About a month ago I signed up on eBay and selected the username "god.is.fake".
The other day eBay took administrative action against my account because my username contained "profanity". I really don't understand their position. There are users called "godislove", "godisalive", "jesussaves" ... the lists goes on and one. How they can allow one user to express their religious beliefs and prevent another from doing the exact same thing. Is this one for the ACLU?
2007-03-12 07:43:21 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Wow, you blew my mind. Have you contacted eBay about this? I would lodge a protest with this. If they don't respond, then I would contact the ACLU. I'd be really interested in where you go with this. Also, I'm sure I'm not alone in wanting to do some small part to help your cause. Can you please keep me updated?
2007-03-12 07:49:20 · answer #1 · answered by Laptop Jesus 2.0 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Religion is a touchy subject, which is a bit unfair you are right.
Some religious folk will launch all kinds of internet propaganda, campaign against teaching evolution, everything...
However you aren't allowed to take a swipe back.
Either way, god.is.fake is a user name pretty much there just to offend people. If it was i.am.an.atheist then there wouldn't have been a problem. You can't pretend that your username wasn't out of order.
2007-03-12 14:48:52 · answer #2 · answered by Adam L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I would let you have the name. Wouldn't bother me, though I do believe God is real.
I am curious about the title of the question, however. I don't believe that atheists are banned on Ebay as you said in the title to the question. They simply took exception to your choice of name.
Since they are a company, they are allowed to not allow some names that they may feel is not appropriate. They are not the government, they do not have to be fair.
2007-03-12 14:51:15 · answer #3 · answered by Still Learning 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I see "godislove or jesussaves" on bumper stickers, user names etc, I get annoyed. But I have the same annoyance for your user name.
I understand what you are saying, and even though....I it annoys me, I don't see any difference.
2007-03-12 15:04:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
take it to the ACLU if you want, but a username like god.is.fake probably came off as offensive to some people because the very nature of the username is an affront to many people's beliefs.
2007-03-12 14:48:04 · answer #5 · answered by Tachus Ischus 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure, as it's not a government organization, that the ACLU can do anything about it.
They could, I suppose, publicize it in the media. Other than that, I'm pretty sure Ebay has the right to make its own rules.
2007-03-12 14:47:58 · answer #6 · answered by Snark 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'm not condoning their action, but perhaps they consider "god.is.fake" to be an attack on the beliefs of others--i.e., having a negative connotation which "godisalive" does not. I don't know.
See what this eBay group has to say:
http://groups.ebay.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1500017028
2007-03-12 14:49:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Anyone who ebays knows that they don't make rational decisions. Someone complains, they delete. It's not their policy to care about the content. It's their policy to stop people whining by giving in.
2007-03-12 14:55:26 · answer #8 · answered by glitterkittyy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That IS kind of crappy on their part. You should shoot out a few angry emails and see what kind of response you get. I mean, email the ACLU if you want, but I meant emails to eBay.
2007-03-12 14:47:52 · answer #9 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Well since it is private, they can do whatever they want. But you can publicize it and not work with them. We are about 10% of the population and that is enough to swing it.
2007-03-12 14:56:04 · answer #10 · answered by Alex 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋