2 .Keep it civil. People will always disagree. But we ask that you respectfully disagree. Let me say it again…..respectfully disagree. That means disagree with the content of a post, not attacking the poster. If your post is about a person posting instead of the topic at hand, or the topic is about an individual poster, it will be deleted. If you make it personal, it will be deleted.
3. No name calling and personal attacks. It’s the quickest way to have your post deleted. If you can’t make your post without attacking a poster or calling them names, don’t post it. It’s the #1 problem we’ve had on the boards. It alienates people and affects the quality of the board.
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8. Racism, bigotry, and any other post that can be construed as hateful is subject to having the poster banned without warning.
9. Sarcasm, clowning and thread jacking: People subscribe and visit here for for information. many subscribers are professionals and only have a few minutes out of their day while out work to get their fix. They don't wont to have time to wade through a lot of nonsense and clowing to get their info. A little goes a long ways. It's Hardcore Football. Let's try and keep it to that. Take the other stuff to the free boards. It doesn't belong out here.
What is threadjacking?
To take over the content of a message thread by changing the subject of discourse to a topic outside the purview of the original subject and/or forum, while maintaining the subject line. A form of amusement for trolls. Threadjacking is distinguished from flaming, as flames are a quasi-personal attack on a poster or on a poster's style of discourse, where threadjacking is deliberatly steering the discussion offtopic.
Some think it's funny. We don't. If you do this on a consistant basis, you may be put on the sidelines for a while
10. Finally, respect the site. Do what you can to make this the place to be, to be heard, to share opinions and both give and gather information. That’s what this place is all about. For those who watch The Sopranos, when Tony says “ Don’t disrespect The Bing”
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NOTE: The TOS was adapted by Bandit0 from Dawgman.com on the Scout.com Network.
We at TRM are asking folks to follow these rules and the moderators to delete or edit as needed.
