tbrown wrote:I can't speak for anyone else, but your decision to not allow it on this site doesn't upset me at all. I was genuinely curious about your comment that it's an invitation to a lawsuit. I still am.
I would think that any review website of any type is an invitation to a lawsuit. A bad review can be claimed by the reviewee to be libel, and the publisher might be liable under the law. I know there are some laws protecting people who just carry other people's comments (like a forum) but I am not sure exactly how they apply to a review site. And even if you win the lawsuit under those laws, the costs of defending it may be expensive. For a business, that is just something to figure into the cost/profit equation. For an individual, besides the financial cost is the emotional problems to consider.