Over on The Muk Report: “I love everything about Chowhound, from the clunky site itself, to the broader ethos of ‘Chowhounding.’ Well, almost everything … One of the site’s rules forbids mentioning establishments in their ‘ban list’ [eateries thought to have engaged in shilling on the Chowhound site, e.g. insiders posting fake reviews to get free publicity].”
“One of the restaurants on this list is Franny’s, a terrific brick oven pizzeria right near my home. … Now, people still do discuss Franny’s … but as soon the thread is discovered, the volunteer Chowhound cops take it down.”
“I was pretty surprised one day last year to find this in my inbox: ‘It’s especially out of bounds … to urge other participants to defy Chowhound policy … we urge you to find (or start) [a message board] run more to your liking by a team less deserving of your snide disrespect and vandalism. You’re no longer welcome at Chowhound.com.”
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LINKS:
How I Got Banned from Chowhound [The Muk Report]
Chowhound Outer Boroughs Message Boards[Chowhound.com]
I love chowhound as much as everyone else, but sometimes grow weary of their policing of comments. They often delete comments that I consider harmless, but one time allowed a blatantly homophobic statement to remain, despite complaints.