Worthpoint removes 30 million sports card listings

Peter_Spaeth · #1 02-06-2021, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Rich Klein

Peter:

I will vouch the moderator is a good guy, we've known each other for at least a decade and I finally met him at either the 2017 or 2018 NSCC.

However, being a good guy and having to follow corporate dictates are two very different things. Let's say his boss said your account has to go for that post, then he has no real option but to poof your account

Rich

While obviously not remotely equivalent to the defense raised at Nuremberg, I am not sure I always buy the "my boss made me do it" rationale for doing something one doesn't believe is right. In any event, I would be surprised if the decision was made at a higher level, it was almost instant.

Rich Klein · #2 02-06-2021, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

The defendants at Nuremberg said the same thing, and I would be surprised if the decision was made at a higher level, it was almost instant.

Peter:

That comment is beneath you, this is baseball cards not something more serious. FYI my wife is the daughter of a survivor so I take all those references very seriously

Rich

Peter_Spaeth · #3 02-06-2021, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Rich Klein

Peter:

That comment is beneath you, this is baseball cards not something more serious. FYI my wife is the daughter of a survivor so I take all those references very seriously

Rich

Obviously I was not suggesting an equivalence in terms of seriousness, Rich. But I will edit it so as not to offend.

Rich Klein · #4 02-06-2021, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Obviously I was not suggesting an equivalence in terms of seriousness, Rich. But I will edit it so as not to offend.

TY Peter, I appreciate the change

Rich

pokerplyr80 · #5 02-06-2021, 01:49 PM

I have to agree you can't blame someone who's paid to be a chat board moderator for doing his job. I'm sure he is told what posts to remove, and under what circumstances to ban a user. Is he supposed to have some moral objection to banning those that violate the rules? I would think not.

Peter_Spaeth · #6 02-06-2021, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

I have to agree you can't blame someone who's paid to be a chat board moderator for doing his job. I'm sure he is told what posts to remove, and under what circumstances to ban a user. Is he supposed to have some moral objection to banning those that violate the rules? I would think not.

I didn't come close to violating any rule. I just asked what are we to make of all these cards being identified as altered. Anyhow I didn't mean to get off on a tangent, I was just explaining that I was banned by the supposedly good guy new mod and I guess it irritated me that Rich was defending him.

pokerplyr80 · #7 02-06-2021, 02:06 PM

I'm not sure I have ever posted on PSA's boards. As I understand it they're very quick to remove posts that could be viewed as against the company's best interests. That is just what I gather from posts around here though. I have never looked up their rules.

I also assume I would be banned had I spent any time posting there.

Rich Klein · #8 02-06-2021, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I didn't come close to violating any rule. I just asked what are we to make of all these cards being identified as altered. Anyhow I didn't mean to get off on a tangent, I was just explaining that I was banned by the supposedly good guy new mod and I guess it irritated me that Rich was defending him.

I was defending him because I know him outside of CU and I was pointing out the corporate view. I get Peter's frustration but let's also be thankful as long as you put your name on a post, we have reasonably fair ways to express ourselves on 54. As Peter noted, many boards are not that user friendly in terms of other opinions.

Rich

perezfan · #9 02-06-2021, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

I have to agree you can't blame someone who's paid to be a chat board moderator for doing his job. I'm sure he is told what posts to remove, and under what circumstances to ban a user. Is he supposed to have some moral objection to banning those that violate the rules? I would think not.

Violate the rules???

If an honest, pertinent and stimulating conversation violates company rules and results in banning, then who in their right mind would support such a company?

Never Get Cheated.

Peter_Spaeth · #10 02-06-2021, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by perezfan

Violate the rules???

If an honest, pertinent and stimulating conversation violates company rules and results in banning, then who in their right mind would support such a company?

Never Get Cheated.

The usual rules of corporate behavior have never applied in the case of PSA and even less so now. 4 million item backlog, I am told.

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