Draft CCIF Forum Rules - Request for Input
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CCIF Draft Forum Rules - Request for input
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CCIF Forum Rules
The CCIF Message Forums are a public forum and, while we encourage a free flow of information and ideas on the Forums, we also ask that you follow a few basic rules. By using or participating on the CCIF Forums, you agree to the Rules of Conduct as stated below.
Moderation
The CCIF Message Forums are a moderated forum. However, the moderators cannot
be everywhere and see everything. Because of this, please use these rules as a
guideline as to what is and is not allowed, rather than the content of other users
posts. If you see something that is against the Forum Rules, please Contact
a Moderator. Note that the moderators have the final say-so in any situation
that you report to the Contact Moderators thread. They will evaluate the
situation on a case-by-case basis and take appropriate action where needed. If
you feel a moderator did not handle the situation, please contact the CCIF
Forum Administrator.
What Is A Moderator?
A Moderator is a volunteer chosen by the Community Manager from among the
userbase who gives of his/her valuable time to help keep the Forums a fun place
for everyone. They try hard to be fair but cannot be everywhere. Because of
this, please use these rules as a guideline as to what is and is not allowed,
rather than the content of other users posts. If you see something that is
against the Forum Rules, please report it to the CCIF Moderators .
Note that the moderators have the final say-so in any situation that you report
to the Contact Moderators thread. They will evaluate the situation on a
case-by-case basis and take appropriate action where needed. If you have an
issue or question about a moderator, moderation, ban or the Forum
rules, please contact a moderator.
What Do Moderators Do?
Moderators monitor Forum posts and respond to complaints to keep posting free
of undesirable content as described in the Forum Rules and CCIF User Agreement.
They enforce the Forum rules, and can delete posts, edit posts as well as
remove any user's ability to visit the Forums. Please respect and adhere to
moderators warnings, both public and private. Likewise, if your thread was
deleted or locked by a moderator, do not repost or unlock the topic. They
deserve respect and appreciation for their time.
Bans
If you log onto the CCIF message Forums and receive a message that you have
been banned, please submit a request and wait for an CCIF Forum Moderator to
get in touch with you. Bans are private matters between the Moderators and
person banned and will not be discussed publicly or through third parties. It
is not acceptable to return to the Forums under another username. If you do,
your ban time may be extended.
What If I Disagree With A Moderator?
Moderators are not perfect and are only human. Disagreements occur. Try to
communicate with them first on a respectful level and settle your disagreement.
They are not targets for your obscenities, flames or general insults. If you do
not agree with a decision, you are not entitled to start a thread arguing about
the verdict or flaming any of the moderators. Any such messages will be
removed. This extends to Private Messages and unban requests as well, and you
are not entitled to insult moderators via either of these methods. Also note
that bans are between the user banned and the moderators, and moderators cannot
respond about bans publicly. Any correspondence about ban length and reason
will be handled through unban requests.
If you feel a verdict or ban was unfair, please contact the CCIF Forum Administrator before anything else and he will work with you regarding your situation.
Following are some things you'll want
to keep in mind while posting on the CCIF Message Forums. Please read the rules
so you will be familiar with them:
Flaming & Bashing
Hate posts and personal attacks will not be tolerated on the CCIF Forums. Treat
others on these message Forums as you would expect them to treat you. Talking
trash about another user or posting topics specifically to provoke a negative
response from an individual, a group or an entire community is not acceptable
on the CCIF Forums. These posts will be deleted and will result in a ban.
Forum bashing is also not allowed on the CCIF Forums. Please respect the various
communities on the CCIF Forums system. If another Forum is not your favorite,
there's no need to complain about it. Simply refrain from visiting it. Forum
bashing posts will be deleted.
Pornography & Sexually Explicit
Content
Absolutely no forms of pornography or overly sexually suggestive imagery are
allowed on the Forums, this includes links and/or posting a name of a porn
site. Note that pornography is not limited to images - descriptive sexually
explicit posting is also not allowed on the Forums. This includes describing
sexual acts in a profane manner or using sexual slang terms for body parts or
actions. We allow mature discussions of sexuality, but the Forums are not your
bedroom, local bar, porn shop or back alley. Please keep all discussions on
this subject mature and use proper terms.
Other Explicit Content
Explicit images/videos, which include but not limited to death scenes, death
pictures, torture, mutilation and human feces, are not allowed. Explicit
written descriptions of these acts is also not allowed on the Forums.
Posting "Real Life"
Information
Posting any real life information about another user/person is strictly
prohibited. This includes such things as full names, addresses, phone numbers,
etc. Purposely posting links to users social networking pages, websites,
school, etc. for the sole purpose of harassment will be severely dealt with and
can result in a permanent ban.
Racism/Hate
CCIF will not tolerate hate speech in any form. This includes but is not
limited to racist slang terms, hateful comments based on skin color or
background, religious bashing or intolerance, gay bashing, sexist or
misogynistic material, faith based prejudicial statements, derogatory remarks,
and all poor taste jokes about these topics. Also note that using the word
"gay" to describe something as stupid/lame/dumb is not allowed.
Remember, these Forums are open to all walks of life and with that comes the
need to respect them all. So leave your hate at the door please.
Trolling
We are all entitled to our opinions and that may included negative opinions
about a cloud/interoperability/anything else, but if you are knowingly or
purposely posting to incite anger/negativity on the Forum or from the
community, you will be banned for trolling. These Forums are meant for
meaningful discussions and debates, not a place for you to start trouble. Be
mindful.
Profanity
Offensive language is unacceptable. While we may let you get away with anything
you might hear on network television (no, NOT cable) or radio, don't go over
Forum. Additionally, a simple rule to follow is "when in doubt, leave it
out." All letters of an offensive word must be edited out. Remember, you
don't have to use excessive profanity to get your point across, and it's
usually better to avoid it altogether. Profanity in posts will be edited out,
and repeat offenders or those who use excessive profanity will be banned. In
particular, be careful when quoting outside sources or other users as you are
responsible for your own post and everything inside it. When linking to
external sites that contain profanity, please include a warning.
Note that as thread titles are more visible than thread content, they are held
to a higher standard. Vulgar, obscene, sexual terms, slang terms for body
parts, etc. that might otherwise be allowed on the Forums should not be used in
thread titles.
Criminal Activity
No discussions of illegal activity will be tolerated on the Forums. Any
instruction on how to carry out illegal activity or admission of illegal
activity will be dealt with harshly. This includes but is not limited to discussions
about how to obtain drugs illegally, how to steal, fraud, how to kill someone,
rape (including statutory rape), abuse of humans or animals, and auto theft. To
sum up, if it's against the law, don't post it.
Spam
Purposely spamming a message Forum with senseless, vacuous, or empty messages
is highly frowned upon! This includes such things as party posts, chain
letters, two-word "I agree" or "me too" responses, merely
posting an icon, one word replies, bumping old topics, +1, "didn't
read" or "old", continually posting the same topic or post,
posting the same question across several Forums and using the Quote feature
without contributing anything new to a thread.
On a similar note, participating in
spam attacks (post riots, etc.) on the CCIF Forums or planning a spam attack on
the CCIF Message Forums or any other Website is unacceptable, and these actions
will be reported to your ISP.
Circumventing a Ban
Creating an alternate username and logging into the Forums to continue to post
will result in added ban time to your original banned account and the new
username will be permanently banned.
Copyrighted Material
CCIF Forum users agree not to post any material that is protected by copyright,
trademark or other proprietary right without the express permission of the
owner(s) of said copyright, trademark or other proprietary right. This includes
but is not limited to magazine, book and newspaper scans, television broadcasts
and copyrighted photos and pictures.
System / Platform Wars
System / Platform wars benefit no one. We encourage intelligent discussions
about the merits and flaws of each system, but senseless platform bashing
should be avoided.
Advertising & Solicitation
Posting for the pure purpose of driving traffic to your own website is not
allowed. This includes any pyramid schemes, free offers, other Forum systems,
money making ventures, etc. These Forums are not an advertising platform for
you to use. Spam advertising via the Private Message system will result in
immediate termination of your account.
Impersonating Other Users / Accessing
Another User's Account
You may not impersonate another Forum member or create an account specifically
for the purpose of provoking other users. Also, accessing or using someone
else's account or attempting to access another poster's account is strictly
prohibited. If you engage in this type of behavior, you will be barred from the
Forums permanently.
Altering Forum Code
Altering or changing CCIF code and/or exploiting code bugs for purposes other
than what the message Forums were intended to do is strictly prohibited. On a
similar note, using automatic scripts on any part of CCIF is also not
permitted. Hacking, altering Forum code, exploiting code bugs and using scripts
are all grounds for an immediate and permanent ban.
Questionable Content
Since we can't have a rule to cover everything, this is the rule to, well,
cover everything. These are public Forums, so act like you would if you were in
a public place. CCIF reserves the right to choose the guidelines of
objectionable content based on its knowledge of users and company policy. These
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, harassing, obscene, racist, sexist, profane, sexually
oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy or that otherwise
violates any law or encourages conduct constituting a criminal offense.
There are many of posts each day on the CCIF message Forums, so we can't always promise you'll receive a warning every time action has to be taken. By registering at the CCIF Message Forums, users agree that any post deemed inappropriate may be removed at the sole discretion of CCIF. CCIF also has the right, at its sole discretion, to revoke Forum privileges at any time without notice or reason. Think of these rules as a forewarning and, if you break them, you're taking your account status into your own hands.
CCIF has the right but not the obligation to monitor and/or moderate the CCIF Forums. CCIF reserves the right to change any or all other parts of this User Agreement at its sole discretion and without notice, including but not limited to implementing Rules of Conduct, Terms of Service and/or other measures.
Gary Mazz
Wasn't this the type of stuff that caused the demise of the of CCIF1 ? Please, lets not have a repeat of that..
There are opinions about platforms, services, technologies and opinions on who can and should be banned. Who is to say that offering an opinions and proofs that differs from conventional belief is not "trolling"... Aren't challenges part of rigor ?
Would you ban Copernicus for strongly voicing his opinion that the sun is the center of the solar system, when conventional wisdom disagrees? Would you imprison Galileo for his opinions that the earth and the universe is not the firmament?
Today, most people would consider these examples absurd and ridiculous. However, being banned and having posts deleted for disagreeing with convention and strongly voicing opinions can be viewed as an equivalent to book burnings and forms of imprisonment that isolates individuals from the greater community and may only serve to segregate participating segments of the community.
The pain of the last CCIF1 was due, IMHO, to the forum not providing an outlet for voicing alternative opinions. This was not the fault of the forum administrators, but the capabilities of the forum technologies.
What a history has shown us, that 'choice' brings collectives together as a successful communities. Providing a venue for choice and option is not easy to achieve, especially when opinions can be impassioned and strongly polarized.
A forum is much like the web, television, radio... if you don't like the content you can always change the station. Or form your own..
I've been working on alternate solution other than the google list with better capabilities where user's can be more selective about content choice.
That's my opinion for whatever its worth..
the best cheers and success,
Gary Mazzaferro
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Gary Mazz
I did try to "contain" escalations in the last incarnation of the group. Unfortunately, my time is extremely limited. I'm forming a new interoperability group focusing on an ignored segment of the cloud/distributed computing space. As always, I will try to productively support and contribute to the CCIF efforts.
cheers, :)
gary
Dave Nielsen
Gary Mazz
Absolutely... it's my privilege. And thank you for the opportunity :)
-g
Dave