Blue_Chi: The Case of Omania.net (Sablat Al Arab) is Over?
Devilish
· 2 years ago
"Freedom of expression does not mean infringing the rights of other people, it does not give people the right to insult others"
well said !
Harith
· 2 years ago
I agree with you Riyadh on your case analysis, well done, but also it depends if he showed enough reasons as you said.
Almajara.com I thinl they also facing the same story.
MMK080
· 2 years ago
Hey what's your forum URL again? Ia m going to register and post blasphemous comments about me cuz i'm a bit low on cash right now ;P
Abs
· 2 years ago
This whole case has been a farce really, and franky speaking very boring. Im sure the forum has got enough advertisement and attention now to get more members.
Amjad
· 2 years ago
I believe that Said Al-Rashdi was not fully aware of the disrespectful and insulting threads and posts on his forum, because he simply did not use to check the forum frequently.
The forum was on the hands of other moderators who did not care whether they edit or delete some posts which were not acceptable. They did edit and delete many posts, but they left many others which caused them troubles.
Al-Rashdi was asked to shut his forum down before leaving to UK for higher studies, but he refused. The authorities then told him that he will hold responsibility for all what is said on his forum, but maybe he didn't get the chance to visit his forum frequently and moderate it. He left the forum for ones who thought he can trust. They're trustworthy moderators and I believe they were doing their job, but they just couldn't handle some serious stuff ..
Anyway, I think the responsibility of what is written on that forum should be held to those who write, not to moderators. Moderators have their own lives and moderating the forum is not their main job, so members should take responsibility of what they write.
Last month I wrote about the sabla's issue on my blog, and I totally agree with what you said in your last paragraph. "Freedom of expression does not mean infringing the rights of other people, it does not give people the right to insult others or start rumours." Very well said, and very true. Unfortunately those members of the sabla lost the meaning of "freedom of expression" and they misused the feature the Omani government gave them.
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well said !
Almajara.com I thinl they also facing the same story.
The forum was on the hands of other moderators who did not care whether they edit or delete some posts which were not acceptable. They did edit and delete many posts, but they left many others which caused them troubles.
Al-Rashdi was asked to shut his forum down before leaving to UK for higher studies, but he refused. The authorities then told him that he will hold responsibility for all what is said on his forum, but maybe he didn't get the chance to visit his forum frequently and moderate it. He left the forum for ones who thought he can trust. They're trustworthy moderators and I believe they were doing their job, but they just couldn't handle some serious stuff ..
Anyway, I think the responsibility of what is written on that forum should be held to those who write, not to moderators. Moderators have their own lives and moderating the forum is not their main job, so members should take responsibility of what they write.
Last month I wrote about the sabla's issue on my blog, and I totally agree with what you said in your last paragraph. "Freedom of expression does not mean infringing the rights of other people, it does not give people the right to insult others or start rumours." Very well said, and very true. Unfortunately those members of the sabla lost the meaning of "freedom of expression" and they misused the feature the Omani government gave them.