Then Kalera needs to keep her whining over on the bead forums and not in
rec.crafts.glass.

WC is paying for web server space and providing a forum. You don't like the
way they do things? TOUGH. It's their game, it's their rules. Get over
it, or get gone. Nobody should ever have the expectation of privacy in
posting "private" messages on a public forum. What dreamworld are you
living in?


"Kandice Seeber" wrote in message
...
Completely uncalled for. Kalera raised some great points, and your
abrasive, abusive post makes you appear very unintelligent and
belligerent.
WC has had problems for a long time, and there are many people who feel
this
way about it. It's her right to call them out on censoring private
messages, and to let the beadmaking community know about it. It's called
"word of mouth" and it's very effective.


--
Kandice Seeber
Air & Earth Designs
http://www.lampwork.net

Oh, boo hoo.

Geez. It's "their" website/forum. They can do what they want,
including
making a friggin' profit, banning fools, and monitoring content!

One nice thing about the internet is that there is no shortage of domain
names and web servers. You don't like somebody's website or forum?
Start
yer own with yer own precious "core values", already. Let's see how
long
YOU remain non-profit and altruistic.

You need to get a life if some forum has you "really, really upset".
It's
a simple solution: Just don't go there any more.






"Kalera Stratton" wrote in message
...
I have recently found out that Wetcanvas is actively censoring certain
links (to other forums) out of private messages between users... and
this really upsets me. I personally have made furthering accurate
information about lampworking one of my core values, and it breaks my
heart to see a popular company that actively seeks to "protect" its
customers from other sources of information. WC is now a for-profit
company, and profit has for some time gradually been rising over the
sharing of information as their primary goal.

I can't talk about this freely on WC, so I am talking about it freely
here, since I don't run the risk of censorship and this is a
completely
uninvolved place. I'm really, really upset about this; although I had
some time ago made the decision not to post any tutorials to WC (I am
not giving a profit-seeking company my hard work for free) and have
been
wavering on the decision of whether to advertise with them. Well, that
decision is made; my dollars go elsewhere. I spend over $2000/yr on
advertising and not a penny of it will go to them... meanwhile, I WILL
be contributing, financially and otherwise, to not-for-profit forums
like www.Artglassforum.com and www.ISGB.org, not to mention putting my
body and voice in places where I think I can make a difference, like
here.

--
-Kalera
http://www.beadwife.com