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> "By your logic, you'd be OK with it if I posted that the car I was selling worked great, but after you sent me the money and got the car, you found that the e

> "By your logic, you'd be OK with it if I posted that the car I was selling worked great, but after you sent me the money and got the car, you found that the engine had blown a connecting rod through the case that wasn't pictured and the body was totally rusted out under a thin layer of paint. No crime, just a bad review. Oh well." I am not a lawyer, but I am pretty sure that is civil court, not criminal. > "It is about time someone was jailed for this sort of polluting the common well of society" I don't know what specifically, but this comment makes me very uneasy. At the very least, I do not consider TripAdvisor the common well of society.

toss1 8y ago
>I am not a lawyer, but I am pretty sure that is civil court, not criminal. Nope, it can be both civil and/or criminal, it's only a matter of whether it is a private party or an official prosecutor pursuing the case: https://bochettoandlentz.com/criminal-fraud-vs-civil-fraud-whats-difference/ https://bochettoandlentz.com/criminal-fraud-vs-civil-fraud-w... "..the basic difference between criminal fraud and civil fraud lies in who is pursuing legal action in the case. A single act of fraud can be prosecuted as a criminal fraud by prosecutors, and also as a civil action by the party that was the victim of the misrepresentation..." >>I do not consider TripAdvisor the common well of society. It is a business that earns its living by using one of the common wells of society. Think for just 1 second -- if no one trusted anyone, a business like TripAdvisor could never even consider existing -- no one would do anything but laugh at the concept that another stranger could give them advice that could be useful or accurate. It is obviously not the only well, it is just one locus among many, which happens to earn it's living entirely by the existence of trust and willingness of people to help others. The jailed person is specifically trying to earn his living by putting poison in that well. Some penitence might do him some good, and at least does the rest of us good by removing him from this activity for a while, and perhaps deterring him and others from this anti-social behaviour. Why do you think anti-social behaviour is OK? (serious question)

toss1 8y ago

>I am not a lawyer, but I am pretty sure that is civil court, not criminal. Nope, it can be both civil and/or criminal, it's only a matter of whether it is a private party or an official prosecutor pursuing the case: https://bochettoandlentz.com/criminal-fraud-vs-civil-fraud-whats-difference/ https://bochettoandlentz.com/criminal-fraud-vs-civil-fraud-w... "..the basic difference between criminal fraud and civil fraud lies in who is pursuing legal action in the case. A single act of fraud can be prosecuted as a criminal fraud by prosecutors, and also as a civil action by the party that was the victim of the misrepresentation..." >>I do not consider TripAdvisor the common well of society. It is a business that earns its living by using one of the common wells of society. Think for just 1 second -- if no one trusted anyone, a business like TripAdvisor could never even consider existing -- no one would do anything but laugh at the concept that another stranger could give them advice that could be useful or accurate. It is obviously not the only well, it is just one locus among many, which happens to earn it's living entirely by the existence of trust and willingness of people to help others. The jailed person is specifically trying to earn his living by putting poison in that well. Some penitence might do him some good, and at least does the rest of us good by removing him from this activity for a while, and perhaps deterring him and others from this anti-social behaviour. Why do you think anti-social behaviour is OK? (serious question)