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[...] Establish your community rules, terms of use, and community standards early. Let everyone know what is and isn’t allowed. I had a big issue almost three years in that forced me to wake up. [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:30:41 +0000

Hey the effect of this on the NY office is that they brought the guards back. (The ones they fired to cut costs)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:19:12 +0000

I like @7 often disagree with Fran, but could NEVER diagree with her actions regarding this situation or how she monitors this blog. Further, anyone using PwC’s network needs to know that whatever they do on that network is the property of PwC. Your PwC computer, internet access, email, telephone/voicemail, etc, etc — it all belongs to PwC. They have every right to that information… and probably given they contacted Fran, they had a sniffer on the outgoing traffic and had most of the information already. You may want privacy, but in the cyber world there is very little of that.

OK, Fran has made a mistake here and there with some choices — but she admits them, corrects them and learns from them. She did nothing wrong last week and I commend her for talking to PwC and going to the police. @3 got it wrong, Fran is spot on regarding this topic.

By: Mary Anne

Mary Anne — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:32:25 +0000

People need to realize, threats of physical harm are threats. If they are made in person, in writing, on the phone or via computer they are still threats and it is illegal.

A person that makes threats, like the vile and physical one’s that Francine personally received or the physical threats she witnessed against others is breaking the law and they need to be held accountable. They also, in some cases, need to obtain psychiatric help and stay off the internet.

Fran, may the angels protect you in your pursuit for transparency!

By: Anon 1970

Anon 1970 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:23:20 +0000

Fran,

Thank you for frank and detailed summary of last week. Clearly you were unfairly treated and as a human being I feel for you. Overall I probably disagree with your comments more than I agree with them (being a greedy money grabbing partner) however I always consider your articles well thought out and thought provoking. Please keep providing this service as I do agree with you that there is no other independent source within the press reporting on our profession.

Regards and respect

By: PWC125

PWC125 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:56:21 +0000

No one should really be defending anybody who made violent threats towards anybody. The one’s making violent threats to FM or anybody at PwC are the one’s that acted inappropriately.

By: Francine

Francine — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:23:39 +0000

@3 brealpwc

Maybe you misunderstood. I did not disclose any sources. That will never happen.

What I disclosed is information I had regarding the source of the threatening comments postings. They are anonymous. They have no trust built up or relationship with me. I will not be used to threaten anyone and will certainly not stand for any threats to be made to me.

No one pressured. If they had not called , I was going to turn over to police. I will still be filing a report with police on the threats to me personally.
Francine

By: TheGoodWife

TheGoodWife — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:13:27 +0000

I have to admit, I had a good chuckle!

By: brealpwc

brealpwc — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:09:37 +0000

while i understand where you are coming from, and did not see the specific post that was apparently quite inappropriate and threatening, i find it dissapointing that you turned the information over to pwc. that has nothing to do with pwc per se, but rather what i believe is the right way to operate a site like this. there is a general relaitonship that needs to be built between you and your followers based on a degree of trust. you are effectively a member of the press / media. and your sources are your sources. disclosing information about sources who intented to remain anonymous is your right perhaps but not the right thing to do. certainly, where the law mandates disclosure (there is plenty of case law here, albeit highly controvercial) you need to dowhat you have to do. from the outside, it appears pwc applied a little pressure as you got under their skin and you caved.

By: Francine

Francine — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:58:39 +0000

@TheGoodWife

It comes up randomly and not under my control via my subscription to Google AdSense program. Isn’t that ironic?
Francine