Here's another one. I guess mentioning censorship is considered repetitive or disruptive to their "community values".

Subj:	Discussion Board Policy - PayPal - peeptoadruth
Date:	6/18/2007 11:43:22 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From:    ModerationTeam@ebay.com (eBay Moderation Team) To:       (peeptoadruth)

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peeptoadruth (657 ) View Listings | Report       Jun-17-07 19:00 PDT     
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Looks like the spin doctors and the censors are working
overtime to make this pro-Paypal thread look good.
Censorship is an ugly thing, but to do it just to make
Paypal look better is an unconsionable act, IMO.

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It is par for the course Ruth. How many times have the trolls been on here expressing their desire to see an "anti" get banned? Even mentioning YOU by name.

Those boards are just one place though. There are better ways of spreading the facts.

Last time I looked PP was taking quite a beating on youtube in the comments at a very popular consumer awareness video. Those videos do seem to be quite effective for raising awareness the cheating, dishonest policies of certain sleazy online payment services. (and those who defend them)

Some of the so-called "pros" have even been mentioned.

Hilarious.

Yes, maybe it is time to start focusing more awareness onto the issues of censorship with regards to the PP forums at ebay etc.

Consumers deserve to see all the facts so that they can decide which payment services to choose or avoid like the plague.

Basically, using PayPal is signing away all your rights as a consumer. PayPal usurps them.

BTW, I made a little ebay/google parody video.
You might wanna have a look.

Let Freedom Ring Ebay Live Google Adwords Parody

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Everyone been paying attention to these, BTW?
The alexa ratings for ebay IT's self are at an all time 5 year low too.
(snicker)

-- Edited by budnonymous at 01:40, 2007-06-20