New Forum Rules

LVCapo · Post by **LVCapo** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:42 am

Guys and Gals,
We have posted some new and improved forum rules.....Learn Them, Live Them, and Love Them.
Please direct questions or comments to me and I will respond promptly. We are going to really start enforcing this stuff as we have grown a great deal over the past year and want the site to continue its current growth by making new members feel welcome.

Amy · Post by **Amy** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 6:24 pm

Uhm...where are these new rules?

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 6:39 pm

Same place as the old ones. look at the top most forum

Amy · Post by **Amy** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 6:33 am

Oh...the date hadn't changed, so I didn't realize Apop's post was edited. Which are different? I just don't remember what the original ones were.

rayoflight · Post by **rayoflight** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 9:02 pm

yeah what are the new rules???? Can you post an update to what they are? I noticed some people were using some foul language...I was surprised you guys would let that slide. So....might be nice to have an update on the forum as to what the new rules are. Because I like rules....I'll obey them.

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 9:10 pm

Welcome to Legit Reviews, before becoming a member of our community, please take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with our rules of conduct. These rules are in place to provide ALL of our members with a safe, friendly, and constructive atmosphere where they can get and give help across a variety of topics.

1. Do not SPAM our forums. SPAM is cause for immediate and permamnent banishment from Legit Reviews. Forms of SPAMMING include linking irrelevant information (porn, pharmacueticals, or anything not related to the site), or pointless posts. Although you may be given a warning, it is completely up to the staff to decide whether you are warned or immediately banned.

2. Post within topics. Although it is sometimes easy to be drawn off topic, there are enough topics here that you can take the time to post in the appropriate forum. Usually, an ADMIN or Moderator will move topics to the appropriate forum, but as we have other things to do, your post most often will be deleted and you will recieve a reminder to stay on topic. Our forums are fairly well organized and very user friendly....we'd like to keep them that way.

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rayoflight · Post by **rayoflight** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 10:05 pm

I guess I don't see any differences than before. Maybe I wasn't disobeying, not sure.

rayoflight · Post by **rayoflight** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 10:12 pm

Again...I'm not trying to be ignorant...but maybe if you could hightlight what the differences are..because I don't see it. It seems everything is the same and I don't want Nate to ban me for life if I don't follow the RULES!!

killswitch83 · Post by **killswitch83** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 10:31 pm

from what I can see, the language was just made more detailed, like the offensive content (I believe that's an update from what the rules used to be). One thing though, and I'm only curious and I'll never curse in the forum again if this is so, but when you mean "offensive text", is that extended to any and all curse words (namely the lesser ones) and innuendo thereof? Or are you merely referring to the "strong stuff" that shouldn't be said at all in any forum?? Once again, just curious, not trying to get by with the little stuff here, I promise

Amy · Post by **Amy** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 10:36 pm

Yeah....perhaps you should have just made a new post or highlighted the updated rules or something...

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 10:48 pm

well rich wrote it so i dont have the exact version that was there before. The genneral idea was to make it clearer to the few people who might have troubel posting usefull content. we really wan this forum to be a safe place to have quality disscussions and quality information. Were not saying that you can NEVER use strong language, rather that we want people to exercize extreme discresion with words, and images that could really offend people. There are instances where strong language has a real purpose and lots of time when its totaly unnessesary.

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 10:55 pm

Please read before registering, and/or posting. Failure to comply with the rules may result in an immediate ban.

- Do not spam the boards. Post within topic. Don't be an ass and post multiple, pointless posts. Do NOT troll. If you don't understand any of this, you probably shouldn't be here.

- Do not promote sites you own or work for! This is really important for advertisers! We're not a free ad board and will ban anyone who tries.

- Do not flame members in forums unless they deserve it.

- Do not curse in the subject line. Try to post "on topic". Off topic posts may be moved, or deleted. Posts should be in English.

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- You will periodically receive emails regarding site/forum announcements.

- Refrain from posting copywritten material. Do not post any obscene or offensive text or images.

- Do not post your private information, such as your address, telephone number, or credit card info. Legit Reviews will not be held responsible for any damages that may occur for being stupid.

- Do not piss off the admin. Do not email the admin. Post comments in the forums.

Ahha!!! got to love Google, they had the page Cached

LVCapo · Post by **LVCapo** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 11:47 pm

I guess it should, as always, come down to common sense.
Nothing is really different, and the jist of everything has stayed the same, but as Yves said it is just a bit more detailed to remove any doubt.
There really isn't anything there that should cause any issues, it just seems lately that some people have gotten a little testy (we all do) and some have just kind of crossed the line a little with some colorful language, and there have been some posts that started to border on flaming people. So we thought it best to just kind of bring things to people's attention and nip any problems in the bud.

LVCapo · Post by **LVCapo** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 11:48 pm

Amy wrote:Yeah....perhaps you should have just made a new post or highlighted the updated rules or something...

Why?
The rules are the rules..... it doesn't matter what they were, or what has changed. People just need to be aware of them when posting.

Amy · Post by **Amy** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:36 pm

It's not a big deal, it's just that I like to know what's changed. That way my attention is brought to the changes, and I'm less likely to just skim over them and assume they're the same.

Sovereign · Post by **Sovereign** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 7:46 pm

Amy wrote:It's not a big deal, it's just that I like to know what's changed. That way my attention is brought to the changes, and I'm less likely to just skim over them and assume they're the same.

Good point. I have never been banned, warned or otherwise had disciplinary actions taken against me at any forum, but that's 'cause I know what the rules (if any) are.

LVCapo · Post by **LVCapo** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 8:53 pm

Like I said, it just comes down to common sense....do the right thing, treat others well, and have fun. It would take an awful lot to get banned from Legit reviews.

killswitch83 · Post by **killswitch83** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 9:48 pm

I second that.....keep it "family friendly" eh? I can live with that, this is probably the best forum I've ever encountered on the Net, mainly because of the members and staff who make it up....after all, this site would be little more than an information site without a forum if we didn't have people, but this site is soooooo much more than that; it's a dynamic source of info I've come to appreciate and consistently consult when I have questions, and I would hate to see any of that be tainted by the follies of a few, so I for one will do my best to abide and obey, cheers people!!

gvblake22 · Post by **gvblake22** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 8:56 pm

capper5016 wrote:It would take an awful lot to get banned from Legit reviews.

HMMMMMMMMMM...............

LOL, JUST KIDDING!!!!!

I love this place and everyone who is a part of it!