General Discussion
Article in Dawlish Gazette about this site
Well done Council, about time somone took action, this site is a great site don't get me wrong, but the people that use it for all the wrong reason are mad. Be gone with public discussions if they can't be used to in the proper manner, and if the webmaster is who I think he is, he should be ashmed of some of the topics which have been bought up which himself are members of.
So let's see if sorted so this site can concentrate on whats its been best at, advertising and publicisein Dawlish.
Regards.
TDC
I don’t think censorship is necessary or desirable, and I have no intention of letting the Town Council decide what is acceptable and not acceptable on this site.
I have received requests from individuals in the past who have been unhappy that their name has appeared on the site for discussion, and I have removed them.
The letter sent to the council, and to me, does not mention anything about the company that the employee works for, and so I have no idea which thread he is complaining about.
I am not even sure that the person who wrote the letter has actually visited this site as he mentions the guestbook as a place where derogatory comments are made about businesses and individuals. As far as I can see the guestbook is full of comments from visitors who can’t wait to visit Dawlish for their next holiday, or have just visited and thought it was a wonderful experience.
agree with webmaster.
my guess is that it is some owner of some dive in dawlish that never gets a mention , ive seen posts about nice places to visit and eat and never about some hell hole.
maybe alfie binyon PAYBACK lol
LOL with my wicked journalist skills i see a few posts below"crapest places" below:P
maybe mike bailey lol
Judging by the posts on the notice board it looks as though the majority of posts within the last 2 months have been from people looking for a house exchange too the Dawlish area so I don't see why the Town Council would have a problem with this site as it appears you are giving a good balance of views into the Town which has obviously not put off these visitors to the site. I agree with the Webmaster that the complainant has probably not visited this site himself as there is definitely no derogatory comments in the Guest book. As for the discussion column, surely the reason why this site is popular is because the Webmaster lets people have freedom of speech which allows everyone to get a real feel of the town without it being biased.
You cannot deny that things posted in this site have an effect on peoples lives. Just ask a certain former carnival committee member. The point raised by the complainant is valid - this site is offered as an advertising tool and marketing for local businesses and Dawlish as a whole. Do we really want to display Dawlish in this way?
Yes I know idiots live everywhere and morons make up a proportion of every society but why give them unfettered access to a website such as this.
As for the council - if they receive a complaint they have a duty to act on it. They are working for a better Dawlish like a lot of people.
Although there are a lot of silly posts, I think that free discussion is a good thing, EXCEPT when it comes to people's personal lives, and this is what should be not allowed on a public forum. Take, for example, the comments made about the new owners of Pizza Palos. Someone said that the food was not as good as the previous owners (though it could have been expressed more politely). If this was a city then that person would just go to the takeout down the road or next door. At least the owners have some form of feedback and can act on it. I have not seen anything on this forum that I couldn't honestly agree with when it comes to the local businesses mentioned. Its their own faults if they thought they could get away with such poor service forever, not this site's nor the internet's fault.
You dont really believe that the council work for us, they are little hitlers with their own agenga and no regard for the residents of Dawlish. just go to a council meeting and see how the public are treated. I have many times.
The only way to make a change is from within. If you don't like the way the council is run then stand yourself - get elected and have your say.
The article probably had the opposite effect than what the council wanted. Neither my husband or I had heard of this site until then. Great publicity for the web master.
Quote As for the council - if they receive a complaint they have a duty to act on it. They are working for a better Dawlish like a lot of people.Quote
Who ever wrote that nonsense needs to visit someone that I do not know of.
What ever happened to freedom of speech? If you don't like the discussions on this site, don't read them, that's simple as you.
And as for the public threat in the newspaper to provide website owners name and address to anyone wanting it - dull wit - it's already freely available to anyone wanting it by doing a whois search online - website owner details have always been available to anyone with half a brain cell to find themselves!
I'm sure there is a data protection law would be broke if the dawlish council themselves handed the website owners details out though possibly.
Maybe if Dawlish Council were a bit quicker they would have already taken this site name for themselves ages ago and already have their own approved website here??? Maybe that's the real issue here, that dawlish council don't actually have control over something?
Grow up guys
You really are niave - I've seen a whole load of website far worse than this one - which anyone has unfettered access to
Don't you people have lives busy enough that you have to worry about something that really isn't affecting or hurting anyone?
I've seen worse comments and disscusion on friends reunited!
As for your quote "I know idiots live everywhere" - No they don't, most of them live in Dawlish! Let's keep it that way.
So if you're all for free speech and discussion then the comment about paulos pizzas shouldn't be an issue!!!!
Dawlish Council is mostly old age people, who haven't lived much, haven't done much, and haven't anything better to do with their time.
They are mostly totally out of touch with society and like to think they are in control, maybe they were important once before they retired, so this is their platform to attempt to be important and they are soooo wrong.
They don't care what the local people want or need, they care what will get them most votes and financial support.
Dawlish Council has to act when it get's a complaint about something??
Rubbish - they don't have anything to do with this website, so therefore complaints to them about it are pretty pointless
What ridiculous logic - just because the website is about Dawlish doesn't mean the council are answerable
I'm sure the website owner is a reasonable person, and if approached politely would probably consider removing anything that he agrees is innapropriate or the like.. but I can imagine that rudeness, threats and insults are likely to make him dig his heels in and exercise his right to free speech and to do whatever he damn well wants!!
You dont honestly believe this council work for you, they work for themselves and what they can gain from it.
That was my point!? I was saying that there was nothing wrong with saying that the food wasn't as good the previous owners, then the new owners have some feedback!
here here i agree with your first part but the bit about all idiots coming from dawlish oooh thats tottally wrong they come from teignmouth and they arenot idiots they are mindless morons like you and on that note why do you think they call teignmouth the germ of south devon because it is crap just take a look at the coop
they do work for themselves to line there own pockets just like that that tom bush bloke
all he is interested in is getting money from where ever to fuel his jaguar the so called councellors are only interested in what benefits them thats it the truth
Quote - they do work for themselves to line there own pockets just like that that tom bush bloke
all he is interested in is getting money from where ever to fuel his jaguar the so called councellors are only interested in what benefits them thats it the truth -Unquote
Not the truth. 15 of the 16 Town Councillors do not get paid, not even an allowance for 'phone calls, travel etc.
The Mayor is entitled to an allowance for entertaining etc.
TDC Councillors do get an allowance but they have to treat that as a part-time job and put in sufficient hours to do that role efficiently (or not!)