I don't understand what redietz is trying to do here.

First off, while nobody enjoys being sued, I have dealt with numerous lawsuit threats while running my PFA forum, and I never let these intimidate me. Ironically, the one time I was actually sued, I was not threatened with any litigation. One day I just discovered that I was part of 12 defendants in an extremely frivolous action for $330 million (lol). I hadn't even been served. I won that one before it even went to trial, btw.

Anyway, I assume redietz is trying to say that he's going to sue kewlJ, and he needs my cooperation in the matter.

If that's not what he was trying to say, then he can clarify.

Regardless, here is my response to this and any other talk of lawsuits here:


1) I am protected by Section 230, a federal law which is part of the Communications Decency Act of 1996. This is a federal law that provides legal immunity to online platforms (like this one) for content posted by its users. Therefore, I am not held liable as the "publisher or speaker" of third-party content. Anything written by a user here is content which belongs to the user (the site ToS even clarify this), and I am simply running the platform where it's written.

2) I take the user privacy on my forums very seriously. I will never give out personal information, email addresses, IP addresses, or anything else unless there is a court order or warrant to do so. I will not cooperate with any civil subpoenas for such info, and will fight any attempt to get such info this way. The only exceptions involve people who have credible allegations of having committed mid-level-or-worse crimes (including scamming), or those who have maliciously harassed or harmed me or this forum (trolling/bashing me doesn't count, nor does mundane breakages of forum rules resulting in a ban). For everyone else, I will fight very hard to keep personal info private.

3) I know very little about kewlJ. If I had a gun to my head, I couldn't tell you who he is. I have verified before that his IP address resolves to a local Vegas IP, and it's not a proxy or VPN.

4) While kewlJ has been a whiner, a liar, a hypocrite, and a pain in the ass on many occasions, I will protect his personal information, unless you can show me that he is a criminal (and not just by hearsay or guessing).


It is important for an AP-heavy forum to be very protective of people's personal information. I have no problem with redietz, but I am also not going to be forced or pressured into handing over anyone's personal information. If an attorney contacts me, I will tell him/her the same thing.