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Originally Posted by tony

The administrators are quite suspicious of first time posters who complain viciously about any business, as I explained privately to the original poster.

Here is what I told him in a Private Message after he started and I removed the previous thread, his first post on this forum.

Your first post at Talk of The Villages was very harsh. It appears
you are associated with a competitor because of your vitriolic wording. That
is why we removed it.

What is your association with the restaurant industry?

While we welcome honest reviews and evaluation of restaurants, we are
highly suspicious of first-time posters posting either strongly positive or
strongly negative comments.

In the first post, the one we pulled, there was no mention of the manager asking the poster not to return. That was telling. I have never, ever heard of a manager asking somebody to stay away, that is somebody who had complained reasonably and fairly. Managers usually do not want to deal in the future with people who are troublesome in the extreme.

I have no connection to the restaurant, and we are not approaching the restaurant for advertising, but I will come down in my fairly limited view of this on the side of the restaurant.

The original poster feels he can take it upon himself to manage our forum, too. He knows we are suspicious of first-time, viciously complaining posters yet he posted his review again, after we asked him to refrain. I can imagine how the manager of the restaurant felt.

My suggestion is that you make your own decision about this restaurant, and after due consideration let us all know what you think of the place. I think that is only fair.