Info Forum Guidelines and Moderation Policy

[Forum Promotion]

April 2023


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Welcome to Forum Promotion
A warm welcome to Forum Promotion 🙂 It is our pleasure to have you here. Every forum has its own set of expectations. While some communities can be overwhelmingly complicated, Forum Promotion has a welcoming atmosphere towards all. We ask that you please take a few minutes of your time to familiarize yourself with these guidelines in the spirit of which they were created. Our goal is to present a set of guidelines that are easy to understand and can help facilitate communication across the forum.


An Overview
Being part of such a large forum is a privilege happily granted to any person willing to play a positive role. All members are expected to abide by the guidelines. Awards, custom titles, and special usergroups are granted in recognition of achievement, but all members are to treated fairly and equally. We recommend that you read the entire post, but you may understand most of the guidelines just by reading this short overview.

Firstly, use common sense at all times. You are old enough to know how to act in a public forum. Ensure your communication in this forum is positive (not trolling, rude, nor profane). Avoid arguments and message an Admin or Community Team Member when you need help. Keep your content appropriate and legal. Advertising is allowed in certain areas and there are restrictions on the type of content that may be advertised. The forum's functions should always be used appropriately. Last but not least, your actions should be beneficial for the general good of the community and not against it.

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Posting on FP

• Understandable Communication: We want all content on Forum Promotion to be understandable and contributive. To aid this, we ask members to use proper spelling and grammar as much as possible when writing a post (private messages are exempt). The language on Forum Promotion is English. [P1]
• Contribute to Discussion: We want all posts to aid conversation and discussion between members. Posts are generally expected to be long enough to express yourself. This makes "bump" posts prohibited. Of course, if only a short reply is needed within a conversation, this is acceptable. [P2]
• Relevant Posting: Posts are expected to be relevant to their appropriate topic and forum. Derailing a thread, or going excessively off-topic is not permitted. Naturally, conversations will naturally change course as discussions take place, but you should not make a deliberate attempt to go off-topic. Offending posts may be removed. [P3]
• Hateful Content: Forum Promotion will not condone any content that is hateful, abusive, violent or harassing. This includes targeting or marginalizing groups based on characteristics such race, ethnicity, origin, caste, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability or health. [P4]
• Family Friendly: The minimum age required to register on this forum is 13 years of age. As such, all content posted should be family-friendly and suitable for all audiences. Offending material will be removed, with further repercussions. For this reason, cursing/swearing in public boards is not permitted. [P5]

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Your Conduct on FP

• Advertise Appropriately: Inappropriately advertising your site/project is called spam. Post only appropriate links, in places where links are accepted. Advertising in your signature and avatar is fine. Advertising and soliciting support via private messaging is not permitted. [C1]​
• No NFT's: An NFT, which stands for for non-fungible token, is a unique unit of data employing technology that allows digital content - from videos to songs to images - to become logged and authenticated on cryptocurrency blockchains, primarily Ethereum. NFT's may not be posted or promoted on FP. [C2]​
• Use Functions Appropriately: You should make use of functions on Forum Promotion as they were intended. Content on the forum, including but not limited to reputation, reactions, awards, profiles, posts and FP$ may not be bought nor sold. Misuing forum functions (such as sending spam reports or PMs) will result in your ability to use said function/s. [C3]​
• Don't Backseat Moderate: We have our Community Team here to support the enforcement of our Content Policy and forum guidelines. Please do not take matters into your own hand, or attempt to control other members, and instead report instances of rule-breaches to us using the 'Report' function, or messaging a Community Team Member or Administrator. [C4]​
• Respect Section Rules: Some sections of Forum Promotion (such as the marketplace or exchange board) may have separate guidelines covering posting and using said sections. You should always check 'Pinned' threads in sections before posting or using them. [C5]​
• Respect the Team: Forum Promotion's moderators are referred to as the Community Team. You are expected to respect and comply with any instruction given to you by a Community Team Member, Administrator or other staff member of Forum Promotion. [C6]​
• How to Complain: Whilst we hope to give you no reason for complaint, if you would like to raise a grievance with a moderation action, or Forum Promotion overall, you should report this to the Community Team Leader in the first instance. If your complaint is about the Community Team Leader, you may raise the complaint to an Administrator of your choice by completing our 'Contact Form', found in the footer of the site. You must refrain from publicly complaining or 'ranting' about individual actions, or attempt to cause unrest or disruption to the forum. [C7]​
• Follow the Law: All content on Forum Promotion must follow international laws. This includes respecting the copyright/intellectual property of other, as well as relevant software/script licenses. Content found to be illegal or illicit will be removed, and will be reported to the relevant authorities. To this effect, we will not permit convicted offenders to maintain an account on Forum Promotion. [C8]​
• Stay Safe: Whilst our forum contains some lovely people, we are on the internet. For your own safety, we ask that you refrain from distributing your personal information anywhere on this forum, and recommend you take suitable precautions when engaging with members off FP, or in private discussions. Forum Promotion will not be held liable for conduct off-site. [C9]​

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Official Policies

• Terms & Conditions: Click Here
• Privacy Policy: Click Here
• Acceptable Content: Click Here

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Once again, on behalf of Forum Promotion, we would like thank you for taking the time to become a valued member. You will not just be joining an exciting forum with years of content, but also one that will have many new things in the future. If at anytime you require help, please contact a Community Team Member or Administrator.

Spoiler: Credits

"Forum Guidelines and Moderation Policy" was written by several staff members, with inspiration from several authors including Rick Ace and Gio, CyberFreak's Boardwide Guidelines. Authors of former versions include Cosmic, Belthazar, QuackerJack, Twisted Fairtale, and MeowsePad. Last but not least, this attempt to codify a guide for Forum Promotion would not be possible without the work of countless members, Retired Admins, and Valued Contributors over the years.

 

[Forum Promotion]

All moderation on Forum Promotion is performed against a uniform set of internal guidelines and procedures. All cases of a similar nature will be treated equally, and fairly. For transparency, our moderation policy includes:

• Minor offenses will result in a verbal warning. This includes things like advertising in the wrong areas, posting "bump" in PD threads, signature reminders, and other small things that do not harm members. This will be issued via private message.
• Moderate offenses will result in a strongly worded formal warning. This includes things like multiple spam PMs, arguing, first time malicious duplicate accounts, consistent negativity towards members, and other things that may come across as rude or tasteless, but don't harm people.
• Severe offenses will result in a warning at minimum. This includes things like scamming, hacking, ripping, member abuse, and other high-end offenses that harm members. Often a temporary ban will be applied to your account, which may be extended to a permanent ban for extreme offenses, or repeated behavior past a temporary ban.
• Loss of privileges will occur when FP Administration believes that it's in the best interest of the community. We do use things such as moderator queue, PM restrictions, marketplace ban, the "Cone of Silence Restriction" (where any form of private contact is not allowed) in cases where members have shown themselves not responsible enough to use these features. This will be for an indefinite period of time.
• Temporary bans will not occur until after the first official warning. Normally (except in the case of an extreme violation), you will receive at least one warning before we decide to temporarily ban you. Once you're temporarily banned, you cannot be unbanned until your sentence is carried out in full. We do not accept appeals.
• Permanent bans are very rare. However, they do happen. Permanent bans are not appealable until at twelve months after the original ban date, and any attempts to evade the ban will result in another month being added onto the ban. Before you're permanently banned, you'll be given every chance to prove yourself as a productive member of the community. You may appeal a permanent ban via the 'Contact Form' found in the footer of the site; This will be delivered directly to the Administrators.

That is our moderation policy, briefly. If you believe that you've been "wronged" by a moderation decision, please send a Private Message to the Community Team Leader, or an Administrator if the situation involves the Community Team Leader.​