Calum Brannan - Social Media's Cowboy Builder?

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Monday 1 February 2010

CBJL start a new business to stop themselves

We found it interesting that CBJL seem to have created another new business.

This one, called dot com Guardian claims to assist businesses by moderation of content.  

To quote the site:

People powered moderation, for your brand.

We protect your brand and keep your community safe 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Our solutions are tailored to your exact needs.

How do we work?
dotcomGuardian plugs straight into your Facebook fan page or group. Within 10 minutes your brand can be protected from: 
- Obscene, abusive or intimidating content 
- Breach of copyright 
- Defamation or libellous material 
- Annoying spam wall posts

What makes us different?
We already work with some of the biggest brands to provide them with around the clock human moderation services. We don’t just use automatic bots, we manually review all content to ensure nothing slips through the net!  
We actively moderate wall posts, photos, videos and links. We ensure that all users, including children are protected from unwanted content.  
We can provide 24/7 moderation, or out-of-hours to support your existing team.

How to get started?
Prices are dependant on the amount of fans and the volume of the posts created by them. Contact us today and we can calculate your quote instantly, you could beup and running within the hour!

We find this especially intriguing as the CB of CBJL Ltd is Calum Brannan and the JL is James Leavesley, registered at James' home address.  Their main office is at  The Quadrant Business Centre in Coventry, although they seem to list this business as being based at an address which appears to be Calum's flat (43 Boiler House, Electric Wharf, Coventry, CV1 4JU), which must be quite a busy place!

Coincidentally, a post on another blog, by someone named "Anus McFlangyfart" with the text being repetitive use of the word "Anus" was apparently traced back to the Quadrant Business Centre's IP address 82.108.65.77....

inetnum:         82.108.65.72 - 82.108.65.79
netname:         QUADRANT
descr:           Quadrant Business Centre
descr:           Office
descr:           COVENTRY
country:         GB
admin-c:         NC1595-RIPE
tech-c:          EH92-RIPE
status:          ASSIGNED PA
mnt-by:          EASYNET-UK-MNT
source:          RIPE # Filtered
role:            Easynet Hostmaster
address:         Easynet Network Operations Centre
address:         Easynet Group PLC
address:         44-46 Whitfield Street
address:         London W1T 2RJ
address:         England
address:         GB
phone:           +44 20 7900 4444
fax-no:          +44 20 7900 4445
admin-c:         SMK-RIPE
admin-c:         CVK6-RIPE
tech-c:          SMK-RIPE
tech-c:          CL60-RIPE
tech-c:          PPD-RIPE
nic-hdl:         EH92-RIPE
abuse-mailbox:   abuse@easynet.net
mnt-by:          EASYNET-UK-MNT
source:          RIPE # Filtered
person:          Nick Campbell
address:         3 THE QUADRANT
address:         COVENTRY
address:         CV1 2DY
address:         GB
phone:           +44 2476227373
abuse-mailbox:   abuse@uk.easynet.net
nic-hdl:         NC1595-RIPE
mnt-by:          EASYNET-UK-MNT
source:          RIPE # Filtered




So, in the context of:

- Obscene, abusive or intimidating content 

- Defamation or libellous material 
- Annoying spam wall posts

........ it would appear that it is actually everyone else who needs protecting from THEM!!

We're unsure exactly which one of the duo it was who posted this, although one of them is apparently quite mature and sensible and the other one is neither mature, nor sensible, which narrows it down.  However, we are certain that one of the two has a closer affinity than most, perhaps even an obsession with this particular part of the body, due to his sexual preferences (which he makes no big secret about! - Young entrepreneur invites other teens to join network although it looks like his proposed venture, described in the article,  (guysconnected.com) was just a bit of hot air, or perhaps it was just another attempt to get publicity!

Mindful of the fact that Calum (apparently) struggles to string a decent sentence together in English, we're also left wondering where he's gathered a talented bunch of individuals capable of speaking over 30 languages and, more to the point, how he's going to pay them, because we understand he's not exactly flush for cash at the moment.  

We're also wondering if Marc Resnick knows that they are using his URL in their screenshots on the website.

Maybe someone should give him a call on 02476 234 737 and ask him, after all they're a 24/7/365 service..... allegedly! 

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