Legal review and site ownership

[HoosierEh 21]

Greetings,

 

Forgive my lack of tech speak but who owns and operates this website - is it lawyers? My understanding is that most people here operating as 'moderators' are doing so out of the kindness of their hearts but when it comes down to actual oversight who do people contact?

 

I would like to begin to write out my waiver summary but wanted to know who oversees the website before I do. Of course I am fully aware that anything I post regarding my legal counsel will and could be held libel and that is not my intent but I do feel they are deserving of a review. Is there a page on the site where we are encouraged to post about our experience with paid lawyers? Is it allowed?

 

Thank you in advance

 

[Crazy Cat 41,894]

Have you read the Terms of Service?  http://www.visajourney.com/content/terms/

[HoosierEh 21]

9 minutes ago, missileman said:

Have you read the Terms of Service?  http://www.visajourney.com/content/terms/

Hi,

 

Thank you and yes I have read the terms of service which does not answer my question in the least - who or whom would be at the discretionary table to remove a review I write, it only says that VisaJourney has the right to remove or partially remove something I post but says there is no oversight.

 

Who is VisaJourney?

I'm half expecting my lawyer and his firm to be behind it ( that was a joke lol )

[Crazy Cat 41,894]

3 minutes ago, HoosierEh said:

Hi,

 

Thank you and yes I have read the terms of service which does not answer my question in the least - who or whom would be at the discretionary table to remove a review I write, it only says that VisaJourney has the right to remove or partially remove something I post but says there is no oversight.

 

Who is VisaJourney?

I'm half expecting my lawyer and his firm to be behind it ( that was a joke lol )

LOL.......I know the sorry attorney I hired isn't part of VJ.  When I challenged my case manager with factual information I learned here (which differed from what she said), she said "Don't believe what you read on those forums"........

[HoosierEh 21]

1 minute ago, missileman said:

LOL.......I know the sorry attorney I hired isn't part of VJ.  When I challenged my case manager with factual information I learned here (which differed from what she said), she said "Don't believe what you read on those forums"........

Oh my! I am trying not to laugh, at surely not at  you, but with you. Sounds like something my lawyer would say. Would it make you laugh to know they google themselves. Seriously they do, and anyone giving a not so good review is often met with a threat of libel action. My personal point is - how are we supposed to make an informed decision about hiring them without the bad. I read bad reviews on Amzn and still buy the item if they match my needs.

 

Forums are tough to read through on here, I would in all honesty just like to write my experience, my review of the firm and my outcome in the hopes of it being useful - or at least a start. The Terms of Service keep saying they can do x y and z but they don't say who 'they' are. Maybe it is like Oz and we aren't supposed to see who is behind the curtain.

 

I guess what has me scratching my head, as someone with family and far too much experience working with lawyers this has me confuddled:

 

Member Content Ownership and Rights. VisaJourney claims no ownership or control over any Content submitted, Posted or displayed by you on or through the Service.

License Grant. By Posting Content or communications on or through the Service, you automatically grant VisaJourney a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform, and display the Content or communication alone or as part of other works in any form, media, or technology whether now known or hereafter developed, and to sublicense such rights through multiple tiers of sublicensees.

 

 

Not comfortable with the modify, translate and edit parts.

So ... do you believe the stuff posted on those forums? LoL

 

[Villanelle 4,122]

http://www.visajourney.com/profile/11749-captain-ewok/

 

 

Capt Ewok is the name of the wizard behind the curtain. 

[NikLR 13,227]

12 hours ago, HoosierEh said:

Oh my! I am trying not to laugh, at surely not at  you, but with you. Sounds like something my lawyer would say. Would it make you laugh to know they google themselves. Seriously they do, and anyone giving a not so good review is often met with a threat of libel action. My personal point is - how are we supposed to make an informed decision about hiring them without the bad. I read bad reviews on Amzn and still buy the item if they match my needs.

 

Forums are tough to read through on here, I would in all honesty just like to write my experience, my review of the firm and my outcome in the hopes of it being useful - or at least a start. The Terms of Service keep saying they can do x y and z but they don't say who 'they' are. Maybe it is like Oz and we aren't supposed to see who is behind the curtain.

 

I guess what has me scratching my head, as someone with family and far too much experience working with lawyers this has me confuddled:

 

Member Content Ownership and Rights. VisaJourney claims no ownership or control over any Content submitted, Posted or displayed by you on or through the Service.

License Grant. By Posting Content or communications on or through the Service, you automatically grant VisaJourney a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform, and display the Content or communication alone or as part of other works in any form, media, or technology whether now known or hereafter developed, and to sublicense such rights through multiple tiers of sublicensees.

 

 

Not comfortable with the modify, translate and edit parts.

So ... do you believe the stuff posted on those forums? LoL

 

The modify edit etc.   We have mods that edit and remove posts to remove inappropriate language, spam, personal information, location of said posts, etc.. Do you not agree that Visa Journey as a forum needs moderators to oversee content posted therein?  I have yet to have been a part of any forum that is NOT moderated. 

 

So VJ doesnt OWN the content but they can moderate it or remove it or repost it.  You can always ask for it to be deleted or edited too.  

 

This is a free for use forum. If you dont like the way its run, you can choose not to use it.  People dont review forums...? I've never heard of such a thing.   You can always make suggestions for improvements and I've been on this forum long enough to know they are taken into consideration and at least twice these forums have gotten a major revamp. 

Edited August 15, 2018 by NikLR