>>Be Specific? Sure. What I said was that AUCTION discussion forums, rather than COLLECTIBLE discussion forums, do not allow an auction seller or buyer to be discussed behind their backs. Big difference between slandering someone's taste or vocabulary and slandering his business practices. All these dot.com's; AuctionTalk, AuctionWatch, AuctionRover, AuctionDiner, Online Auction Users Association, and The Auction Guild have similar policies. Specific enough? Discuss whatever you want in general terms, but do not link to a specific auction, or mention a seller or buyer by name, unless that person has been notified of the discussion and has been 24 hours to make an appearance. This is true of closed auctions as well as current auctions.<<

You kinda neglected to mention that your positions are based on how YOU moderate an Auction message board. You dictate how online intercourse happens on your site. That's your privilege. Trying to dictate how it happens here won't work. This forum is available for the free exchange of news, questions, ideas, gripes, joys, friendships, information, fights, and anything else that happens to come to mind. A lot of the people involved in the discussions on this BB are real-life friends. These friendships are precious to me, even if I disagree with some of what some of my friends do sometimes. It's real life online!

Bob