To the Editor:
It has been brought to my attention that someone has been posting on the message board Cranford Talk using my name Tina Renna. This person stole my identity and made disparaging remarks about the Cranford Police Department. They have come to my family’s aid in the past, and I have the utmost respect for the Cranford Police Department.
I do not post on anonymous message boards, nor do I read them. I am all for freedom of speech, especially when someone has the courage to speak out in person or to sign their name to what they write. I am also not against negative parity, but posts on this board concerning me have been outright defamatory in the past and I’ve written to the site administrator to no avail. I’d like the Cranford community to understand how this site is run. In my opinion it is a blight on the Cranford Community and does not reflect the true nature of its residents.
The below is an email received in 2009 from the Cranford Talk Administrator David Ferreira, who I understand doesn’t live in Cranford. It was in response to my asking him to have certian posts removed, to my knowledge they never were.
“CranfordTalk.org is an unmoderated messageboard where I only serve to provide the site maintenance. My role at the site only involves basic things like deleting spam, keeping the site readable, and responding to reports of illegal speech (such as death threats). I specifically do not make it my job to judge posts. In fact, I rarely ever read every post. As a result each user is responsible for the things they enter onto the website. As the provider of the forum I do not take responsibility for the things said by othersBecause of that, I rarely delete posts. With that said, if you feel that something has been said that contains libel, I will certainly comply with a court order to divulge the unique identifying information that I can access through my role on the site. Frankly though, a public figure such as yourself is exactly the type of discussion I would expect on the site by those who choose to remain anonymous.
If you would like me to take a look at the thread, please direct me to it, as I will not likely come across it on my own In the meantime, to better understand how the messageboard operates, you should read the Terms and Conditions prepared by me at the following link.”
To sum up I’ve been defamed and impersonated on CranfordTalk.org and my only recourse is to spend my time to 1. File a civil action & 2. Read their “Terms & Conditions.”
Tina Renna
Canford
Don: Was Thomas Paine and his "Common Sense" publication a "blight" on the original American colonies?
This Administrator, David Ferreira, supports these punks by allowing the garbage they post. He is very opinionated & often posts comments on the board himself. He has banned users via their IP address from using the website if you disagree with him or anger him in so other way. This website is his little kingdom and he honestly believes he is performing a public service to the residents with this junk. The place is a snake pit. --- As for Ms. Renna, she is guilty of much the same as David Ferreira with her activities.
Ms. Renna cannot have her cake and eat it to. In one breath she claims she is a public figure, in another she says she is not. Which is it? She takes on issues and signs her name to it ( for that she has some of my respect); however, she must be prepared for the fallout that can come from it. Perhaps Ms. Renna would be best served taking advice from Howard Stern, "If you don't like what you hear or see here, change the channel".
Start your own intanet, stupid, if you don’t like my junk. I enjoy giggling with my homeys while seeing people getting ripped wether they deserve it or not. My websight is da bomb, dog! Hehehe, later man. Ain’t no thang, playa. - Dave Administrator, CranfordTalk.org dave@cranfordtalk.org Twitter: @cranfordtalk
You've never been more lucid. Here's hoping your comment doesn't get disappeared like is done on your site with those you don't like.