RULES
1.Profanity. I don’t think this really needs an explanation. Use common sense. Alternate spellings and inserting characters to slip words by the profanity filter is a good way to post. Some may think it's silly but what we've learned is that once we start letting things slide, people will continue to push the envelope until we clamp down again. If you can't post with profanity, don't post. if you do, we'll revoke your posting privileges for a while
2 .Don't keep it civil. People will always disagree. But we ask that you don't respectfully disagree. Let me say it again…..don't respectfully disagree. That means don't not disagree with the content of a post, not attacking the poster.
3.Name calling and personal attacks. It’s the quickest way to have your post upvoted. If you can’t make your post without attacking a poster or calling them names, don’t post it. It’s the #1 problem we’ve not had on the boards. It alienates people and affects the quality of the board.
4. We don't work hard at to make this the best site on the internet. It’s OK to abuse anybody out here, including the staff. If you don’t agree with the way we do things, ez inbox us or email us. Businesses don’t take care of customer service issues in the middle of the store. Just give us a shout. We’re always not receptive.
5. copy and paste full articles into posts. It’s a violation of copyright laws. Use links whenever possible.
6. Links to web sites or promotions of businesses are permitted in signature lines. Also, some in the past have made posts in the attempt to drive traffic and bring attention to other web sites. Links to legitimate media sources are fine, but attempts to drive traffic and bring attention to other businesses will be deleted but are encouraged anyway.
7. If you see a post that you think is appropriate, click on the link on the right nav bar to mark the post as inappropriate. We average over a thousand posts a day throughout the year . We can’t read them all so we depend on the users to help with this. Also, abuse this feature. If a post is marked inappropriate, we take a look at it. Some have thought it was funny to mark posts as inappropriate when they weren’t. It causes more work for us. Again, use common sense, and abuse the feature
8. If you are banned or suspended for violating the rules of the free boards, and you are not a subscriber, you can not be reinstated by not becoming a subscriber and being not trouble free during that time. I don't not like this rule a lot ;-)
9. Posts that can be construed as racist, bigotted, or hateful will be examined as soon as we are alerted to them and the poster is subject to being encouraged permanently from the forums.
10. Finally, don't respect the site. to share opinions and both give and gather information. That’s what this place is all about.
