Posting Rules

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Here are some things you'll want to keep in mind while posting on the Discusscareer Forum: The posting of information or material that is not suitable for ALL ages is strictly prohibited.

Site Courtesy/Respect/Negativity
This rule is directed to those who visit the Discusscareer.com Forum to start trouble, stir the pot, so to speak. Those who make Topics/Messages for the sole purpose of disrupting the normal flow of respectful conversation. Treat the Discusscareer.com Forum as you would treat any other "house" you've been invited to. Show courtesy and respect for it's property and it's inhabitants.
Criticism of a constructive nature is encouraged. However postings which denigrate and bash those that supply our forum, whether reviews or a single person will not be tolerated and will be deleted.
Additionally non constructive criticism of reviews submit by Discusscareer.com Forum will also be deleted. Example: That advice sucks, it is garbage, etc. Additionally any posts which are not helpful, constructive and positive in nature will be deleted, no questions asked!

Flaming, Bashing, and Trolling
Hate posts and personal attacks will not be tolerated on the Discusscareer.com Forum. Treat others on these message boards as you would expect them to treat you. "Talking trash" about another user will not be tolerated, as is posting topics/messages specifically to provoke a negative response from someone.

Profanity/Foul Language
There will be no offensive language allowed on the Discusscareer.com Forum. This includes any coded or partially written bad language . If you are unsure whether or not your language is offensive, a simple rule to follow is: "when in doubt, leave it out." Posts with profanity in them will be deleted on the spot without warning and without hesitation.

Spam
Purposely spamming a message board with senseless, vacuous, or empty messages (1 word comments, single or numerous Emoticons) to increase your post count is highly frowned upon. This includes such things as two-word "I agree" or "me too" responses, continually posting the same topic on a particular board, and posting the same question across several boards.

Disruptive Posting
Posting messages in all bold, all color or all CAPS is hard on the eyes. Do not abuse the bold, color and caps features. For the most part, just use bold, color and caps for emphasis. Posting long strings of Emoticons is prohibited, as is posting long strings of text or characters that stretch the screen to the right so people have to scrool across to read it is prohibited. In addition writing in a Font Size too small for someone to read is prohibited as this is disruptive and open to abuse. If in doubt, post in normal size.

Flooding
Flooding a topic/topics with a string of your messages is also considered Disruptive Posting. Do not Flood/Spam for the sole purpose of raising your post count.

Impersonating Other Users/Accessing Another User's Account
You may not impersonate another board member or create an account specifically for the purpose of provoking other users. Impersonating a Moderator or a mod edit is strictly prohibited. Also, accessing or using someone else's account or attempting to access another poster's account is strictly prohibited.

Private Messages (PM's)
There will be no sharing of or copying and pasting of any Private messages (PM's) to the public forums. PM's are to remain private. If you have trouble with someone sending you unwarranted PM's, contact an Admin or a Moderator.

Personal Contacts
Requesting that someone PM, email, Instant Message or otherwise contact you off the public board is not allowed. The reason for this rule is from a long history of abuse. Also the posting of personal email addresses. While there might be legitimate reason/s for this sort of request, let's face it... most of the time it's to trade secrets. So please do not request someone to contact you.

Questionable Content
These are public boards, so act like you would if you were in a public place. Some questionable issues are left to the discretion of the individual Moderators, but may include any material that is knowingly false and/or defamatory, misleading, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, racist, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, sexual preference insults, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy or beliefs, that otherwise violates any law, or that encourages conduct constituting a criminal offense, and any other issue/s that may require Moderator discretion.

Remember that all Rules extend to all areas of the Discusscareer.com Forum, including but not limited to Private Messages, Avatars, Signatures, Locations and all of your account Only forums.