Post by Huy Nguyen on Jul 30, 2013 13:25:17 GMT 10
Insults - Direct personal insult of another forum member (e.g., "You are an idiot.") and other name-calling. Why? Because this isn't pre school. People should be able to discuss or even dispute other's posts without insulting people. You may dispute somebody's opinion but not attack/flame the person who stated it. There are a lot of other non-direct-personal insults that won't necessary get you banned instantly, but depending on the context/nature may lead to post editing, post deletion, warnings, or time-outs. They include telling people to shut up and being extremely or repeatedly rude or sarcastic. It's not your place to tell other users they are not welcome; if they follow the rules, they are welcome. Bottom line -- don't try to tick off others and don't make discussions unnecessarily personal. If somebody else insults you, report their post; their post does not give you a license to break the rules by returning their insults. Although we do not read Private Messages sent between forum members, the rules for appropriate and inappropriate content apply to them as well.
Harment - Purposely intimidating a particular member, har(censored)ing them, sending them rude or unwanted private messages, etc. This includes personal attacks on moderators for doing their jobs.Threats - Any threat or intimation of a threat.
Registration rules - Violation of the rules you agreed to when registering for the site: that you will not post any messages that are obscene, vulgar, sexually-oriented, hateful, threatening, or otherwise violate of any laws.Multiple registration - You may register only one account, and if you were banned or given a temporary forum time-out, you may not registered. Reinstatement can come only from an administrator.Hoaxes - Purposely misleading other members to their detriment. Giving advice you know to be incorrect or harmful. Sensationalism.
Trolling - Do not post in order to anger other members or intentionally cause negative reactions. For a given post, this can be a subjective call, but a pattern of such posting or an especially egregious case will get you banned.
Advertising/soliciting/self-promotion
Your purpose in joining this forum or posting should not be to promote, advertise, or otherwise call attention to your site, blog, product, or business.Forum posts should be free of ads and promotions that benefit the poster. Legitimate recommendations and requests for help are permitted, but in ambiguous circumstances users without a previous forum track record will not be given the benefit of the doubt.
Advertising - Using the forums for advertising, site or product promotion, or for business deals and offers. You may not make posts to promote commercial, personal, or not-for-profit websites, products, or services. Threads will be deleted if their purpose is to advertise, announce, or promote products, services, or organizations, build traffic at other websites, carry out business activities, or for similar purposes that do not benefit our forum community.
Shilling - If you pretend to be a consumer who recommends your own product(s) or favours your own product(s) over others, without admitting your affiliation, you will be banned. Vendors who post in threads only to criticize a competitor's product while promoting their own will also be banned.Soliciting. You may not use the forums to solicit donations, votes, or participants for surveys, contests, petitions, or product testing.
Self promotion - Self-promotional links to your blog, video channel, product, business, etc. are limited to your forum signature and your user profile, even if you have a wonderful and useful site, blog, product, or business.Memberships created solely for these purposes will be banned(forever).
Inappropriate posting in a debate - Users disagree with each other. We insist on a certain level of respect and civility toward other users, even when your viewpoints differ, and prohibit posts that attack posters personally or serve only to anger others (see "trolling" above).
Over posting/Duplicates;- Making the same post many times, making multiple pointless posts in the same thread, making numerous posts with no real content, or posting for the purpose of gaining a higher post count.
Reposting - Please don't repost entire articles from other sites. To initiate a discussion about an article, post a link to the article, quote a bit of it if you like, and include your own comments or questions so people know why you think it's worthy of discussion.Referral links and pyramid schemes. Members who post referral links to these or other sites will have their posts/signatures edited and may be warned. New members who post solely for this purpose will be subject will be banned.
Off-topic posts - Post in off topic only. No racism or discrimination!
Warez/Serials/Keys - Do not post software serial numbers or keys or refer people to specific websites, software, or techniques whose purpose is to break or byp(censored) software licensing methods, distribute cracks, or obtain or use commercial software or media in violation of its license and/or for copyright violation. Do not ask for or give such help. Instant ban.
Shared accounts - Accounts are to be used by only one person, and not shared between family members, friends or any other people. Registration is free, so there is no reason not to create a unique account for each person. You are responsible for any posts made with your account.
Profanity - The profanity filter is there for a reason. Do not circumvent it by using the language we intend to exclude or disguising those words. If a word is replaced by '(censored)'.
Repeated problems - Any ongoing actions that make more work for the moderators and administrators or regularly annoy other members and require moderator action.
Image Posting/Link - Please try not upload images, instead link the images through imgur.com. For more information and instructions please go to image posting rule thread.
Harment - Purposely intimidating a particular member, har(censored)ing them, sending them rude or unwanted private messages, etc. This includes personal attacks on moderators for doing their jobs.Threats - Any threat or intimation of a threat.
Registration rules - Violation of the rules you agreed to when registering for the site: that you will not post any messages that are obscene, vulgar, sexually-oriented, hateful, threatening, or otherwise violate of any laws.Multiple registration - You may register only one account, and if you were banned or given a temporary forum time-out, you may not registered. Reinstatement can come only from an administrator.Hoaxes - Purposely misleading other members to their detriment. Giving advice you know to be incorrect or harmful. Sensationalism.
Trolling - Do not post in order to anger other members or intentionally cause negative reactions. For a given post, this can be a subjective call, but a pattern of such posting or an especially egregious case will get you banned.
Advertising/soliciting/self-promotion
Your purpose in joining this forum or posting should not be to promote, advertise, or otherwise call attention to your site, blog, product, or business.Forum posts should be free of ads and promotions that benefit the poster. Legitimate recommendations and requests for help are permitted, but in ambiguous circumstances users without a previous forum track record will not be given the benefit of the doubt.
Advertising - Using the forums for advertising, site or product promotion, or for business deals and offers. You may not make posts to promote commercial, personal, or not-for-profit websites, products, or services. Threads will be deleted if their purpose is to advertise, announce, or promote products, services, or organizations, build traffic at other websites, carry out business activities, or for similar purposes that do not benefit our forum community.
Shilling - If you pretend to be a consumer who recommends your own product(s) or favours your own product(s) over others, without admitting your affiliation, you will be banned. Vendors who post in threads only to criticize a competitor's product while promoting their own will also be banned.Soliciting. You may not use the forums to solicit donations, votes, or participants for surveys, contests, petitions, or product testing.
Self promotion - Self-promotional links to your blog, video channel, product, business, etc. are limited to your forum signature and your user profile, even if you have a wonderful and useful site, blog, product, or business.Memberships created solely for these purposes will be banned(forever).
Inappropriate posting in a debate - Users disagree with each other. We insist on a certain level of respect and civility toward other users, even when your viewpoints differ, and prohibit posts that attack posters personally or serve only to anger others (see "trolling" above).
Over posting/Duplicates;- Making the same post many times, making multiple pointless posts in the same thread, making numerous posts with no real content, or posting for the purpose of gaining a higher post count.
Reposting - Please don't repost entire articles from other sites. To initiate a discussion about an article, post a link to the article, quote a bit of it if you like, and include your own comments or questions so people know why you think it's worthy of discussion.Referral links and pyramid schemes. Members who post referral links to these or other sites will have their posts/signatures edited and may be warned. New members who post solely for this purpose will be subject will be banned.
Off-topic posts - Post in off topic only. No racism or discrimination!
Warez/Serials/Keys - Do not post software serial numbers or keys or refer people to specific websites, software, or techniques whose purpose is to break or byp(censored) software licensing methods, distribute cracks, or obtain or use commercial software or media in violation of its license and/or for copyright violation. Do not ask for or give such help. Instant ban.
Shared accounts - Accounts are to be used by only one person, and not shared between family members, friends or any other people. Registration is free, so there is no reason not to create a unique account for each person. You are responsible for any posts made with your account.
Profanity - The profanity filter is there for a reason. Do not circumvent it by using the language we intend to exclude or disguising those words. If a word is replaced by '(censored)'.
Repeated problems - Any ongoing actions that make more work for the moderators and administrators or regularly annoy other members and require moderator action.
Image Posting/Link - Please try not upload images, instead link the images through imgur.com. For more information and instructions please go to image posting rule thread.