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Posted: Tuesday March 20th, 2007 03:29 am |
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I'm not accusing RWD of being a scam site, because it's a forum, and has some very knowledgeable and great people posting there. I was one of them, I never thought about the ownership of the site, or how they make money to keep it running, I never cared about the politics of it all, it was just a fun place to go and swap stories, and maybe help out the occasional newbie, never took it too seriously, until....I was censored.
Why were my posts being edited? Why was I put on "moderated" status?, this means my posts must be approved, and often takes hours, and most of the time they never get posted at all. I never used foul language, I was a long time member, so obviously not a troll. I had over 400 posts, and like to think I was a contributing member of great community. I had many guys thank me off-board in PM's for helping them out with advice, and many other wrote me to say they liked how I stood up for myself...we all know there are the resident bullies in every forum..the guys that know it all...that think you're an idiot because you did it your way, and not theirs. I guess I'm the kind of person that stands up for myself, and my girl, which I had to do many times unfortunately. We actually sent documents to the forum manager that proved my girl's visa status after being attacked so many times about it, we proved our case, but of course no apologies, no surprise there. The reason I tell this story is because the person that was making the attacks just happened to be a good friend of the forum owner Dan, this good friend is named Jack Bragg, Agency owner and tour organizer, I'm sure many know the name...famous for his forum tirades, and long winded assaults on whoever happens to be the enemy of the week. This is where it all began...this is how I got on the forum owners watchlist of being a "troublemaker". I fought back...and I won, that's not how it's supposed to work!
I won't get into long boring details, but suffice to say the battle with Jack was ongoing, I defended myself many times from his cheapshots, but readily admit to making a few myself, but one day he crossed the line and sunk to name calling....sex tourist is what he called me, pretty ridiculous considering I have been with the same Ukrainian girl for nearly two years. I decided to start a topic about the label of "sex tourist" and yes I also defended myself from Jack's accusation, it was based on nothing at all, he just made it up...but I didn't attack him, I just stated the facts....The Topic was deleted by management  I was told the topic had nothing to do with the pursuit of RW. So RW can be called scammers, and it's a relevant topic, but if a man is named a sex tourist in regards to his visits to the FSU he has no right to defend that claim, no matter how wrong it is and how offensive it is to him personally. I guess it's ok if your a friend of the forum owner to insult people, there will be no consequences...but for me there was...I was put on "moderated" status, and told I was no longer allowed to post the name Jack in a thread.
Well, my moderated status ended just before a little get together with some of the RWD members from the S.F. Bay Area, that included the owner and moderator of this site Ronin. We had a good time, it was nice to put a face to the username, and get to know the "real" people, and the girls had a great time speaking non-stop Russian 
After this event I decided to post a little recap of our meeting. I mentioned that Ronin was a very knowledgeable guy, he has a lot of experience, and even has his own forum, and put a link to RWprimer. BIG Mistake! Although I have seen many other external links on RWD, even to RWGuide....a link to Ronin's site was a no-no, and I was promptly sent a threatening e-mail, and my post was edited to remove anything I said about Ronin...not just the link. Someone doesn't like competition?
More censorship....my last day at RWD. I got involved in something I despise...MOB business politics. (read more here http://rwprimer.com/forum19/385.html)Dan and Jack had been slamming Jim of Jimslists.com, an anti-scam website that rates MOB agencies, and competition for Dan's new C.M.A. business. He wants to certify agencies by having them pay a fee so that he can check up on them, and he gives them rules they must abide by. I made the mistake of looking into things, and finding out this wasn't just a flame war between Dan, his good buddy Jack, and Jim...it was a full out effort to squash the competition, discredit him, and lure him into a war of words and threats that can only be ended with lawsuits. How do I know? I got put into the role of mediator between the three parties...I had written a letter to Jim, to get his side of the story, he wrote back...he asked me to forward a message to Jack, Jack wrote back and asked me to relay a message (demand) to Jim. Even Dan got involved and wrote me his demands from Jim. Guess what, Jim promised to do everything they asked, they only had to take down a parody website they had made called jimslistsucks.com .....they refused. You see they don't want the war to end, they want to ruin Jimslists, stamp out the competition. It became obvious to me, I hadn't even cared about these kinds of things, but when I saw it for what it was, I talked about it. No accusations, no foul language, just presented the facts of my personal dealings with these people. My posts were censored, and I was promptly banned from RWD.
The unknowing members have no idea why I was banned, they are being told it was because of violation of TOS rules...that I had used "vulgur" language, which I never did. Some of them have asked why I my PM's to them have been deleted...you see PM's aren't really private, management had been screening mine. At the time of the post, members at RWD are asking questions...it's no longer just a innocent place to get together with your friends and talk about the women we love and places we have been....it is tarnished, mostly by the lure of money, and the sometimes unscrupulous acts that go along with that. By the way, how can a web forum that is supposed to "help" men in their pursuit of RW advertise a well known scammer website? People are starting to ask questions...that's a good thing.
Glad to be on-board a "not for profit" web forum here at RWPrimer, with no influence from advertisers...excellent idea Ronin, I commend you.
Last edited on Tuesday March 20th, 2007 03:53 am by jinx13
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Posted: Tuesday March 20th, 2007 07:33 pm |
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jinx13 wrote: I'm not accusing RWD of being a scam site, because it's a forum, and has some very knowledgeable and great people posting there. I was one of them, I never thought about the ownership of the site, or how they make money to keep it running, I never cared about the politics of it all, it was just a fun place to go and swap stories, and maybe help out the occasional newbie, never took it too seriously, until....I was censored.
Welcome to the "Club" 
Glad to be on-board a "not for profit" web forum here at RWPrimer, with no influence from advertisers...excellent idea Ronin, I commend you.
This is a very good site. Bring your experiences and advice here. It will be much more appreciated here.
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