Post by Lady Serenity on Jul 22, 2010 12:48:23 GMT -5
If your forum allows the roleplaying of sexual activity, drug usage, excessive violence, etc. you are violating the ProBoards TOS.
This is not a "new rule" - it has always been a part of the ProBoards Terms of Service, and is now clearly outlined in the Community Guidelines as well.
Since there has been some argument that the rules "have been changed" recently regarding forum content, and many edits I've seen on people's sites have started saying that it's "suddenly" this way, HERE is a link to a cached version of the old TOS. Please note that it is from 2005, though the last edit was in 2002. Pay specific attention to Section 3, Subsection B.
"User's web site may not contain content promoting the use of illegal drugs, alcohol, sex, pornography, nudity, or any other form of adult content, profanity, hate, "spam," fraud, racism, mlm, pyramid schemes, or promote any illegal activity."
The revised ProBoards Terms of Service states the same, just in different words. [added 06.12.10].
Threads marked as "M", "Mature", "R", "NC-17," etc. as well as boards/subboards/hidden boards/password-protected boards for this sort of content still count as violations. The terms apply to any content currently on your forum, regardless of where it is posted, and disclaimers of any type do not negate its effects.
Since the recent rule changes to this board, specifically, all forums advertised here in Your Board: Advertise are now actively being reviewed by Support forum moderators, and are being reported to ProBoards, Inc. as necessary. Please make any appropriate and necessary changes to your forums.
Update 05.09.2010: This does include PMs as well -- ALL content must be PG-13.
Update 06.09.2010: We are now also locking advertisements for sites that -whilst they may not have threads up yet- specifically allow this sort of contents in their rules threads
here is the link I've found this information from support.proboards.com/index.cgi?b....y&thread=354381
If you have stories written that is over the rating of PG-13, they are not allowed and I would highly advise you to remove them
This is not a "new rule" - it has always been a part of the ProBoards Terms of Service, and is now clearly outlined in the Community Guidelines as well.
Since there has been some argument that the rules "have been changed" recently regarding forum content, and many edits I've seen on people's sites have started saying that it's "suddenly" this way, HERE is a link to a cached version of the old TOS. Please note that it is from 2005, though the last edit was in 2002. Pay specific attention to Section 3, Subsection B.
"User's web site may not contain content promoting the use of illegal drugs, alcohol, sex, pornography, nudity, or any other form of adult content, profanity, hate, "spam," fraud, racism, mlm, pyramid schemes, or promote any illegal activity."
The revised ProBoards Terms of Service states the same, just in different words. [added 06.12.10].
Threads marked as "M", "Mature", "R", "NC-17," etc. as well as boards/subboards/hidden boards/password-protected boards for this sort of content still count as violations. The terms apply to any content currently on your forum, regardless of where it is posted, and disclaimers of any type do not negate its effects.
Since the recent rule changes to this board, specifically, all forums advertised here in Your Board: Advertise are now actively being reviewed by Support forum moderators, and are being reported to ProBoards, Inc. as necessary. Please make any appropriate and necessary changes to your forums.
Update 05.09.2010: This does include PMs as well -- ALL content must be PG-13.
Update 06.09.2010: We are now also locking advertisements for sites that -whilst they may not have threads up yet- specifically allow this sort of contents in their rules threads
here is the link I've found this information from support.proboards.com/index.cgi?b....y&thread=354381
If you have stories written that is over the rating of PG-13, they are not allowed and I would highly advise you to remove them
