I sent a note on the EMRR Announcement List and then posted the following:
Wow! Interesting feedback I got on my last note, so I thought I'd open it up for discussion. I'm also going to post on RMR and TRF, so you can reply privately or openly to either of those sites.
I said in my last post about someone pointing out a swear word in a flight log.
"It is my desire to ensure that the site says kid-friendly. I will remove the reported one as soon as I get home. I will also do a check on all other site content. I will add "word" replacers in the scripts as well (simple to do, don't know why I have never done it in the past)."
Now my intent was NOT gross censorship, however, I did want to eliminate the "S" and "F" words from the content of EMRR. I've done that search and found only (4) incidents in the entire site!
However, my note brought interesting charges against EMRR (me) in the following area (my paraphrasing):
1) Who do you think you are to censor, you have no right?2) Articles submissions are over edited; there are people who don't review anymore because of that
3) Articles are over formatted; your censors substitute entire phrases that reviewers never saidWhat are your comments on these charges? Also is anyone aware of a review being "over edited" or "over formatted" or "substitued phrases". Please advise.
It's my customer service gene that has me asking.
Regards, Nick