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Acceptable Use Policy
In accordance with the
Terms of Service
section titled "Use and Storage", the following are general practices
established to govern acceptable use of the discussion forums.
Forum-Specific Rules may be posted in some forums. These will appear as sticky posts at the top of the forum topics window. New users especially should read that information before posting. Advertisements to buy, sell, or swap belong in the Individual Classifieds Forum or the Business Classifieds Forum. Ads found elsewhere may be deleted or moved. Shill posts, spam, or sneaky marketing practices will get you ejected. Respect the privacy of others. Do not post individual's phone numbers addresses, photographs, etc. without their permission. Become familiar with our Privacy Policy Use descriptive topic subjects. This helps others use the search function to find what they're looking for. Search, then ask. Consider using the search function before you ask a basic question. Don't hesitate to ask questions, but the basic things have likely been covered many times previously. No trolling. Don't make posts that are inflammatory just to annoy people. No personal Attacks. Criticize ideas, not people. Flaming will not be tolerated. Broad, negative statements about individuals or businesses are not permitted. Post only appropriate content. Material that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable, or which infringes upon the intellectual property, contractual, or fiduciary rights of others is not permitted. No pornographic, sexually offensive, sexually explicit, or objectifying material. This includes suggestive images, graphics, comments, and links to same. Do not use vulgar language. Discussions of politics and religion are not allowed. Signature Guidelines: Signatures shall contain no more than 5 lines of text (includes blank lines), and that content is subject to the same restrictions as post content. Signatures may contain one static or animated image no larger than 500 pixels wide and 100 pixels tall. Links in signatures are permitted provided they point to your personally owned web site(s). Obscured links such as TinyURL pointers, spelled-out URLs, etc., are not permitted. This document was posted August 1, 2008 |
