Here are the rules all members of loudopinions.com agree to.
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Loud Opinions - Rules
Helping Loud Opinions stay clean and without spammers
Rule breakers will be notified by the forum Global Moderators and Admins and their posts will be edited with the warnings.
Loud Opinions accepts people's opinions and everybody has a right to speak there views on certain issues. What is not accepted is signs of hate towards particular members on the forum, including all members of staff. Also Loud Opinions doesn't accept strong hates of people because of their opinions
Members that stick to the rules will be rewarded and if they help to enforce the rules there's a chance that you will be requested to join the team.
Once you're a moderator your position isn't final
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Before posting a new topic or a post think about the following points:
- Have you reread your posts? Many times you will find small errors when you reread your posts. Some of these errors involve our rules.
- Are you contributing? If you are posting a question, did you provide information for us to help you? If you are posting a response, do you add something else to the discussion?
- If you are posting a question, has it already been answered? Try using the search feature to save everyone some time. Also try checking "sticky" topics, our website, and maybe you should even give Google a try.
- Will this post offend somebody? If it might, you should not post it. Offendable posts can be anything from insults and flaming to profanity and graphic or explicit posts.
- Is this in the correct forum? We have multiple forums for a reason - they organize the discussion.
- Is this in the correct topic? Is what you are posting in the current line of discussion?
- Does your post violate any of our other rules? If it does, do not post it.
- Have you posted this elsewhere today? Have you posted many posts in total today? "Post-whoring" is making an unneeded amount of posts at one time - do not post more than is necessary.
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Post rules:
- Spelling and grammar must be acceptable
- Break your posts into paragraphs with lines in between each paragraph
- Respect copyrights
- Post things in the correct forum
- Use capitalization correctly (no all caps or lack of caps)
- Do not reply to yourself unless it is a bump (use the edit button instead)
- One-line posts typically are bad, unless what is said is best said short
- Use punctuation and contractions correctly (no !!!!!!!! or Ill and Im)
- Post quality, not quantity
- Keep your posts on topic
- Use the search before asking a question
- Argue with the post, not the poster (arguments on topic are good, but between members they are bad)
- Do not post anything illegal, pornographic or anything questionable
- A forum isn't IM - write words out and avoid posting many replies to yourself
- Do not go overboard with the emoticons/smilies
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Images and uploads:
Keep images and uploads small in file size to save space and to allow them to load fast.
Make sure images are not too large to go off the edge of the screen as this will also move buttons, provide a link to the image instead or resize it.
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When you spot a post which is in the wrong area or breaks the rules:
When a bad post is seen, avoid commenting on it and report it. A moderator will lock or delete the topic in a short time after receiving the message. Replying usually would do more damage than good.
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Your account:
Your account will stay with you throughout your time at Loud Opinions and will only be blocked for certain periods if you break rules, never deleted.
Members are also not allowed multiple accounts.
- If you lose your password, use the password recovery feature.
- If you changed your email address, contact our forums team to verify who you are.
- If you would like to change your account's name, please ask an administrator.
Feel free to contact Loud Opinions via the email link at the bottom of most pages at any time about any subject