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Topix has a rating of 1.75 stars from 79 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about Topix most frequently mention internet trolls problems. Topix ranks 82nd among Question And Answer sites.
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Topix was, without a doubt, the best site to surf. The Topix forums were the best forums the Internet could have had. It was the place for thorough reviews of a place, posting what kinds of rules a bar, club, or nightlife facility had, what was allowed or not allowed at a particular place, what kind of dress code a place had, the fact that Northern Illinois is no place for guys to even approach within 30 feet or less of any woman, and that any man that approaches within 30 feet or less of any woman in Northern Illinois is in critical danger of being arrested and going to prison, and the fact that, in Northern Illinois, all communications, especially with strangers, are exclusively business-related only, all in the safety of being anonymous so you don't get persecuted. Facebook exposes your full identity, exposing you to full persecution. The city-data forum operates from Pyongyang, North Korea, is owned and managed by Kim Jong-Chul, and adheres very strongly to the Juche and Kim Dynasty philosophies. All other forums including city-data and even Patch require a valid email where they send you a key to activate your account, otherwise you can not post anything. The Topix forums shut down because America has become a sock puppet of North Korea and a nationwide boot camp, a nationwide version of MCRD, where every single person is expected to stay completely out of everyone else's life, be a stranger, stay a stranger, live in complete isolation and division, mind their own business, and stick to their 24 hour hamster wheel schedule all 365 days a year. Get up, have breakfast, go to work, go home, cook dinner, clean, and go to bed. All governed and timed solely and strictly by the rotation of the Earth. To those that shut down the Topix forums, interacting with any other person in a non-business manner, wearing anything other than a heavy gray and black business suit, tie, long black or gray pants, even when it's 110 degrees outside, or even leaving the house except for work, all constitute a capital felony under Federal law.
Stay away. There is a forum about the murders of Liberty German and Abigail Williams but all they do is call people sock puppets and Sarah. Absolutely no respect for the murdered kids. There is a poster who will not allow any constructive discussion on the case. Very strange. Be careful you will be attacked and that person will try to get you angry so that they can get you banned. You may be communicating with the killer.
I used to use the Topix blog frequently, but I had trouble with computer slowing down and spam/malware. Google search described some serious problems with Topix ads and pop-ups which may contain malicious code.
I believe several of my devices were damaged after visiting Topix Forum.
Also I had forums removed with no explanation. I tried to do a good job moderating. I never said anything that should have resulted in that action.
I hope they can clean it up and make it a safe and useful site for everyone in the future.
Imo Topix, like many other forums, protect certain products.
Topix ghosted some of my posts.
Also. A lot of mis information posted at Topix
Use Google Books or Amazon reviews of Verified Purchasers instead... to get product reviews
I like the idea of what this website is trying to do but I hate that everything is rerouted to other sites.
For any of you that run across this blog site, know what you're stepping off into first. There is virtually no moderation for the site and the personal attacks on bloggers by other bloggers are brutal.
Get this! You can flag an inappropriate comment and you'll be lucky if it's ever removed. If you want it removed within 24 hours, they want you to pay them $19.95! So, you get trolled and attacked and then have to pay the website to remove the offending comments, which are usually numerous so they are making money hand over fist off of their bloggers misery!
The following item was posted on the Kentucky forum from the Attorney General's Office. It's not just Kentucky and Connecticut, this is a problem on all of the forums on Topix in every state and in different countries as well.
In a letter sent today to Topix.com CEO Chris Tolles, General Conway and Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, chair of the National Association of Attorneys General Multistate Task Force on Internet Safety, expressed their significant concerns with the Topix.com "Forums and Polls" pages and the website's $19.99 fee for "priority review" of inappropriate posts that violate the website's terms of service. An initial investigation by the attorneys general reveals that the "Forums and Polls" section is used to post derogatory information and appears to operate without moderators. In fact, a large percentage of the posts in some Kentucky forums contain explicit, vulgar, obscene and defamatory posts about citizens, including children.
"Abusive or negative posts can have a devastating impact on youth. Tragically, many teenagers today turn to suicide as a way to escape abuse or cyberbullying on the Internet," said General Conway. "I have heard from parents, consumers and officials from across Kentucky who have complained about the outrageous comments that are allowed to be posted and not policed by Topix. General Blumenthal and I find it deplorable that any website would deliberately create an environment where false and derogatory comments about children, or anyone, would be permitted and then allowed to remain on the website."
Generals Conway and Blumenthal urged Topix to remove abusive posts as soon as possible and not try to profit from their removal. The attorneys general also caution that requiring consumers to pay to remove posts that violate the site's terms of service poses serious consumer protection concerns. Even though the website allows users to "flag" posts for removal, consumers have found that to be ineffective in removing posts. Consumers are also given the option of paying $19.99 for an "expedited review," which does appear effective in having the post removed. The attorneys general also complain that the website is confusing and appears designed to steer people toward payment of the $19.99 option.
"How outrageous that targets of false and obscene posts may be victimized twicefirst by the abusive comment and then by the charge to remove it. Topix should reward, not rip off, consumers and victims who report abusive posts, particularly any targeting children, that violate the website's own policies," said General Blumenthal.
The attorneys general say they respect a person's first amendment rights and the protections afforded to Internet Service Providers by federal law; however, the first amendment does not protect libelous comments. In their letter, they ask Tolles to contact them to respond to the concerns they have expressed.
"We hope that Topix will address our concerns in a constructive and positive way," said General Conway. "We were successful in working with social networking giants MySpace and Facebook and with Craigslist in making changes to their websites that benefit children. We hope Topix will respond in a similar manner."
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