Board Ethics

[Paul Jamgotch]

Just curious how the board feels:

If BP is made aware that someone is blatantly posting false information to sell their service, loans, homes, investment, etc. should BP remove the offending post and possibly offending member if they continue the practice? Keep in mind, the person offering is obviously a paying member of BP but the person looking to possibly do business with that individual may not be.

I guess I am asking if BP has a responsibility to those looking for these services, loans, investments, etc. Or, is BP only responsible for their own financial well being?

Taking this further, could BP ever be financially liable if they continue to allow this type of posting once BP is made aware of the offense?

I should add, this has never happened to me.  I'm just curious about such matters in our (not so) new digital age. Feel free to direct me to other threads that might cover this.

[Ned Carey]

The BP community is both welcome and encouraged to call out bogus post in the market place.  This can be done either by reporting the specific post or adding posts in the thread to challenge the original poster. 

However we cannot possible know every market well enough to evaluate the deals posted there. 

As a moderator I haven't looked at many marketplace posts as I am not in the market to buy.  however thank you from bringing it to our attention. I will spend some time there.