Community Guidelines
Basic Rules
- Do not flood the community. Use the search function to ensure you don't double post what someone has already posted
- Do not post customer information such as phone numbers, ssn, dob, etc. let's keep everything private
- Respect confidentiality, avoid sharing sensitive company information, internal documents, or trade secrets.
If You See a Problem, Flag It
Moderators have special authority; they are responsible for this forum. But so are you. With your help, moderators can be community facilitators, not just janitors or police.When you see bad behavior, don’t reply. It encourages the bad behavior by acknowledging it, consumes your energy, and wastes everyone’s time. Just flag it. If enough flags accrue, action will be taken, either automatically or by moderator intervention.
In order to maintain our community, moderators reserve the right to remove any content and any user account for any reason at any time. Moderators do not preview new posts in any way; the moderators and site operators take no responsibility for any content posted by the community.
Always Be Civil
Nothing sabotages a healthy conversation like rudeness:
- Be civil. Don’t post anything that a reasonable person would consider offensive, abusive, or hate speech.
- Keep it clean. Don’t post anything obscene or sexually explicit.
- Respect each other. Don’t harass or grief anyone, impersonate people, or expose their private information.
- Respect our forum. Don’t post spam or otherwise vandalize the forum.
These are not concrete terms with precise definitions — avoid even the appearance of any of these things. If you’re unsure, ask yourself how you would feel if your post was featured on the front page of the New York Times.
This is a public forum, and search engines index these discussions. Keep the language, links, and images safe.
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Point Warning System
We run off a point warning system, breaking any community guidelines set fourth above will result in points being added to your account and can result in complete account suspension.
1-2 Points - Warning
3 Points - 24 Hour Ban
4 Points - 3 Day Ban
5 Points - One Week Ban
6 Points - Two Week Ban
7 Points - 1 Month Ban
8+ Points - Account Suspended