MyLot is Amazing
@whiteheather39 (24403)
United States
June 13, 2007 11:35am CST
I am actually shocked and very pleased. I had a discussion deleted and I sent many PMs to myLot asking why, although I knew a sweet flower had it deleted because of her interpretation of copyright laws. I educated myself thoroughly on these laws and explained to myLot that I had used the "Fair Use exemption" law and as this is in accordance with the myLot guidelines where if your post part of anything copied from the Interenet (news, health, facts and figures etc.) using these articles to ask an opinion, debate, question, etc., this is OK as long as you post the LINK showing that these are not your words but from another source.
I am so happy that myLot read my PM and reinstated my discussion. However the responses did not get reinstated so I am sorry if any of you lost a point because of this.
Reinstated discussion:
http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1107469.aspx
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21 responses
@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
13 Jun 07
Wow, this is incredible... it is such a coup! I can't believe myLot actually reinstated your discussion.
Simply amazing, yes. :P
@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
13 Jun 07
That you that is high praise indeed coming from you. I took me about a week of studying all the copyright and fair use exemption laws I could find then I PMd mL every day (the same PM) for another week. Actually all I was doing was going into detail about one of their "DO" discussion guidelines. Actually it was deleted due to one person's own interpretation of the law.
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@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
13 Jun 07
Well, you are good. From what I recall, I wrote them 3 times, with few days in between, using the same pm regarding their deletion of my "Do you flaunt your faith in public?" discussion.
RADIO SILENCE. :P
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@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
13 Jun 07
I appreciate your posting this because now I have learned something new about mylot guidelines. I'm happy they reposted your discussion.
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@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
13 Jun 07
So glad to have been of help. Some of the guidesline are rather ambiguous and so users distort them to have discussions deleted. I am sure that with amount of traffic on this site myLot admin could not really investigate every report of abuse.
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@jennybianca (12912)
• Australia
14 Jun 07
Yes, I did notice a discussion of yours had been deleted, and as I had loaded it to respond, I was a bit stunned. The topic was fine, & you always have the link if it is an info type discussion.
I didn't loose a point, as it was deleted before I got to it.
What a sweet flower this person must be? To obviously look for faults, no matter how minor or non-existant they may be.
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@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
14 Jun 07
I think it is really a shame that some people are allowed to appoint themselves censors of what is or is not correct in a discussion. I think these people spoil it for so many who are bewildered as to why their discussions got deleted.
@maildumpster (3815)
• United States
13 Jun 07
Congrats. Maybe I should become a squeaky wheel about the discussion they deleted from me about reporting rude people. Well within guidelines but still deleted.
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@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
13 Jun 07
As far as I understand the person who had my discussion deleted made it her personal rule to report every discussion that did not fall within HER interpretation of the laws and guidelines.
So was I was not the first but one of many she had reported for abuse.
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@maildumpster (3815)
• United States
13 Jun 07
Actually I think she is the second one I know who was able to have a deleted discussion reinstated. Still kudos to her!!
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@lingli_78 (12821)
• Australia
14 Jun 07
this is really a great news... at least now we know that mylot is very fair in dealing with every issue... it is amazing that you can get your deleted post to be reinstated again... at least now we can rest assured that we are in a forum where the admins really look after its member professionally... this makes me want to stick with mylot even more... thanks you for sharing this news with us...
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@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
14 Jun 07
Exactly. It has certainly brought them back up in my estimation as I was getting so very disillusioned.
@sunshinecup (7871)
•
14 Jun 07
WOW you go girl! It's rare to hear a post being reinstated. I just went there and posted again, I can't remember what it was the first time, but I know I posted to it.
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
14 Jun 07
You are such a winner. That was a great post and done correctly as well.I recently advised someone on my friends list that constantly posting stories from the net without saying where they came from or posting a link or naming the author was inadviasable. He/she continued so I reported that person. Every single post is not her work with no references whatsoever. Nothing has been done. I just don't understand.
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@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
14 Jun 07
There is a person on my friends list who does just the opposite. She looks ar yahoo news items every day and then just posts the links with either a "what do you think" or something similar. There are at least 4 ot 5 of them posted a day and I think that is also abuse as there is no particular part of the item that she questions or wants to debate.
@gardengrrl (1445)
• United States
13 Jun 07
very cool! Way to follow through and get your point heard, good job! It's great to hear something like this, because I see a lot of posts saying people haven't gotten a response from myLot about this issue or that. Thanks for sharing this news, and the link for your other discussion.
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@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
13 Jun 07
Thank you. It did take a total of about two and a half weeks but it does show that perseverance and being able to back up your reasons for rebutting the deletion was looked into.
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@sumofalltears (3988)
• United States
13 Jun 07
I'm glad you got a response from mylot about your discussion. Hopefully they respond to these questions all the time. There is nothing worse than getting slapped on the hand and not knowing why.
@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
13 Jun 07
Exactly that has been my biggest peeve of all. I am so pleased with the outcome.
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@devilsangel (1817)
• United States
14 Jun 07
Wow, I'm sorry that your discussion got deleted because of a certian person but I'm happy that mylot found the error in their haste and reposted your discussion. Some people thrive off of causing issues for others and I hope that you don't allow this person to get to you. I will have to go check out the other discussion and see what it was all about. Again I'm glad mylot reinstated it.
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@herrbaggs (1308)
• United States
13 Jun 07
Hey whiteheather, would you ask them why roztredtoes does not work anymore they won't answer me.
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@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
13 Jun 07
I thought you knew...Roz is too busy to post on myLot anymore. He is helping your wife out in the nice workshop she had built.
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@claudia413 (4280)
• United States
17 Jun 07
Glad to hear you stood up for yourself and got your discussion reinstated. I didn't get to respond to it earlier, but I have done so now.
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@estherlou (5015)
• United States
17 Jun 07
Well, it's possible that mylots pulled the discussion after a lot of people objected to the subject matter. Personally, that is the type of discussion I avoid. But glad for you that you stood up for yourself, explained your rights, and the situation was resolved.
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@retardedrugrat (4790)
• Canada
14 Jun 07
Wow! Way to go!
Thats just amazing. Who ever thought that Mylot admin would show their human side? LOL!
@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
6 Sep 07
If I was not ding something right then they would never have reinstated it.
