Well, my 2p.
I think there are a number of issues here.
Firstly, as much as she can, I don't think Wicksie should have moved the thread to darknet, the loaning of the bike does make it a conflict of interest. If she wanted it moved I think she should have asked one of the moderators, just to avoid that. But she's perfectly entitled to ask, whatever her reasons.
Secondly, there is the issue of whether the contents of this thread should be private or not. I don't think it's our job to worry about other people's businesses, potentially at the expense of our members. If Foffa are unhappy about this thread, and it's placement on google, then 1) they shouldn't have made those mistakes in the first place, even if it's improved it shows a lack of judgement 2) they can go through the proper channels and ask VB to remove it, or take legal action if they have to. At no point have I seen them asking for it to be removed (but maybe they have).
Thirdly, now it's been in darknet, and that has been mentioned it can't be let back into the wild without all those mentions being removed. That I think is the highest priority now, and while it's happened the wrong way, for the moment the thread is in the right place.
Well, my 2p.
I think there are a number of issues here.
Firstly, as much as she can, I don't think Wicksie should have moved the thread to darknet, the loaning of the bike does make it a conflict of interest. If she wanted it moved I think she should have asked one of the moderators, just to avoid that. But she's perfectly entitled to ask, whatever her reasons.
Secondly, there is the issue of whether the contents of this thread should be private or not. I don't think it's our job to worry about other people's businesses, potentially at the expense of our members. If Foffa are unhappy about this thread, and it's placement on google, then 1) they shouldn't have made those mistakes in the first place, even if it's improved it shows a lack of judgement 2) they can go through the proper channels and ask VB to remove it, or take legal action if they have to. At no point have I seen them asking for it to be removed (but maybe they have).
Thirdly, now it's been in darknet, and that has been mentioned it can't be let back into the wild without all those mentions being removed. That I think is the highest priority now, and while it's happened the wrong way, for the moment the thread is in the right place.