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Jon

2009-01-15 02:14:25

These are the rules governing use of this website, salmontrolling.com. Please read them in their entirety if you have not already. Last Updated: 1:20PM Jan 16th, 2009.

Warning. Your postings on this public forum will become public. Your text will be available to anyone with an internet connection.

By using this web site, you agree to be contacted by site administration, regardless of your account settings, when it becomes necessary to do so regarding your account activity.

The basic ground rules for discussions on Salmon Trolling are simple: be polite, use common sense, don't break the law.

You are permitted a maximum of one account, active or inactive, regardless of how many companies you represent. If you choose to ignore this important restriction, all your accounts will be disabled. If you require a temporary user name for any reason, please contact us for approval. If you require a user name change, please contact us. If you have forgotten your log in details and are unable to retrieve them via the system, do not create a new account, please contact us. Salmon Trolling allows one account per member and one member per account.

We don't intend to censor messages based on the opinions expressed within posts, but we will enforce the policies outlined both here and on the Forum. We reserve the right to remove, modify or move posts at our discretion and without explanation. Please contact us if you do not understand any of the rules, guidelines or policies outlined below.

You are Responsible for Yourself. Each user is responsible for his or her own posts. It is not possible, therefore, to successfully argue an appeal on the basis of what other users did prior to the action that was warned. Quoting an offensive word originally typed up by someone else will still result in an "Offensive Content" warning. Likewise, responding to a personal attack with a personal attack is not acceptable.

Suspension of your account is a definite consequence of not adhering to these guidelines.

In addition to the rules posted here, you are required to read any individual forum rules which may be posted at the top of specific forums as Important threads or Announcements. By using this forum, you further agree to abide by Fork Networking's Terms of Use. Salmon Trolling staff assume members have read them and will not take ignorance of any rules as an excuse for not following the rules, policies, and guidelines outlined here and in the forum specific rules.

General Forum Rules:

These rules apply to all Forum categories.

We take the "Be Polite" rule very seriously. We do not tolerate any rudeness. Any member who is intentionally unpleasant or disruptive may be banned without warning.

No offensive content or links to any websites that contain content considered offensive at ST. No suggestive material or gestures.

No Racism or Sexism, etc. Posts may not contain a judgment of the intelligence, character, or appearance of a race of people, support a position of superiority of one race over another, or contain humor or other text which would reasonably be considered offensive by a member of a given race, sex, creed, etc.

Posts may not contain content which conveys a threat or depicts an injury in a graphic manner.

Foul or inappropriate language is not allowed.

No personal attacks. You may not attack another user's intelligence, character, or appearance.

Trolling (not the method of fishing). Trolling is not allowed. This includes posts that are designed to annoy other users, inflate the post count of the author, describe or recommend an illegal or recklessly dangerous activity, or give advice that, if followed, would cause obvious harm. This also includes content which is designed to elicit an emotional response from other users and posting obnoxiously in multiple forums or threads with the intention of distracting the userbase and annoying moderators

Off-topic posts. When a user brings up an off-topic issue, such as politics, within the course of an on-topic discussion it may be moved or deleted. Please keep all content in its proper place.

Do not post personal information about another individual. Posts that contains an email address, phone number, street address, or other private information about another individual will be edited or removed. We do not allow the posting of this information because once it is indexed by search engines it may cause a person annoyances in the form of spam, telemarketing calls, etc. Note that it is acceptable to provide the public with a user's real name and general locale (e.g. "someuser is really Joe Smith from Chicago").

If you SPAM our members in any manner, your account will be disabled. Do not contact anyone to suggest your product or service who is not explicitly expecting you to contact them from an advertising forum post. If you glean information from anywhere other than the advertising forums and use that information to contact someone and present an offer, it's SPAM and it will affect your ST account standing.

Your account is yours alone. You are responsible for any activity created with it. You may not share your account login with anyone. If you choose to ignore this important restriction your account, and any accounts associated with it, will be disabled.

All publicly displayed messages are limited to the English language. This includes posts, titles, signatures, and any attachments or other forms of public display.

Signature Spam (a post that was made in hopes of showing a signature, as determined by moderators) is forbidden in all forum categories.

You may not post commission, referral or affiliate links anywhere on the forum.

Cross-Posting is not allowed here. Cross-posting refers to posting new duplicate threads or posts, or the linking to threads or posts already started by the member with the intention of gaining exposure.

You may not compensate anyone for any review or recommendation. Further, you may not suggest a tone (i.e. "Go talk good about us on ST").

You may not post on behalf of any banned member in any public manner. This includes all forums, private messages, signatures, and e-mail features.

You may not post words or URLs that are censored by adding spaces, dots, or substituting characters; or by any other means in an attempt to defeat any censors put in place by Salmon Trolling. Please contact us if you feel a word or URL is unjustly censored.

You may not link, in any manner, to sites or images containing pornography, sexually explicit, gross violence, or are determined by moderators to be detrimental to the community.

You must make five (5) posts before allowed by the system to include an active hyperlinked URL or other vB code features in your posts. If you choose to make meaningless posts to circumvent this restriction, your account will be disabled.

You must make five (5) posts before utilizing the PM and system e-mail features or viewing member profile information. If you choose to make meaningless posts to circumvent this restriction, your account will be disabled.

You may not bump threads. Bumping can refer to posting useless information, posting one-liners or any other action to deliberately keep a thread hot or to bring it to the top of its forum. Moderators will use their discretion, depending on the nature of the post, as to whether to take action or not.

You may not use discussions to recommend, praise, or belittle other products or services, or any company; without first hand experience of those products or services. This includes companies recommending other companies. Any post not meeting a moderator's criteria will be removed without notice.

Any posts that encourage illegal intent will be removed and the account disabled.

Public posts debating these rules and/or moderators' enforcement of such, will be removed without comment. We encourage feedback however we invite you to contact us if you have any questions or concerns.

Some forum categories have a "minimum (relevant, non-advertising, non-fluff) post count" and/or "minimum length of membership" restriction before a member is allowed to start a new thread. Please read the Forum Description and the Announcement within if you get a permissions error while trying to start a thread. If you choose to make meaningless posts to circumvent this restriction, your account will be disabled.

You may not publish or discuss any information regarding your product or services, or future (possible) products or services, or any product or services you are, or have been, associated with. This includes, but not limited to suggesting your own services, or services of partners, clients, employers or friends.

You may not post any message that is commercial by nature.

If your user name is the same as your URL or company name, you may not refer to it outside the advertising forums.

You may not post any message that directs others to any pages at your own commercial domain, including informational pages. A commercial domain is defined as a site that receives any type of income or links to any income producing properties.

You may not direct others to contact you.

You may not solicit the membership for feedback or suggestions on your product or services.

You may not solicit users for any project or purpose external to the forum; public, private, or commercial. Most importantly our member base is not a resource to be "mined" by individuals, groups, or businesses, for profit or not for profit.

You may only discuss details about your company and/or product offerings when the thread starter or poster has made direct reference to your company and stated something untrue or misleading, or something which clearly needs clarifying. The response must be in direct reference to the point discussed only and contain no added promotional information and/or fluff. It is advisable when in the above scenario to contact us first.

Custom User Titles, Locations, Profiles, and Signatures:

The custom user title, location field, profile picture and signature options are edited via your Profile. Custom user titles and the location field are displayed next to your posted text, under your user name. Profile pictures are shown in your public profile. Signatures, once created in your profile, are attached to the end of your posts (if you choose the option to include your signature).

URLs or other forms of advertising (phone numbers, plans, contact details, etc.) are not allowed in custom user titles or names, which are limited to 25 characters. Also, you may not use custom titles to impersonate, or attempt to impersonate, ST Staff, user groups, or any entity you are not associated with.

Your location field cannot include URLs or other forms of advertising.

Profile pictures cannot include sexually explicit or graphically intense images.

Profile Summary (and all other modules) cannot include or link to illegal encouragement, harassment, sexually explicit, or other non-family-friendly content.

Signatures:

Are a benefit extended to ST members who have made 10 helpful posts and completed 7 days of registration.

Must be setup in your profile, and not manually added to your messages.

May contain a maximum of two smilies. Or one animated smiley.

May include two clickable links.

May include two colors, plus black.

Maximum font size cannot be larger than normal.

Must be kept to a maximum of four lines when viewed at 1024x768 resolution using the horizontal postbit.

May not contain links to other threads or posts.

Please keep special characters to a minimum.

Your signature is your signature. It is not for sale or rent.

Any signature that is offensive or insulting to ST, its members, or its staff, is prohibited.

We reserve the right to ask you to change and/or remove your signature at any time, for any reason.

Any posts not meeting these guidelines may be removed with our without notice.

We do not remove posts or accounts on request.

In light of our policy of encouraging candid, open exchanges of views and the rapid distribution of information originating from many sources, Salmon Trolling cannot determine the accuracy of information that may be uploaded to the forum.

Opinions, advice and all other information expressed by participants in discussions are those of the author. You rely on such information at your own risk. You are urged to seek professional advice for specific, individual situations and not rely solely on advice or opinions given in the discussions.

Privacy Policy:

We will not release any member information unless under court order to do so.

We reserve the right to modify and amend these terms at any time without notice. It is your responsibility to remain informed of current Salmon Trolling policies.

We further, reserve our right to disable any account at any time for any reason and without notice.

If there are any rules or policies you do not understand, please contact us.

Finally; any abuse towards our staff and/or management in any form, may result in immediate suspension of your account.