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Complaint Review: AboutUs.org - Mark Dilley - Bellevue Washington

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  • AboutUs.org - Mark Dilley 12806 SE 22nd PL Bellevue, Washington United States of America

AboutUs.org - Mark Dilley Unfairly Blocking Negative Reviews of Business Listed With Them Bellevue Washington

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After posting a link to show a negative review towards a business listed on their site (www.aboutus.org/paradoxhypnosis.com) the review link (shown below) was deleted several hours later by one of their staff members.

I posted it again and sure enough, deleted again. This went on for several days.

I must admit to posting the word "SCAMMER" on there too, referring to the business listed on that page, but after a few days of this, and being told how the "Wiki way" of doing things works, the main person in charge, Mark Dilley, allowed the following lines to show, in a "Community Review" section, created for this purpose.To see another persons views about this business, click the review link below.

(((Redacted)))

I had thought all was settled, but found the page changed again by someone named Jeff Markham. (an email is sent to my address each time a change is done, with the persons name making that change)

Jeff kept deleting almost the entire page, instead of the separate "Community Review" section. I reverted it back, and sure enough, Jeff changed it again, and again, and again.

I sent an eMail to Mark Dilley, as well as posting to his "TALK page" about Jeff Markham changing it, and asked him could Jeff really be the owner of that business, Cyril Johnson, not wanting that review link to show?

No answer was received from Mark Dilley, but Jeff Markham kept reverting the page to almost blank, sometimes twice daily, over and over again for several more days.

Getting disgusted of all this, I moved the page to another location to get the attention of Mark. Well ! ... this worked, finally, :-) .., but Mark didn't mention Jeff's actions, and only focused on my moving of the page that wasn't the "Wiki way of doing things".

He locked the page with the original format and told me it's going to stay that way until he figures out how to settle it.

I suggested to put the review link back and then lock it again so Jeff couldn't revert it, but Mark didn't like that idea. I wonder why? :-)

I later found out AboutUs.org accepts payments for favorable review page listings, and I'm sure Cyril Johnson must have made such a payment.

(As quoted from their AboutUs.org page...)

“ If you're working on a client, or wanting a s****.> —(((Redacted))) post about AboutUs.org, -----------------------------------------

The AboutUs.org site said it stands for Freedom of Speech, Fairness, and Truth in the listings shown, but how do they expect that to take place if an opposing view isn't allowed to show?

I'm also wondering, isn't a .ORG site not allowed to run a profit making business? Shouldn't they call themselves .COM ??

Seeing their Sponsoring Registrar: eNom, Inc. , and all the negative reviews about eNom, Inc. here, I'm not surprised they get away with having a .ORG status.

It looks like Mark Dilley sells himself to businesses paying for a page that will be monitored and "corrected" when any negative change is made.

I also "moved" Jeff Markhams page but Mark never mentioned that, or even moved it back. :-) ... no surprise there huh? ... no one paid for that listing!!!

I'm thinking about telling FOX 5 TV NEWS, Arnold Diaz, to investigate AbutUs.ORG , but, hey, I don't think they'd care either. :-)

So, into our own hall of shame, on RipOffReport.com, goes, AboutUs.org and Mark Dilley ... for UnFairly blocking an opposing view of a listed business ...

SHAME... SHAME ... SHAAAAME ... Shame on you! :-)

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