Simon Wright / Whirlpool is being sued due to comments made by Whirlpool users on the forums about a company " 2clix ".

See:

http://whirlpool.net.au/article.cfm/1753

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-re ... m?t=819283

It seems 2clix has signed away their business' future considering the amount of people that use Whirlpool and value it as a great resource for information / discussion.

who the hell are 2clix...

Yes this is crap, get over and support him if you can... Not good at all...

What a crock, 2clix - what a **** name. Quick sue Telstra.

huh?

Plaintiff's solicitors name: Mr Stephen Baldwin. Isn't he the weakest of the Baldwin brothers?

wow that just bs.... Australia seriously needs a Bill of Rights or something to ensure a freedom of speech. Even though im sure this case will get thrown out or 2clix won't win, it's just a pain in the **** for whirlpool. Going by this case basically every company in Australia would have claims to sue someone.

jimeh if i was able to remove your post right now i wouldnt!

Great resource for information and discussion? Maybe if they toned down the moderation by a factor of 1000, but until then I don't think so. This lawsuit is obviously retarded.

I could write paragraphs about how lame Whirlpool is, but I'll just post an example of what you see (or worse) every time you go there:

http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/3790 ... oolqw8.jpg

Well because of this lawsuit i am going to avoid 2clix.

I urge you all to goto http://www.2clixsoftware.com and write something nice about them and whirlpool

Time to /.

How ridiculous!

But if there isn't a disclaimer or part of the terms and cond's about the posts being that of the user and not the thoughts of Whirlpool then I guess they are pretty screwed.

It's not the posts themselves that are the issue here, it's about Simon's decision not to remove them after requests to do so by the Plaintiffs.

well i wasn't aware that simon refused to remove them - thats interesting - and good on him too.

Whirlpool isn't moderated that heavily btw - its just less transperant when it happens (instead of a post dissapearing, there is a big fat "BALETED!?" in the messae area

BAHAHHAHAH


2clix looks like 2dix

2 **** ahahahahhahahahaha

Well, it isn't known as Whingepool for nothing. Every ISP, mobile phone provider or apple picker will get beaten to death on Whirlpool by somebody, it's a fact of life, even people like iiNet will become targets. You don't go to Whirlpool for flattering comments.

What type of business manager/accountant would use software called '2 clix'

Just sounds stupid.

i love the quotes on the 2clix site that dont note who they are quoting hahahah

The 2clix brand is going down the tubes.

The main issue is that their next name for it, "Platinum One" was being dragged into it.

Typical shonky brothers fly-by-nighters, run away and change their name every few years.

sounds like that www.it-rite.com.au owner...Eddie was it? how many names has he gone through before settling on fluidtek?

heheh,some people it seems, just weren't ready for the internet.

I think everyone should "Book A Demo - Arrange an on-site demo" and when they show up, tell them they're a bunch of jerks.

type in 2 clix in google. first thing that comes up THAT ORIGINAL infamous whirlpool thread where discussion starts peaceful until the rep from the company sticks his nose in

at a legal stand point the liability stands on the forum owner and also the authors, for example if a newspaper publishes a false misleading etc... story they are both liable all he'll have to prove is that they where opinions and if the product was faulty he could subpoena witness to testify that they had serious problems with the software and they may of been mislead by sales person

Captain obvious strikes again!

I've had to setup 2clix software before... it is dodgy as hell.

The client POS systems often have problems talking to the server, and the backup feature never appeared to work properly(meaning risking losing all the data due to intermitten backup problems).

Nah, even better.
Book a free demo, then wait for them to show and proceed to throw faecal matter at them.

i thought that we had a democratic right to voice our opinions?!?!

never the less, i dont think whirlpool should be sued.... but rather the people who posted whatever got thier panties in a bunch!
oh hang on, they cant find out who said those nasty things that made them cry >.< lol.

they are obviously money grubbers who's business is going down, so they are trying to take as many people down with them! personally i think they should not be called 2clix, but rather "spit roast"..... yep, they are copping it orally and anally!

grow up 2clix, and take a bit of constructive critism....



btw anyone tries to flame me i will sue both GA and testra for defamation of character!!! lol (jkz)

Why can't they?

Oh ****! Watch our DrD! They could easily find out you live in Townsville and own Telstra shares! I'm sure it would not be hard to SUE YOU!

THEY COULD TAKE ALL YOUR TELSTRA SHARE PROFIT!

Lol @ 2clix ppl on WP.

"Yes, we stuff up more than we would like to".. smart move chump. Calling your customers "gutless wonders"... brilliant.

Both their reps got banned lol.

So many **** whingers on Whirlpool. 2Clix are noobs, but there's so many people on WP who just post threads ***** about something. "NEVER BUY FROM MSY AGAIN" etc

i buy from msy for over 2 years now, but they do have pretty bad customer service

I remember when Bizzles had a cry about me on Whirlpool... was funniest fredz ever.

"DrD is gonna track me down and stalk me..." ROFL. Ahh... makes my eyes water. lol

What I found reading back through the old threads, was that the users had actually stopped using the program and were giving someone thier opinion on the software. The Techy I don't think noticed that, why would they contact him if they no longer use the software to resolve issues.

On the main topic, I think it's a bad idea to sue WP over this matter, the greatest marketing ploy is word of mouth. In a company the IT team will discuss with other's software they use, problems faced, how good the support is and so on. All 2 clix seem to be doing is shooting themselves in the foot and crying foul that someone else did it, namely WP. I've posted there myself, I use it to check out ISP's and if my net drops, I look it up there first as I know someone will be having a whinge already. If all companies could do this, there would be no such thing as public forums for us as users to talk and discuss what we want. If I played a game and didn't like it say from EA, I would want to share why with the community so I could get feedback from them. If EA sued the forum owners, this would be the same, it's trying to silence the users.

I read in the old thread that a couple of users didn't have the issues and found the software good for themselves, but the larger based companies found that they couldn't use something with so many issues they faced. Ah IT, you have to love it.

Just a quick FYI, If you defame Telstra on the radio, Telstra can sue the radio station for airing it. It isn't much different here...

yeah but they won't win because of public policy and if the statements made were true and of public interest (which as far as i can tell they are and all the pointless defamatory ones which other people responded to have been deleted) there is **** all 2clix can do. I am sure it will change WP forever though and i think that is the goal. Not to win, but certainly to still **** WP over. The damage has already been done to both parties.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/whirlpoo ... 78252.html

Seems that I remember you being paranoid about Bikkies tracking YOU down...

Just FYI, Telstra can't sue anyone for defamation.

"heheh,some people it seems, just weren't ready for the internet."

haha too funny. thats going as a quote on my facebook - favorite quotes!

it sounds like a farside comment,,, just need a pic to go with it!

*Awaits telstra to be sued*

or they have no balls....

Well it would appear that even GameArena users will probably not use 2Clix Accounting software now.

do you have any small 12 volt air conditioners? I reckon hooking one up to my inlet manifild should be good for about 20hp, but they are hard t find.

They have wholesale five toed socks!

what the **** is this ****, this thread need moar girls

No longer apparently sueing

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-re ... m?t=834421

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