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Company posting without rep account

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  • 07-07-2015 4:55pm
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    Chiorino
    Registered Users Posts: 621 ✭✭✭


    While fully aware of the lengths the mods and admins have to go to stop boards from turning into a shillfest, is there any place for a company owner/rep (provided they have established their identity with the management)to post on the site without incurring a ban/sanction.

    Having previously enquired about a rep account, the cost simply didn't justify what could be gotten out of the site and I would feel that there are a lot of other people out there who would be in a similar boat. Could a reduced cost "verified rep lite" be made workable with certain t's & c's, maybe subscription based and limited to discussion/no sales patter.

    I ask because I see numerous businesses commented about in various forums to which the owners have no right of reply (without paying out for a rep account) which seems a little unfair especially if the comments are incorrect or derogatory. Could anything be done?
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    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,306 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    Companies do have a limited right of reply without the need for a verified rep account. The office in the past have posted responses/rebuttals from companies on threads where they were being discussed.


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    Dav
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,840 ✭✭✭Dav


    We are happy to offer a right of reply for companies that are looking to tackle something that's been said about them, email hello@boards.ie with a link to the comment(s) in question and we can talk to you about it.


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    Liam McPoyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,846 ✭✭✭✭Liam McPoyle


    Chiorino wrote: »
    While fully aware of the lengths the mods and admins have to go to stop boards from turning into a shillfest, is there any place for a company owner/rep (provided they have established their identity with the management)to post on the site without incurring a ban/sanction.

    Having previously enquired about a rep account, the cost simply didn't justify what could be gotten out of the site and I would feel that there are a lot of other people out there who would be in a similar boat. Could a reduced cost "verified rep lite" be made workable with certain t's & c's, maybe subscription based and limited to discussion/no sales patter.

    I ask because I see numerous businesses commented about in various forums to which the owners have no right of reply (without paying out for a rep account) which seems a little unfair especially if the comments are incorrect or derogatory. Could anything be done?


    If you look on the wedding forum currently there is a thread where someone posted making pretty serious allegations about a hotel. The hotel in question posted a response and they were verified by the Boards team without an official rep account.


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    Chiorino
    Registered Users Posts: 621 ✭✭✭Chiorino


    Thanks for the replies guys. I personally never had cause to defend my company but what got me thinking was the following thread http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057440936.

    I happened to know some of those involved in the market and decided to let them know about it (not knowing that they would reply as they did as I would have told them it would be frowned upon). Good to know that the ability to reply is there.

    I take it this would require at least pre-approval from the office or do any posts have to actually be made via the office?


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    Dav
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,840 ✭✭✭Dav


    It comes from us in the office, yea. Unless we've approved it, it'll get nuked.


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