Move to shut down QL!
By svelte_saggi •
hey people.....i came to know y'day that many people out here are making moves to shut-down QL....and these people are mainly those involved in companies/organisations that get verbally bludgeoned here on Ql.it seems they just cannot stand the freedom of speech that is enjoyed on QL.and many are taking the matter up to higher authorities to ban the website.this is unfair!!!thoroughly unfair!!!
what can we do to prevent this?i am really worried.
hope the mods are doing something about it.and no matter what,guys....we QL-ers are always with you!hands down!
what say,fellas?
Svelte? Is it HSBC Qatar? Who gets bashed on here more than them?
"They call it the American dream because you have to be asleep to see it... --George Carlin
What happened to the Qtel Banner which was on display until recently?
Ban Spoon Feeding not Me
yeah tallg, but the existing information wouldn’t be obsolete.. and its gone through the spiders of all web search engines already. So if someone google it, then he’ll be able to get the info.
But, why to worry about it now? All we have to do now is feed the information. Lolz :):)
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i'm keeping my fingers crossed,anyway......
Keep smiling!
Saggi!
flammable - if the site can't be accessed in Qatar then it wouldn't be much use to the rest of the world, since the majority of the information on here comes from people living in Qatar. The existing posts would soon become out of date and redundant.
And admins still being able to update the site wouldn't make any difference. The site content is created by the users, not the admins.
Anyway, it's highly unlikely to happen so I wouldn't worry about it!
hmm.. i belive still the admins would be able to update the site. ( using FTP, if its hosted remotely) or doing it directly if they have their own servers.
else, its not a bad idea to host it somewhere else, just for safetly. lol :)
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so I guess Mr.Qatari needs some back-up from Qtel.hehehe!
ah,okay......now that's a breather!
Keep smiling!
Saggi!
Wow! What a hateful website! I can't believe someone would waste his money just to spout so much scorn!!!
Did you Google it first?
No, it is hosted in Dallas, USA
Even the higher management of Qtel getting some sensible information from here... some job vacancies in Qtel were posted here by the HR personnel himself...
i believe the website is hosted in qatar,non?
Keep smiling!
Saggi!
Even if Qtel banned and blocked the site, it will still be accessible to the rest of the world, unless the website is hosted in Qatar.
So they won’t be able to stop the information flow to the outside world. they can only block people in Qatar accessing the site.
How sad..
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oh,well.....what will be,will be.make hay while the sun shines,i say!
Keep smiling!
Saggi!
As baldrick said, CID can't do jack. All that can happen is Qtel can block the site, like they have with qatarsucks.com
Guys! There are other websites like "qatarsucks.com" that have much more derogatory things about qatar. I dont think QL shud be CID's first problem if they're targetting on shutting down malicious websites:)
I dream of a better tomorrow where Chickens can cross the Road without having their motives questioned - Unknown
another word from me > ultrasurf
Google that too
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Suffocation epidemic.....LOL :-D
Keep smiling!
Saggi!
reply to my PM
I'd doubt very much they they could close it down. They could block it, but the there are ways around that ;o)
Did you Google it first?
One word people: Tor!! Google it
QL was shut down once (in my memory) for almost a day and there was a 'suffocation' epidemic reported all over Doha!!
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Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are good is like expecting the bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian!!
You can't teach experience...
OH NO!!! now we will all be forced to get REAL jobs... oh Heaven forbid we should actually get paid for doing work!! NO! dont let it happen!!!!
"And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course" -Khalil Gibran
anything is possible in qatar, in that i have come to understand, what more on this site shutting down, then again, there's still a possibility that it may not happen, lets just leave these on the right people in authority to decide, since by their action defines the true ways of how things work in here, if they wanna make people shut up they can probably do that, but then again, it is our hands who do the typing and even our mouths are closed there will always be the hands to work it out...
^_^
Far from it but the basic and the neeedful is done already/ lol lol Thank you. Sorry we hijacked the thread.
setting up business?? wow ! you are a business Lady now!!!
congrats!!and Good Luck, insha'allah!!
I am fine al hamdullillah!.. ;)
Here all the time was very busy setting up business and we had the start-up yesterday. Let's see what happens. How are you what's going on??
LOL
where are you?? i just was thinking about you yesterday! where have you been????
There's no charges - CID works for frre ;O)
Did you Google it first?
it could only mean that these companies or organizations who wants this site blocked are guilty of something that they think is wrong.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy....Martin Luther King
make another website like ql...
"Love is built on hope. Sure it is filled with risk and with disappointment, but it is still something that gives your life a greater meaning."
that would be quite a nice idea....but on what charges???
Keep smiling!
Saggi!
Now why don’t we start calling CID and file the complaints against "saggi's friend's Boss & his company" ?
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I just wonder what people think all the time in a just passing conversation. Shutting down a site will not prevent people having an opinion, it will have just the opposite effect another site, another name same process.
This is not an all out revolution against QL and one other thing do you think that the CID is not on the site already and reading posts? Of course they are and the CID are a lot more on top of things here in Qatar more than one would think.
If there is a majority opinion complaining against one or two companies, then I think there is really something not right at the top. To be quite the opposite they are getting more attention and advertising this way against any set opinion, even negative press is press and QL circulates around the world as we have seen.
There are many other top on top of the top people using QL and it is an attraction for the ex-pats as it is for locals, to furnish people and exchange vital information about Qatar.
A great deal of the information is very positive for Qatar, and many social groups on QL have done wonders improve the social inbalance for the expats.
Storm in a teacup.
ooff.. it would mean that the journalists will now WORK instead of getting their stuffs on QL..
shutting down, QL?.. because of what? freedom of speech?.... i say, unlikely to happen..
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Saggi: Werent we s'posed to call some one ? :-p
yeah,the world won't come to an end or anything.....but it sure would be saddening if something were to happen like that.
Keep smiling!
Saggi!
It cant happen.. when some so called Boss of someone thinks lets close QL, i guess its just his dream.
Well of course it wont be end of the world, but if its shutdown because of this loser boss it sure tells us something. but also remember this is the Arab WORLD.
Poverty is not for the sake of hardship. No, it is there because nothing exists but God. Poverty unlocks the door -- what a blessed key!
- Jalaluddin al-Rumi
what the [removed by mod] is this?i've just started enjoying QL...
Well perhaps your friends boss should take his principals' advice and do something about running the organisation in a better way, rather than wasting his time trying to get the site shut down!
QL is not the end of the world....someone else will come up with a new site...no worries.
We had life before QL also....we will have life after also..lol… we will definitely miss QL and it will be hard to pass time at work..
Anyone remember a site called Planetqatar? I guess it was banned.
heres a thought, do u know the admin has our emails adds? isps..
we are all traceable! aahck.
lol
"mi casa es tu casa"
I really find too many unwanted and offensive postings here and the moderator in as much as he wanted to accommodate all and posible misjudgement call may spell the doom for all of us. Let us have our own personal restraints, as matured individuals should be.
"dgoodrebel will always be the rebellious good one"
that it would resurrect itself in another name/forum...not to worry...QL will be like the phoenix...arising from the ashes, renewed.
Seems some folks(read that companies) just can't stand being told what needs improvement...Folks that's called constructive criticism and is aGOOD thing. If you correct what people say is wrong, then nothing bad could happen from it.
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
why would they do that?childish act...hmmmmmm
good morning! :)
not sure who they contacted.....maybe it's the administrators....
Keep smiling!
Saggi!
i can't tell you much.though i'll let u in on a bit....
my friend's boss tried to call up the mods (heaven alone knows where he got their number from) and got them just once on the line.the frustrated boss screams at them telling them that they should filter and block bad-mouthing against organisations.the mod-guy tells him that he'll do the needful and cuts the call.however,freedom of speech continues on QL and our old man gets a call from his principals in another country who've been monitoring these comments that they ought to do something about running their organisation in a better way or else risk being deprived of the franchisee deal between them.that's it.the boss blows his top and decides on a different tactic.he plans of calling in the CID (with help from his very influential sponsor) to the office and again tries calling up the mods to come and visit his office in the pretext of giving them a permanent advertisement on the site for their co.the mods attend one call,but never turn up at the office (guess intuition worked!)...and then on they never pick the boss' calls.
the gentleman i know told me y'day that his boss is bent on closing this down.though i argued a lot saying that his boss is crazy,i figured there's not much we can do about it.
felt i just HAD to share with you guys... :'( (sob!sob!)
Keep smiling!
Saggi!
There's been lots of attempts to shut down QL, so far to no avail. I wouldn't worry about it.
.get your paws off, this is just a threat.
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.chillax.
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correct me if im wrong. the moderators are only in charge of the forums, the threads. the site administrators are the ones who keep this website working.
so i think for this to be reliable, you should have heard this from the admin. you know, like TOM of myspace.
hahaha.
hmm..i dont know, just guessing bout this. LOL
"mi casa es tu casa"
tallg....but it's unfair,non?
MJ....i almost verbally murdered that gentleman y'day.if i'd got his boss anywhere nearby,i'd have flown at him with my claws!was so grouchy after the fight that i tossed my new Quanta ice cream into the bush nearby(which is nothing short of a crime!)!!!
Keep smiling!
Saggi!
Saggi - I'm not disputing what you say, but how can the moderators be receiving threats when even us QLers don't know who the mods are?!?!? And how can you know they are receiving threats?!?!? Unless you're a mod yourself of course!
shut down huh,.. they're probably just jealous with QL... svelte, i found the perfect target if you're ever in a murderous mood again...
Well if Qtel block QL then it wont go on, simple as that.
However, I don't think the posts where various companies are bad-mouthed would be considered reason to block the site, unless perhaps Qtel or QA made a big fuss.
But if attention is drawn to the site for whatever reasons there are plenty of other things written on here that would probably get it blocked.
" AN END DOES NOT JUSTIFY THE MEANS"
for this once,take it from me that i'm not joking.this is serious.i'm sure the mods would agree with me.they are getting threats from different places asking them to shut down this place.kudos to them for sticking on to their policies!
Keep smiling!
Saggi!
tallg.....i was told by a very reliable source.it's in fact his own boss who's one of the people for the move.coz a lot of people have voiced their complanits against their organisation on QL.
greentea....i'm sorry i cannot give you any links as such as the whole thing was told to me by word of mouth.and to say that i was furious would be quite an understatement.i had a lengthy argument with the gentleman and told him that QL will go on,no matter what!
Keep smiling!
Saggi!
"mi casa es tu casa"
Svelte this is the month of October not APRIL - to make a FOOL of us .......:)
You can't teach experience...
shut it down? Hell, no!!!
can you show us the links to those moves and complaints?
How did you come to know this?