Chow Hound Pt 2 Blog Wars

This is the follow up…..

I had to get a new screen name because they have punished me (boo-hoo)

From chow:

Hi jedichef, you’ve been sent the following by a Chowhound moderator:

Hi:
We sent this to your other address and then deactivated your chefMD account when you continued to post and repost your query even after we emailed you:

“Please bear in mind as you use our site that we reserve the right to remove posts at our discretion, without notification or explanation. We also don’t engage in public debate about deleted posts. We know moderated sites aren’t to everyone’s liking but if you’d like to continue to use our site, those are the rules we expect you to respect.”

If you’d like to continue using your chefMD ID, please confirm that you’ve received this email and that you’ll stop posting over and over again about posts we’ve deleted, and we’ll reactivate it.

The Chowhound Team
Chowhound.com For
Those Who Live to Eat

Of course I replied……

first of all, i never received an email before this one. secondly, i believe an explanation is needed. i have seen far worse posts completely self written or otherwise promoting of other restaurants.

i never go on to self promote my restaurant, in fact, never even bring it up. i do not hide who i am. you (chowhound) allowed an entire email from another restaurant to be posted ! so why i ask, do you remove a new post like the one i am referring to ? And, allow one about the entire religious aspects, which frankly, have NOTHING to do with the food, ambiance and service to be posted ? i know it was taken down, i am the one who reported it. but if i hadn’t, would it still be there ? there was another posting from months ago you removed. same exact thing. a new customer for me, a new poster for you, wrote a very intelligent piece, and you removed it ! why ? no explanation…..

I have no issue with negative reports about where i work. in fact, i have used chowhound as research “intelligence” for my own place. most times, i agree with what people say about trinity.

maybe i shouldn’t suggest your website anymore…….

i will not continue to post about this instance….

but i am watching….

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Michael d’Ennery