GENERAL REGISTRATION AGREEMENT
The neoBrainformation general Registration Agreement Terms are as follows:
By accessing “neoBrainformation” (hereinafter “we”, “us”, “our”, “neoBrainformation”, “http://neo.brainformation.com”), you agree to be legally bound by the following terms. If you do not agree to be legally bound by all of the following terms then please do not access and/or use “neoBrainformation”. We may change these at any time and we’ll do our utmost in informing you, though it would be prudent to review this regularly yourself as your continued usage of “neoBrainformation” after changes mean you agree to be legally bound by these terms as they are updated and/or amended.
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You agree not to post any abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-orientated or any other material that may violate any laws be it of your country, the country where “neoBrainformation” is hosted or International Law. Doing so may lead to you being immediately and permanently banned, with notification of your Internet Service Provider if deemed required by us. The IP address of all posts are recorded to aid in enforcing these conditions. You agree that “neoBrainformation” have the right to remove, edit, move or close any topic at any time should we see fit. As a user you agree to any information you have entered to being stored in a database. While this information will not be disclosed to any third party without your consent, neither “neoBrainformation” nor phpBB shall be held responsible for any hacking attempt that may lead to the data being compromised.
WE EXPECT OUR MEMBERS TO:
1- Treat all the individuals in this community with dignity and respect. Any activity designed to intimidate, harass, or debase the integrity of our members is prohibited.
2- Keep it clean and in the context of a young adult viewable site. Sexually graphic content designed to appeal to the prurient interests of groups or individuals is prohibited.
3- Refrain from Post Whoring. Post whoring is spamming the board with multiple topics and/or replies with no substance.
4- Refrain from using excessive profanity in all forums except those specifically marked otherwise.
5- Respect the privacy of our community members. Do not post direct quotes from e-mails, instant messages, community private message service, or other confidential communications.
6- Adhere to all applicable copyright laws. In that neoBrainformation is a nonprofit community discussion forum we believe that text, images, movies, music, or any other multimedia materials (or hyperlinks thereto) posted on this web site comply with Fair Use of copyrighted work, and thus does not constitute infringement of the copyright owner's protection. However, we recognize that individual sources, typically news service web sites, publish Terms Of Service (TOS) which may supersede the copyright holder's protection. In those instances it is the responsibility of each person posting such material to comply with the TOS of their sources, and to be able to provide proof of permission to publish to this site's management on demand.
7- Be accountable for their account activity. Each of our members is responsible and accountable for any and all activity associated with their account. Thus adherence to the Code of Conduct and specific forum rules is the sole responsibility of the registered member. Continued membership and participation on this web site is at the sole discretion of the administrators. Any member account may be canceled or deactivated for any reason at any time. Complying with the neo.brainformation Code of Conduct and rules of etiquette does not in itself constitute a right to continued membership. New applications for membership may be challenged and/or rejected by the site's administrators at their discretion.
FORUM ETIQUETTE:
Most of the neoBrainformation public forums are structured so that a new post poses a question, makes an observation, or issues a statement that is designed to create discussion open to all members. Replies to the new post should contain comments, observations, or information designed to contribute to the topic. Points and counter-points are added until interest in the topic has been exhausted. Variations from these general guidelines are posted within individual forums when applicable.
POST TITLES
The title of the post should give a clear indication of the topic being offered for discussion. A review of the topic titles should give the reader enough information to determine if the post is of interest to them.
REPLIES
Comply with our (above) Code of Conduct. Replies should be focused on expanding, clarifying, or contributing to the subject of the post.
TOPIC DRIFT
Avoid topic drift as much as possible. Formal debate protocol is not required in most forums, and a casual and friendly dialog is encouraged in all cases. Side notes and personal comments are encouranged in the forums, but care should be taken not to allow the original point of the post to be lost.
CHAT
Keep the forum discussions on a general interest level. It is frequently necessary and entertaining to single out individuals in order to advance a point of discussion. However, it is distracting and inconsiderate to reply in a manner that excludes responses from any and all our members. Personal one-on-one comments (chat) should be restricted to private messages or to the forum designated for that purpose.
POST OWNERSHIP RIGHTS
Ownership of a topic goes to the member creating the original post. As such the owner has a right to request the topic to be deleted or locked. However, the administrators and moderators of neoBrainformation oversee all the forums and topics therein. They have the final responsibility to determine if the content of any topic is appropriate.
PERSONAL SIGNATURES
Signatures should be regular text. To avoid visual distractions, and to assure a uniform appearance, signature graphics are limited to 350px x 20px maximum. Hyperlinks of any kind are not allowed.
REMEDIES:
Violatons of the site's Code of Conduct will be handled by, but not limited to, the following:
SITE MODERATORS
Moderators have the responsibility to oversee the posts in the forums to which they are assigned. They have an obligation to see that all the rules of conduct on neoBrainformation's message board are adhered to in letter and in spirit. Site Moderators may at their discretion, and without prior warning, remove or alter posts which are judged to be inappropriate or in violation of our Code of Conduct.
WARNINGS
All members Are invited to use the "Report this post" link (usuallly an exclaimation point [!]) to notify the site moderators of possible violations of the Code of Conduct. Each report will be investigated, and a warning will be issued where appropriate.
REPORTING ABUSE
Report any instances of abuse to abuse@brainformation.com or use the site's private messaging (PM) system to notify moderators and/or administrators. Include the following in all abuse reports:
- a. A description of the abuse
b. The name of the perpetrator(s)
c. The name of the person(s) being abused
d. When and where the abuse took place
e. Any documentation to support the claim of abuse
BANNING
Continued violations of neoBrainformation's Code of Conduct will be handled in a "3 Strikes And You're Out" fashion:
- 1st offense: a written warning
2nd offense: a temporary suspension of your account and/or private messaging priviliges.
3rd offense: a permanent ban from participation
HOUSEKEEPING
FORUMS:
As our community forum matures, it will grow in size. In order to keep an efficient house, and preserve server space, automatic processes may be in place which will prune the forums. All forums that have not been posted to in a twelve month period will be subject to prunning. Pruning will permanantly delete old topics from the database.
ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP ACCOUNTS:
Periodic review and purging of our membership list is a site policy. We understand that not everybody can be a highly active participant in our web community. However, we believe it to be reasonable and proper to expect our members to participate at least once in a six month period. Participation here is defined as a post to any public forum. Posts to the Chat and Shout Out forum will not qualify as active participation in that the posts therein are temporary. Private messages and simply visiting the forums without posting likewise does not qualify. Any account that is idle for six months, or more, will be a candidate for being deleted from our registered members list, and the owner will be required to register again to reinstate the account. Additionally, a valid and working e-mail address must be maintained in each member's profile. If there are any questions regarding your account's status, please contact the site administrator.
