The Kate ban - explained.

[BARENETTED]

yeeeeeeeesssssssss!!!!!!

 

[schnauzer4me]

it is indeed a good day. so very glad you have returned, kate.

 

[dc2k08]

Ha ha, I knew she wouldn't be able to resist forever. Maithú Cait!

I agree that what constitutes as slander here does appear to be extremely selective. I am a member of many online communities and have never once witnessed anyone being asked to sensor themselves due to a potential law-suit. Perhaps they know their disclaimers cover them.

What I see as having a much stronger case for a potential lawsuit is the copying and pasting of articles and other content verbatim which occurs here readily. Republishing or copying any article or other content without the permission of the owner constitutes copyright infringement as far as I was aware. There are some limited exceptions such as the fair use doctrine which is a complicated area of the law though.

I was always warned that articles or other content should not be republished unless permission is granted from the author or owner or you are very comfortable that it falls under a defence such as fair use. Why is content stealing allowed here? Am I missing something?

 

[imeothanasis]

Thanks Joe. Here's a peace present for you ... some extra special eliquid

It tastes of kitten tears, rainbow dew and unicorn sweat.

Eiiiii, thats for me Kate, I asked Zeus for one of them and refused. He gave it to you?

I will go and honey his wife Hera. I am sure she will like me a lot

Taukimada knows xa xa

 

[Kate]

It's Artemis who has all the best stash Imeo

I found this picture and thought of you ... and Gep who likes Monty Python

 

[smokingclam]

Welcome back Kate!!!!! Sure wasn't the same without you here.

 

[WerkIt]

Yes, sorry I'm being so flaky hamster.

Please stop mourning me and put avatars back to normal. I'll be lurking around sometimes and by the looks of things won't be able to keep quiet.

Thanks for all your support, it really means a lot to me

I am new here, with few posts, having been e-smoking for barely over a month now. I am SOOO glad you are back. No matter the question or issue, you ALWAYS seemed to be there with the answer. Even when I was lurking I ALWAYS looked forward to reading your posts, knowing they would be packed full of CORRECT information.

As a newbie here, you are the GRAND DAME of this place. I am so happy you are here and hope you remain.

 

[fenez]

Welcome back Kate it is great to see ya I missed ya.

 

[Kate]

Thanks very much to you all for the good wishes, I really appreciate it

You'll have to stop now, too much warm fluffyness will give me a big head

 

[imeothanasis]

It's Artemis who has all the best stash Imeo

I found this picture and thought of you ... and Gep who likes Monty Python

I dont know how you found my picture from the army, I am the one next to Gep's friend

 

[BARENETTED]

thanks very much to you all for the good wishes, i really appreciate it :d

you'll have to stop now, too much warm fluffyness will give me a big head

your habit will hide your head.

 

[Sexi]

Glad your back Kate, when I joined last September, I remember spending what I thought was days reading everything here & thinking to myself how much you helped people & how much study/work/knowledge you had about e-cigs. I have lurked & lurked here for a long time so I wanted to give you another kitty.................

He's dancing with joy your back.

 

[Trayler_Trash]

I am newbie here also, and just wanted to say that although never spoke or posted directly with/to you Kate, your other posts really helped me along the way.

 

[Drewsworld]

Welcome Back Kate..What took you SO LONG!

 

[katink]

Good to see you posting again Kate!

 

[imeothanasis]

I hope all these days you were not with us you did not start the analogs

 

[ozrick]

Glad your back Kate, when I joined last September, I remember spending what I thought was days reading everything here & thinking to myself how much you helped people & how much study/work/knowledge you had about e-cigs. I have lurked & lurked here for a long time so I wanted to give you another kitty.................

He's dancing with joy your back.

I could not agree more. I too spent days and days pouring over the forums and constantly kept running into Kate's posts. She really helped my husband and I make an educated decision. Not only does she discuss the good, but the bad and the ugly. We really need that type of person on these boards. If it hand't been for her constant reminders about side effects of vaping and safety I would have probably OD'd on nicotine by now

PS. And even though my bat doesn't swing that way, I'd still give her a big fat kiss for all her help on the boards!

Mike

 

[Grandma Cas]

Note that the "smoke free" signature that was originally from "haqur.com" was recently "acquired" by the "trademarked" SmokeFree on 3-23 or so. (Look carefully at the words "smoke free" on the earlier version - supposedly a labor of love - and compare to the "SmokeFreeTM" on the version since 3-23, a version which is now an MLM marketer's stealth tool that each of you is hosting, as unwitting as it may be).

Couldn't find a TM assigned to "Health e-Choice" either (as claimed) who is SmokeFree. Nada TMs.

So you are providing a free link to Health e-Choice, a supplier selling the "SmokeFree" which looks to me like the Cixi (e-cig) E9. (like current S51, EAZE Magnum, Red Dragon, Bloog, eSmoke, etc.).

They have an aggressive and deep channel (Pyramid) "MLM" has your email address and is using this to collect more. Anyone who started using this meter since 3-23 or so, now has a direct link to them in their signature or wherever else they paste the code.

Now I don't think it will save much bandwidth (about 6K), it would help, depending on how many members use it - the jpg or png is hosted elsewhere but...

How do you feel about putting a link up to a supplier in your sig? How do you feel about never knowing it?

The same goes for the vape version which links to another, I beleive, non-sponsoring supplier.

When you use these thingies you are not only helping them you are running a script on their server - which can be programmed by them to do anything at anytime. I deleted even the pre SmokeFree one because of this. Haqur rhymes with......

I think suppliers should support the forum but not advertise. (Is that possible?).

Members should be aware that they are inadvertently linking to un-supporting suppliers who are mining email addresses by using what otherwise were once just cute, informative meters.

I suppose you can beat it somewhat by using a phony email (you might set someone else up by doing so) to get the cute banner, but it is programmed and linked anyways and that's out of your control.

So far, they've got 37,000+ "advertisers" and email addys. Nice trick, right under your nose.

Thanks for the heads up esmok-e What a cheek?

 

[Kate]

... could you hurry and get over to that newbie forum please? A lot of people looking for ya there

Lu

Here's my new approach to forum life

So, my bid for world domination will only work if I don't

 

[Alain_JANTY]

I love this picture, it's so true