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I have made several changes to the forum rules due to recent issues I have been seeing. These changes are mainly concerning the Showcase section of the website. Here are the changes:

No Advertising – Spam

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Do not create an account on the forum with a username that is the same as business' name. This will be considered as unauthorized advertising and could result in the of your Dumaguete Info Community Membership. Violators of this rule will be offered a chance by an administrator or moderator to provide an alternate username to be placed on the account. Failure to reply to this request in a reasonable amount of time will result in the violating account being permanently deleted from the forum.
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Business Listings and Promotional Section

Dumaguete Info does offer local businesses a place to list and promote their businesses on the website. Business owners are allowed to create one (1) Showcase Item per business in this review section of the website. Please understand that this section is a review section and users may leave comments, reviews and criticism, both positive and negative. It is possible that you will receive negative comments and reviews from people who have visited your business. If this type of environment does not suite you or your business model please do not post in this section.

All business listings and promotional posts must be made within the Showcase Pages. Any business or person listing or posting promotional material outside of this section will be considered to be in violation of the "No Advertising - Spam" forum rule and the offending posts will be permanently removed without notice to the poster. Repeated offenses may result in moderator warnings being issued and/or loss of access to the entire website.

Businesses are allowed to make one (1) promotional post to their Showcase listing every 30 days.

Note: Once a business is posted in the Showcase Pages it is very unlikely you will be able to have it removed.
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No Abuse of the Showcase Review Section

User reviews and business replies should follow a few simple rules:

Members:

If you have not personally visited a restaurant/business do not critique/review a business owner's business, food or practices. Questions and requesting more information to be posted is fine but criticism should only be made from first hand experience.

If you are leaving a negative review of a business make sure that you are constructive with your criticism and inform the business owner how you feel they could improve their establishment.

If there is a conflict of interest or direct competition between you and a business do not leave negative reviews on your rival's Showcase page. This is unethical and will not be tolerated on the forum.

Do no leave false or malicious reviews.

Businesses:

Business owners replying to reviews and experiences (both positive and negative) must do so in a professional and courteous manner. Please remember that

Understand that you cannot make all of your customers all of the time. Do not take negative reviews personal.

If you believe that a review is false, malicious or in bad taste bring it to the attention of a moderator or administrator and explain why you position. Do not attempt to resolve the issue on your own.

The Showcase pages/review sections are meant to offer an environment for business owners to help show the community that they are there and offer a bit of free advertising and promotion. It also provides a way for customers to share their experiences at these businesses so that others may determine if the business is a place they might like to visit. Note that the "Be Nice", "Be Courteous" and "Be Forthcoming" rules apply to this section of the website as well.
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I have said most of this before elsewhere on the forum so none of this should come as any surprise. The only change to really take note of is how businesses are allowed to advertise and promote their business on the website:

All business listings, advertising and promotional posts MUST be made in, and only in, the Showcase section. When creating a Showcase item a forum thread will automatically be created in the appropriate forum sub-forum. The thread linked to a showcase thread is for general discussion about the business and also provide a place for businesses to reply to customer discussions (not to post promotional posts). All businesses are allowed to make one (1) promotional post per month in the Showcase comment section.

I will create a notice about this update on the forum so that everyone will see these changes.
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Rye83, 11 mrt 2016

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Wayne cristillo DI New Member Restricted Account Infamous

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I have made several changes to the forum rules due to recent issues I have been seeing. These changes are mainly concerning the Showcase section of the website. Here are the changes:

I have said most of this before elsewhere on the forum so none of this should come as any surprise. The only change to really take note of is how businesses are allowed to advertise and promote their business on the website:

All business listings, advertising and promotional posts MUST be made in, and only in, the Showcase section. When creating a Showcase item a forum thread will automatically be created in the appropriate forum sub-forum. The thread linked to a showcase thread is for general discussion about the business and also provide a place for businesses to reply to customer discussions (not to post promotional posts). All businesses are allowed to make one (1) promotional post per month in the Showcase comment section.

I will create a notice about this update on the forum so that everyone will see these changes.
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Wow , you the man, do you feel the power
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Wow , you the man, do you feel the power
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Aw, are you the man that spoke is sucide, back in the usa
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Quick reminder about posting "sexual" content on the forum: Please don't do it.

Google hit me up on an Adsense sexual content violation. The content in question was posted well over a year ago in the Funny Stuff section. Guess they just got around to seeing it. Moved the post in question to the NSFW forum where Adsense is suppressed. If you have permission to view that you can follow the link.

I didn't find it very offensive myself so I guess it's best just to post Google's rules on the subject so everyone knows how the new moderator in town feels about it

Google ads may not be placed on pages with adult or mature content. This includes, but is not limited to, pages with images or videos containing:

Strategically covered nudity

Sheer or see-through clothing

Lewd or provocative poses

Close-ups of breasts, buttocks, or crotches

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I suppose the post in question would have violated the 3rd.......and possibly the 4th rules? I'm not sure.

Googlerator also says......

1. Don't be hater - No hate speach.

Not acceptable:

Content that advocates/condones violence or makes threats of harm against an individual or group

Harassing or bullying content

Content that incites or promotes hatred against a group or individuals

Content that encourages others to believe that a group or individual is inhuman or inferior

Content that attacks a person or group on the basis sexual orientation or gender identity

2. Hollywood needs more mansions - No copyrighted material.

Not acceptable:

Hosting or directly linking to copyrighted content

Warez sites

ROM sites

3. Drugs are bad, mmmk - No sales or promotion of drugs.

Not acceptable:

Sales or promotion of illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia. Note: Drugs illegal by U.S. Federal Law are unacceptable even if legal elsewhere.

4. Prohibition is back - No sales or promotion of alcohol or tobacco products.

Not acceptable:

Promotion of beer, hard alcohol, or liqueurs.

Promotion of tobacco and tobacco-related products, including cigarettes, cigars, tobacco pipes, and rolling paper.

Note: If ethanol (you know, the same stuff that's in beer, hard alcohol or liqueurs that gets people drunk) just happens to be contained in a wine or champagne bottle it's perfectly alright to sale and promote it then.
Note2: Content relating to brewing or distilling beer is alright.

5. No NSA instructional videos - No hacking or cracking content.

Not acceptable:

Content that provides users with instructions or equipment that tampers with or provides illegal access to software, servers, or websites.

6. No Darwin Award content - No violent content.

Not acceptable:

Breaking bones

Getting hit by trains/cars

Receiving other serious injuries

Fight videos

Gory videos or images

Note: Boxing and MMA is alright.

7. No "everything else we might not have mentioned" - No illegal content.

Not acceptable:

Content that is illegal, promotes illegal activity, or infringes on the legal rights of others.

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Finished yet, Google?
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Rye83, 5 apr 2016

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I suppose the post in question would have violated the 3rd.
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Not sure but I would say the last pic posted on the 'joke in question' would break a rule somewhere
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I have made several changes to the forum rules due to recent issues I have been seeing. These changes are mainly concerning the Showcase section of the website. Here are the changes:

I have said most of this before elsewhere on the forum so none of this should come as any surprise. The only change to really take note of is how businesses are allowed to advertise and promote their business on the website:

All business listings, advertising and promotional posts MUST be made in, and only in, the Showcase section. When creating a Showcase item a forum thread will automatically be created in the appropriate forum sub-forum. The thread linked to a showcase thread is for general discussion about the business and also provide a place for businesses to reply to customer discussions (not to post promotional posts). All businesses are allowed to make one (1) promotional post per month in the Showcase comment section.

I will create a notice about this update on the forum so that everyone will see these changes.
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I read the rules and will comply to the best of my ability.

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Hi it seems - as I am new on this forum - that I cannot access als sites. Always coming to
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Any hints? Thanks

lingo, 29 mei 2016

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lingo zei: ↑

Hi it seems - as I am new on this forum - that I cannot access als sites. Always coming to
Update to Forum Rules
Any hints? Thanks
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I'll not sure I follow. What are you clicking that takes you to this thread?

Rye83, 29 mei 2016

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Quick reminder about posting "sexual" content on the forum: Please don't do it.

Google hit me up on an Adsense sexual content violation. The content in question was posted well over a year ago in the Funny Stuff section. Guess they just got around to seeing it. Moved the post in question to the NSFW forum where Adsense is suppressed. If you have permission to view that you can follow the link.

I didn't find it very offensive myself so I guess it's best just to post Google's rules on the subject so everyone knows how the new moderator in town feels about it

I suppose the post in question would have violated the 3rd.......and possibly the 4th rules? I'm not sure.

Googlerator also says......

Finished yet, Google?
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Rarely do I feel so compelled to post, but certainly most reasonable people would agree, that clear restrictions on Freedom of Speech, at least as free Americans know it, is now comfortably wrapped in the shroud of, "Hate Speech."
Now it is forbidden to speak one's mind when certain material could offend some protected class...even when that "hate speech" is often support with scientific data and/or widespread custom that has spanned the ages.
The long arm of tyranny will continue to tighten around our throats and minds if not ferociously attacked wherever seen.

jimf, 13 jun 2016

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Rarely do I feel so compelled to post, but certainly most reasonable people would agree, that clear restrictions on Freedom of Speech, at least as free Americans know it, is now comfortably wrapped in the shroud of, "Hate Speech."
Now it is forbidden to speak one's mind when certain material could offend some protected class...even when that "hate speech" is often support with scientific data and/or widespread custom that has spanned the ages.
The long arm of tyranny will continue to tighten around our throats and minds if not ferociously attacked wherever seen.
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Please note that I specifically refer to the Hate Speech content of the post i reply.

jimf, 13 jun 2016

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