BANNED TOPICS AND CONTENT

• Promotion of anorexia/bulimia or extreme starvation diets
• Promotion of dubious alternative health 'treatments' or scams (see list)
  
• Graphic images (violent/morbid/pornographic)
• Cyberbullying, trolling, threatening, stalking, grooming, inappropriate flirting
• Advertisements for other social networks or commercial websites

Images and written content inappropriate to this site will be deleted by the moderators. Individuals who post inappropriate content will be banned at the moderator's discretion. Individuals who get banned by the moderators have all of their content deleted automatically. This is not reversible.

Members are politely requested to keep discussion of alternative health treatments limited to the alternative health group discussion board, as not to confuse other members as to the validity/science of the treatments suggested.

THE RULES OF NETIQUETTE

• Remember you are talking to other human beings who have feelings and if you say nasty things you could hurt them - more than you think
• Behave online the way you would if you were talking to someone in real life - don't be rude or aggressive.
• Know where you are in cyberspace - don't insult people with autism, asperger's or ADHD here!
• Don't waste other people's time. Try not to bore other people with your rants and whines.
• Make yourself look your best, check your spelling, make sure what you say makes sense.
• Share your knowledge, if someone has a question you know the answer to - answer it!
• Keep flame wars under control, be friendly, be polite, smooth over differences.
• Respect other people's privacy. Don't try to break into their accounts or pester them if your attention isn't wanted.
• Don't abuse your power. Knowing more than others doesn't give you the right to take advantage of them.
• Forgive other people's mistakes. Don't make them look stupid or humiliate them, if it's important, let them know, preferably by private email.

More about the rules of netiquette.

BLOGGER'S CODE OF CONDUCT

• Take responsibility not just for your own words, but for the comments you allow on your blog
• Label your tolerance level for abusive comments
• Consider eliminating anonymous comments
• Ignore the trolls
• Take the conversation offline, and talk directly, or find an intermediary who can do so
• If you know someone who is behaving badly, tell them so
• Don't say anything online that you wouldn't say in person

More about the blogger's code of conduct.