This is a letter I recieved from AOL after they found my link to allforums to be inappropiate. They put a formal reprimand on my AOL account, and froze my account, and made me change my password.





Dear Member,

America Online has been notified of a Member Directory profile created by one of the screen names on your account which violates AOL's Terms of Service (TOS). A written warning has been entered on your account record along with the information below.

The philosophytara screen name created/edited a profile that contained the following inappropriate content:

Link promoting a forum site http://www.allforums.net/index.php?s=

Last Profile Change: Nov 17 2004 12:06:15:973AM

AOL has deleted this profile from the Member Directory. Feel free to create a new profile that does not include this kind of objectionable content.

When creating an AOL account, all members agree to abide by America Online's TOS. These guidelines prohibit the use of vulgar or sexually oriented language, sexually explicit images, harassment, discussion of illegal activities, and/or other activities that may impair the enjoyment of our members.

Please take a moment to be sure all users of this account are familiar with Keyword: TOS. Further violations by any screen name on this account within the next six months may result in termination of your account.

To learn more about how to protect your AOL account, we recommend you visit Keywords: Neighborhood Watch and Parental Controls.

If you have any comments or questions please send e-mail to the screen name: TOSGeneral.

Regards,
Anusmita
Community Action Team
America Online, Inc.

AOHells' membership guidelines amount to WalMart level censorship. That's when one individual is offended by something & the entire country is denied seeing the item on Wallyworld's shelves ... for example, George Carlin's latest book.
If AOHell doesn't like AllForums, all the better.

AOL Sucks anyway.

yes.. I am rebelling... I am trying to put as much controversal stuff on my profile as possible. Getting ready to give AOL the AX anyway... might as well cause as much disruption as I possibly can while I still can.

It's just this kind of crap that made me cancel AOL.

Originally posted by UnCoolDuck
It's just this kind of crap that made me cancel AOL.

I saw a commercial for netzero.com today with all the AOL customers in line to cancel their accounts. So I decided to make the call, about 2 hours ago as a matter of fact, now I can violate TOS for AOL all I want. ::giggles::

I am too old to get amazed anymore but sometimes I do get suprised. Glad I do not use aol.

AOL is a major contributor to the GOP and does not tollerate any traffic that deviates from absolute fascist boot-licking.

Several people I know have dropped AOL because of exactly what you are going through.

Get used to it -- bush's new america.

Dop

Originally posted by Lungdop Philing
AOL is a major contributor to the GOP and does not tollerate any traffic that deviates from absolute fascist boot-licking.

Several people I know have dropped AOL because of exactly what you are going through.

Get used to it -- bush's new america.

Dop :slap:

Originally posted by philosophytara
I saw a commercial for netzero.com today with all the AOL customers in line to cancel their accounts. So I decided to make the call, about 2 hours ago as a matter of fact, now I can violate TOS for AOL all I want. ::giggles::

Yes, I put a few choice comments in my AOL journal after I left (which were also deleted)

Just make sure you document all conversations with them. Get names, numbers, etc. They don't take too kindly to people who want to leave.

My brother had AO-HELL for about three months a few years back. When he cancelled - it took them 8 months before they stopped taking money out of his acount every month. And another two months for them to give it back.

Originally posted by Echo2
My brother had AO-HELL for about three months a few years back. When he cancelled - it took them 8 months before they stopped taking money out of his acount every month. And another two months for them to give it back.


I canceled my CC that they used to pull the money out of my account, and I'm not getting a new one untill I know they have removed me from their data banks. :hitout: