Fraudulent Abuse Reporting System

I reported a clear-cut case of abuse where the meta willfully and maliciously hurt the business interests of a company without justification. The meta manufactured wrongful and hateful accusations to aid her business interests with editors in the categories. Just a cursory view substantiates the situation. Quite clearly she was protecting editors in the categories who already had multiple domains and pages throughout DMOZ.

After doing a thorough investigation to document the matter I submitted it to the public abuse system and received a tracking ID. Ten minutes later I decided to enter the tracking ID into the system. The response was matter resolved and we can’t give you further details.

Conclusion:

1. I don’t know of many complaints that could be thoroughly investigated in 10 minutes as DMOZ claims was done. It seems more a like a public relations stunt to give the idea that DMOZ responds to complaints.

2. Seems to be the same old meta editors protecting the same old business interests and corruption in DMOZ. The manufacturing of lies and malicious accusations to ruin other businesses to promote their own business.

There are basically two types of abuse reports that can be handled in extreme short time:

1) Those, that are clearly not ODP related (I received spam email, Someone was rude to me on the phone, ...)

2) Those, that are about a topic that has already been investigated. If the new report does not add anything new to a recent investigation, there is no need to reinvestigate. For example if a recent investigation has been solved by consensus of different meta editors, and someone complains about the results without adding anything that was not said earlier.

Several Meta editors look at every new report, you can be sure every single one will be checked on.

I can appreciate the reply Windharp but the message I received indicated the matter was closed. This is not an old case.

The meta was undeniably aware of the multiple domains, pages, and categories these editors were in violation of. There was no question the meta was complicit in the matter. To kill off the complaints she killed off the competition with a concocted story. Word even spread about this in other forums. Some metas were aware she fabricated the lies and allowed it to go forward. Two metas admitted she did lie but she remains at DMOZ as a meta. Dirty rotten business for dirty little rotten people.

In case it wasn't clear from windharp's post, the report you filed fell into the second category, i.e. it's something that has already been investigated by a number of meta editors already.

Coming here to this forum to complain about it is not permitted. If you feel you have additional information to pass on that you haven't already, feel free to do so but in the meantime, the issue is closed.

The locking of this thread was not intended as an invitation to open another one.

True, a new allegation cannot be investigated in ten minutes. But a new repetition of an old allegation easily can be and often is.