RULES AND EXPECTATIONS FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE ELITESOURCE NETWORK.
EliteSource is intended to be a place for open discussion, conversation, and community. Members are expected to treat each other with respect and use the network responsibly.
Participation in the EliteSource BBS requires following the community guidelines below.
Disagreement and debate are welcome. Personal attacks, targeted harassment, threats, bullying, or repeated attempts to disrupt another member's experience are not.
Criticize ideas without turning discussions into attacks against the people participating in them.
Do not use EliteSource to distribute illegal content, malicious software, fraudulent material, or content intended to facilitate criminal activity.
Administrators may remove material that presents a security risk to the network or its members.
Repeated advertisements, duplicate threads, meaningless posts, automated flooding, or other attempts to overwhelm discussions are prohibited.
Keep posts relevant to the board and discussion whenever reasonably possible.
Do not publish another person's private or identifying information without their permission.
Members should also avoid posting their own sensitive information in public discussions.
Members are responsible for activity performed through their accounts and should take reasonable steps to keep their login credentials secure.
Impersonating another member, administrator, or individual for the purpose of deception or abuse is prohibited.
Attempts to gain unauthorized access to accounts, administrative functions, databases, servers, or other restricted areas of EliteSource are prohibited.
Exploiting vulnerabilities, intentionally interfering with service availability, or attempting to bypass security controls may result in immediate account action.
Moderators and administrators may lock threads, remove posts, restrict accounts, or take other reasonable actions necessary to maintain the community and protect the network.
Attempting to deliberately bypass moderation restrictions may result in additional action.
Not every situation can be covered by a written rule. EliteSource administrators may take reasonable action when behavior clearly threatens the community, its members, or the operation of the service.
Enforcement may include warnings, content removal, temporary restrictions, or account suspension depending on the circumstances.
Continued participation in the EliteSource community constitutes acceptance of these community guidelines.