts but the one about bukkake is still here. Ha.

Anonymous said...

Did you read this section:

We reserve the right to remove any content for any reason or no reason at all. We reserve the right to terminate any membership for any reason or no reason at all.

Joe Strupp said...

i do not post anonymous, lest you think otherwise

Case said...

You can't blame us for thinking that the anonymous poster with poor grammar and spelling was you; I mean... it IS a distinguishing characteristic!

Anonymous said...

Follow the rules and you won't get banned

Joe Strupp said...

that's just it, who sets the rules and who else breaks them and is not banned.