1. Communicate in a friendly and respectful manner.
It's OK to share your opinions and to disagree, we simply ask that you do so without attacking another member in the process.
If you feel you have been personally attacked in our community, don't
respond with an attack of your own. Instead, e-mail the Moderator to
alert us of the problem.
2. Keep it clean.
Profanity and obscenities will not be tolerated. This includes masked
profanity where letters are substituted with special characters.
3. Don't instigate arguments.
Content intended to inflame or disrupt the community is not allowed.
This includes harassment of fellow members, links to inappropriate
content, racial, ethnic, religious, or other slurs as well as any
name-calling.
4. No solicitations.
No unsolicited or unauthorized advertising. This includes promotion of
items for personal financial gain, as well as promotion of an item or
issue for the purpose of mass communication. Further, mass posting or
"spamming" the message boards is not allowed. Soliciting through the
private messaging system is also not allowed. If
you receive a solicitation in a private message, please forward the
message to the moderator. We must have proof to stop future abuse.
Soliciting means that you are persuading other members to buy
something, try a new service, or visit another website, etc., where the
members may or may not have any interest in doing so.
5. Don't share personally identifiable information.
To protect your privacy and to ensure your online safety, we ask that
you do not post personally identifiable information. This includes
phone numbers, address, instant messaging screen names (AOL, ICQ,
Yahoo, MSN, etc,) or web address leading to such information. Further,
we ask that you do not share someone else's personally identifiable
information.
6. Don't post copyrighted material.
We ask that you do not post any copyrighted or trademarked material
unless you have the express written consent of the owner to do so. BirdPulse is not responsible for any posts that infringe on
copyright laws. If a copyright has been broken, you may be held legally
responsible.
7. Respect our Community Team
The BirdPulse community team includes employees and volunteers who
do their best to maintain the integrity and standards of our community
areas. Should a problem arise on a message board, we ask that you
assist the community team by paying attention to their posts and
following any directions they may provide. Please do not post attacks
or insults against the moderators. It is your choice to continue to
visit the forums. You will be banned from the forum if you post attacks
or insults aimed at the moderators.
Forum moderators have the right to reprimand and/or ban members who break the rules.
8. Keep on topic
Please keep all postings and subject matter relevant to the
thread topics. This is a forum where members share and give advice and
information, not a place to gossip, rant, or rave about subject matters
not pertaining to the discussion.
9. Abusing private messaging and message board
The message and private messaging system are for you to
exchange advice, learn and have fun. Using the private messaging system
and message board as a means of mass communication for solicitation is
strictly prohibited. Report abuse to the Moderator by forwarding the private communication. We must have proof to stop future abuse.
This entails using the message board and private messaging system to
recruit people for a community or cause. Deliberately using the board
for this purpose calls for a warning. If this offense is repeated after
being warned, the member will be banned.
These rules
are here for your protection. They ensure we maintain a fun, safe and
supportive environment where members can talk about the animals they
adore. Members who continually break these rules are subject to account
suspension and are no longer eligible for participation in our
community.
Now that you know the rules, we invite you to join in our community and look forward to your participation. Welcome!
