Terms of Service

[Marianne]

This Is Hermosa – Terms of Service

You agree, through your use of this forum, that you will not post any material which is false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, hateful, harassing, obscene, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, adult material, or otherwise in violation of any International or United States Federal law. You also agree not to post any copyrighted material unless you own the copyright or you have written consent from the owner of the copyrighted material or the post clearly meets the terms of "Fair Use." Spam, flooding, advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are also forbidden on this forum.

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Thanks, and hope to chat soon!

[Marianne]

ThisIsHermosa Community Guidelines

I wanted to add a few more points to our Terms of Service here. We have a lot of great people posting now, and we've also been getting some new members, so just some reminders:

What to do:

• Please play nice. We're a community of many types of people, who all may not think what you think or believe what you believe or see what you see. We all have the right to feel comfortable here, so be polite and respectful in your interactions and debates with other members. We're all pretty good at this so far, just saying...
  
• Do moderate your content. Everyone needs to take responsibility for ensuring that what you post is appropriate. If your judgment proves to be poor, even after warnings, we'll moderate your account.
  
• Since sometimes it's hard to tell if someone is being sarcastic or tryin to be funny (at least until we get to know your sense of humor), do feel free to make liberal use of emoticons. etc.
  
• Do send the administrators a complaint if you feel anyone has violated our TOS or for any reason you feel you need to complain about something or someone. The administrator, in case you haven't figured it out, is me.

What not to do:

• Don’t show nudity or anything else inappropriate for a "family" website in your avatar. If we find you doing that, we’ll remove it and send you a warning. If we find you doing it again, we’ll terminate your account.
  
• Don’t upload content that is illegal or prohibited. If we find you doing that, your account will be deleted and we'll take appropriate action, which may include reporting you to the authorities.
  
• While it's perfectly OK to vent your frustrations and rant a little here, don't go crazy. Stirring debate is one thing, but ranting until you bore the brains out of other members or scare posters away is not OK.
  
• ThisIsHermosa is not a venue for you to harass, abuse, impersonate, or intimidate others. If we receive a valid complaint about your conduct, we’ll send you a warning or terminate your account.
  
• Don’t be creepy. You know the type. Don't be that type.
  
• Don’t use ThisIsHermosa (TIH) for commercial purposes. If we find you selling products, services, or yourself through your photostream, we will terminate your account.

In Conclusion:

We’ve created these guidelines and Terms of Service to ensure that everyone within the TIH community has the experience they want. It’s important that everyone understands the importance of moderating their content responsibly.

In most circumstances, we'll give second chances. We’ll send you a warning if you cross any of the community guidelines or violate the TOS, but subsequent violations can result in account termination without warning.

If you ever have any questions or comments, we'd love to hear from you. Please feel free to drop us a line through TIH Private Messaging (in the upper right hand corner of the screen). I'm Marianne.

[derby]

Originally Posted by Marianne

What not to do:

• Don’t vent your frustrations, rant, or bore the brains out of other members.

you can't be serious...

[Marianne]

We all know who we're talking about!

All right, a little ranting is OK. And of course the TOS don't apply to me (just kidding!)

[Marianne]

I edited the ranting thing. Is this better?

While it's perfectly OK to vent your frustrations here and rant a little, don't go crazy. Stirring debate is one thing, but ranting until you bore the brains out of other members or scare posters away is not OK.

[Marianne]

Joy really is a little sweetheart in person. She's just very passionate about what she believes. Online...sometimes that comes off the wrong way. Good thing we have emoticons. Hey, I think I'll add those to my guidelines.

[HBVoter07]

Can we ban emoticons?

[Marianne]

Nope.



BTW, new members should check out this thread...

http://thisishermosa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=172

[Marianne]

I just wanted to reiterate that if anyone feels uncomfortable or attacked by comments on this forum, please let me know ASAP, and I will take care of it.

And, ad homs are not allowed. That is, attacking the person who's making the argument (rather than attacking the argument itself) is not cool. I might not always catch them, however, so you gotta tell me either in a private message or in an email to thisishermosa@aol.com.

That is all.