quote: While diverse opinions and spirited debate is encouraged, members should share information and experiences in a fun and friendly manner.
Each member will treat others with dignity and respect, even if they disagree with his or her point of view.
Offensive or derogatory remarks may be edited or deleted.
No member shall post material which is knowingly false, use of offensive language, sexually explicit, threatening or demeaning of others, degrade any brand of product, or comments that are regarded as to violate any law.
No manufacturer may conduct business or sell products, using this forum.
Advertisements from a retailer or distributor, for the intent to generate sales, are also inappropriate.
Manufacturer and Retail websites may be registered on the links page, but are not to be placed as a banner advertisement within a signature. Text linking to such websites is acceptable.
Personal banners in signatures shall not exceed 10 Kilobytes (10,000 bytes), nor be sized larger than 200 pixels (width). The cumulative width for multiple pictures shall not exceed 500 pixels.
The use of === characters (on either side of a topic) is reserved to indicates official announcements made by the dBDRA, and shall not be used in any other manner.
Posts that are not directly related to the section, in which it is posted, may be relocated to a more appropriate section at the sole discretion of the moderators.
Comments, which are not related to the topic of discussion, may be edited or removed at any time.
Any attempt to circumvent these rules may result in the removal of such violation, regardless of the contents contained within the post.
quote: If something has happened that is questionable, please use common sense when posting the information over a public forum. To post the facts, as a warning for others, is acceptable. To simply state a negative opinion, is not.
Example:
1. I have not had favorable results using Brand X amplifiers. I have had four amps stop working, over a period of 6 months. Each time I would have an amplifier repaired, it would only work for a few months and then I would have to send it back for more repairs.
2. Brand X is junk.
#1 is acceptable, #2 is not. If you have evidence to support your claims, then state that evidence when posting.
quote: User Agreement Review "EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY: All forum members must remove all advertising from their signature unless the company being promoted is a dBDRA Corporate Partner. (You may view the scrolling area of the termpro home page at www.termpro.com for a current list of our partners.) Any post containing a violating ad will be removed by our moderators."
Ok I think the user agreement should be worded more clearly. Many people have different views on what advertising actually means, and unless you specify what you mean by 'advertising' you may have a few problems with people thinking you are infringing on their right to free speech,especially regarding text. I would suggest ammending the user agreement to include something like this:
-Advertising is a public promotion of some product or service; the business of drawing public attention to goods and services
-Advertising is a form of communication that typically attempts to persuade potential customers to purchase or to consume more of a particular brand of product or service.
-Advertising is a communication whose purpose is to inform potential customers about products and services.
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