Post by justsamma on Jan 11, 2014 0:18:51 GMT -5
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BTN is not responsible for messages posted on the BTN Boards or the content therein. Unless expressly stated otherwise, this includes messages posted by BTN personnel, agents, representatives et al. BTN reserves the right to reveal users' personal information to third parties in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any message posted by said user.
Flaming, Bashing, Trolling, and Spam
While it’s okay to have disagreements in discussions, name calling or other personal attacks will not be tolerated and will result in possible corrective action. Trolling is defined as posting anything specifically designed to attract a negative reaction from an individual or group. Not all negative opinions are automatically considered trolling, but positive discussions are encouraged. Advertising or excessive spamming or bumping of any thread is not permitted, and will result in a 24hr ban for each offense. Everyone is trying to drive their post counts up, and active contributions to discussion will always be welcomed. Determination of flaming, trolling, and spam posts will be made at the discretion of mods.
Profanity
Use of profanity as personal expression, in pictures, or in text, is allowed on the BTN boards. However, any profanity used will be subject to guidelines. Racial slurs or Hate Speech are not allowed and any person caught using them will be banned. Explicitly sexual or profane descriptions and writing are not allowed. WE have a private board for that! Profanity directed in an attack against another user is subject to the same considerations as flaming and name calling (see above). Usernames with profanity are prohibited & Admin may ask you to change it or create a new account.
Off-Topic Posts and Spoilers
Topics that are not posted to the correct Category or board will be moved to the correct location. This is at the judgement of Moderators & Admin. If you have a dispute against one of your threads being moved to a new board or category PM that board Moderator &/or Admin. Be considerate of the other users who may not have seen a movie or played a game that you're talking about. We have added the spoiler tag. Please use it.
Impersonating Other Users, Accessing another User's Account, or Posting Users Information
You may not impersonate another board member or create an account specifically for the purpose of provoking another user or group of users. Accessing or using someone else's account or attempting to access another user's account is strictly prohibited, and will result in a permanent ban. You are responsible for your account. If somebody uses your account and gets banned, you are responsible unless there is IP proof that another user has maliciously used your account. , In this case you will not be punished, however you will need to create a new account for security reasons. If you have an old account that was lost during a board changeover, send Admins a private message and he or she will assist you. Revealing users' personal information (without their consent) could result in corrective action.
Bans
We don’t want to ban you. Seriously. Banning will be done at the descretion of Admin. If you want to dispute a banning you need to address Admin via PM.
Pornography, Pedophilia & Sexually Explicit Content
Absolutely no forms of pornography are allowed on the boards. Images that contain sexual acts. We allow mature discussions of sexuality and pornography, but these discussions must remain mature at all times. If you plan on starting a sexual discussion, please use the Sexual Health board. Any posts, pictures, jokes, or discussions with a clear intent to sexualize children, including sexually suggestive photos of anyone seemingly under the age of 18 will incur a permanent ban. If you are warned more than once about breaking our rules on pornography, you will be banned at the discretion of Admin.
Questionable Content
Since we can't have a rule to cover everything, this is the rule to, well, cover everything. These are public boards, so act like you would if you were in a public place. (A nice place!) These issues are left to the discretion of individual moderators, but may include any material that is knowingly false and/or defamatory, misleading, spammy, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, sexist, obscene, racist, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, that otherwise violates any law, or that encourages conduct constituting a criminal offense. Asking for or offering any of the material listed above is also out not permitted.
These rules are subject to change at anytime at the desecration of Admins
BTN is not responsible for messages posted on the BTN Boards or the content therein. Unless expressly stated otherwise, this includes messages posted by BTN personnel, agents, representatives et al. BTN reserves the right to reveal users' personal information to third parties in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any message posted by said user.
Flaming, Bashing, Trolling, and Spam
While it’s okay to have disagreements in discussions, name calling or other personal attacks will not be tolerated and will result in possible corrective action. Trolling is defined as posting anything specifically designed to attract a negative reaction from an individual or group. Not all negative opinions are automatically considered trolling, but positive discussions are encouraged. Advertising or excessive spamming or bumping of any thread is not permitted, and will result in a 24hr ban for each offense. Everyone is trying to drive their post counts up, and active contributions to discussion will always be welcomed. Determination of flaming, trolling, and spam posts will be made at the discretion of mods.
Profanity
Use of profanity as personal expression, in pictures, or in text, is allowed on the BTN boards. However, any profanity used will be subject to guidelines. Racial slurs or Hate Speech are not allowed and any person caught using them will be banned. Explicitly sexual or profane descriptions and writing are not allowed. WE have a private board for that! Profanity directed in an attack against another user is subject to the same considerations as flaming and name calling (see above). Usernames with profanity are prohibited & Admin may ask you to change it or create a new account.
Off-Topic Posts and Spoilers
Topics that are not posted to the correct Category or board will be moved to the correct location. This is at the judgement of Moderators & Admin. If you have a dispute against one of your threads being moved to a new board or category PM that board Moderator &/or Admin. Be considerate of the other users who may not have seen a movie or played a game that you're talking about. We have added the spoiler tag. Please use it.
Impersonating Other Users, Accessing another User's Account, or Posting Users Information
You may not impersonate another board member or create an account specifically for the purpose of provoking another user or group of users. Accessing or using someone else's account or attempting to access another user's account is strictly prohibited, and will result in a permanent ban. You are responsible for your account. If somebody uses your account and gets banned, you are responsible unless there is IP proof that another user has maliciously used your account. , In this case you will not be punished, however you will need to create a new account for security reasons. If you have an old account that was lost during a board changeover, send Admins a private message and he or she will assist you. Revealing users' personal information (without their consent) could result in corrective action.
Bans
We don’t want to ban you. Seriously. Banning will be done at the descretion of Admin. If you want to dispute a banning you need to address Admin via PM.
Pornography, Pedophilia & Sexually Explicit Content
Absolutely no forms of pornography are allowed on the boards. Images that contain sexual acts. We allow mature discussions of sexuality and pornography, but these discussions must remain mature at all times. If you plan on starting a sexual discussion, please use the Sexual Health board. Any posts, pictures, jokes, or discussions with a clear intent to sexualize children, including sexually suggestive photos of anyone seemingly under the age of 18 will incur a permanent ban. If you are warned more than once about breaking our rules on pornography, you will be banned at the discretion of Admin.
Questionable Content
Since we can't have a rule to cover everything, this is the rule to, well, cover everything. These are public boards, so act like you would if you were in a public place. (A nice place!) These issues are left to the discretion of individual moderators, but may include any material that is knowingly false and/or defamatory, misleading, spammy, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, sexist, obscene, racist, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, that otherwise violates any law, or that encourages conduct constituting a criminal offense. Asking for or offering any of the material listed above is also out not permitted.
These rules are subject to change at anytime at the desecration of Admins