Post by irishchick on Feb 3, 2004 7:01:00 GMT -5
Just read everything & thought just in case you guys may want to know, here are their rules. I know they were updated since I registered there in early December. Also they updated it because of the no medical advice thing & that was in response to the migraine thread.
Big Brother Board.com Support Community
Terms of Service
Big Brother Board.com is created and monitored by hard-working volunteers, and we make the rules. Our goal is to create a supportive environment for military wives and women. While in the public forums, please keep things civil. To maintain a positive environment, we maintain and enforce strict rules about discussion board behavior and security issues. Do not think of Big Brother Board as a Democracy but as a club in which you will follow the “Big Brother Board Club Rules”. If you don’t like our approach, then don’t post here. Users are not permitted to, among other things, post abusive, hateful, harassing information--about any person or entity (including Big Brother Board). If you ever have a question about how the community is run, feel free to email meri@Big Brother Board.com or jenniferm@Big Brother Board.com and let us know.
We (Big Brother Board, its employees, and its non-employee volunteer moderators) reserve the right to delete any message for any or no reason whatsoever. You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless the members of this message board, Big Brother Board.com and their agents with respect to any claim based upon viewing of this board and/or transmission of your message(s). Remember that the posted messages express the views of the author of the message, not necessarily the views of Big Brother Board or its volunteers.
If you feel that a posted message is objectionable, you are encouraged to contact us immediately by email at command@Big Brother Board.com . We have the ability to remove objectionable messages and we will make every effort to do so, within a reasonable time frame, if we determine at our sole discretion that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, so please realize that we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately.
By using this service, you have agreed that you will not:
· Post any material that is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise in violation of any law.
· Post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or by this message board.
· Use profanity of any kind on this board; posts that contain profanity will be deleted immediately. Repeat violators of this policy (or any other board policy) will be banned from participating.
· Post advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations. Harass members to buy 3rd party products or solicit them to 3rd party sites. These are inappropriate on this message board, and will be deleted immediately. Violators of this policy are subject to banning. Big Brother Board offers dirt cheap advertising opportunities for military wives with home based businesses. Contact Meri at meri@Big Brother Board.com for more information.
· Cross-post (post your message in more than one place on this board). This will actually hinder you from getting a rapid answer.
· If you make a dramatic exit from Big Brother Board.com by posting that you are leaving and never coming back, then don’t come back. Consider yourself permanently banned.
· Please do not give medical advice. If you are experiencing a medical problem, please seek medical treatment from a professional.
· We reserve the right to reveal your identity (or whatever information we know about you) in the event of legal action arising from any message posted by you. By posting content on this message board, you agree that Big Brother Board.com can quote from, or reuse the content in promotional materials, newsletters, or other documents. If we intend to use content posted by you in such a manner, we will generally notify you as a courtesy. All posts become the property of Big Brother Board.com, except when copyrighted material is posted.
Do not violate OPSEC:
Operational Security or "OPSEC" is the most important threat to the safety of your service member. These are the rules that govern what we say about the troops, and they are based on the cliche' that 'loose lips, sink ships.' OPSEC requires the active participation of every single service member regardless of his or her rank or job and their spouses and family members. What seems innocent or insignificant can in fact be a piece of a much larger puzzle. A classic example is the increase of pizza delivery at the White House and Pentagon prior to the onset of Operation Desert Storm. We need to think three or four layers down. The bottom line is failure to obey OPSEC rules and guidelines put our people at risk; don’t let them say they heard it from a military spouse or girlfriend! Lets keep these puzzle pieces apart! Click here for a good article from the government about their perspective.
Any post that violates ANY of the OPSEC rules will be edited or deleted depending on the extent of the information. This is not a violation of your 5th amendment. Remember what may not seem like a big deal to you may be a big deal to someone else. This includes phrases such as : " Jimmy will be home the day after my mother's birthday". If you are questioning your post, don't post it! We DO NOT want Big Brother Board shut down for violating OPSEC!
If you see any OPSEC violations please immediately email us!
The Ten OPSEC Points:
Don’t discuss future destinations or ports of call!
Don’t discuss future operations or missions!
Don’t discuss dates and times of when we will be in port or conducting exercises!
Don’t discuss readiness issues and numbers!
Don’t discuss specific training equipment!
Don’t discuss people’s names and billets in conjunction with operations!
Don’t speculate about future operations!
Don’t spread rumors about operations!
Don’t assume the enemy is not trying to collect information on you so he can kill you, he is!
Be smart, use your head, and always think OPSEC when using email or phone!
Moderators
Big Brother Board.com has appointed a number of moderators for our discussion forum. Moderators are volunteers who have agreed to give up a portion of their personal time to help build a better community for our forum users. Moderators facilitate enhanced discussion by starting new topics for discussion; clarifying or focusing topics; and by enforcing these rules. In order to accomplish these tasks, moderators have three essential abilities in the boards where they are shown as the moderator: edit or delete any post, close or delete entire topics, and move topics to another board where the discussion is more appropriate. The opinions of our moderators are their own and do not represent any other party. >From time to time, the management of Big Brother Board.com may give the moderators recommendations on what response is most appropriate for a message or a user.
Moderators can be emailed with any questions (insertname@Big Brother Board.com ) and can be recognized by the title of “Ambassador” in their user field. To learn more about our Ambassadors/Moderators click here.
Edited or Deleted Posts
On occasion, you may notice edited or deleted messages and topics. Moderators and administrators, as detailed above, can edit or delete any messages posted to this discussion forum. They will do so in order to enforce these rules. The moderators are not out to attack you nor do they have an agenda of their own. Big Brother Board.com reserves the right to edit or delete any message posted on the discussion forum for any reason.
Complaints
To send a complaint, please email our Co-Presidents of Big Brother Board.com. Your e-mail may be shared with other moderators or administrators in order to verify or clarify the complaint. However, it will never be disclosed to anyone outside of Big Brother Board.com.
The Co-Presidents are Meri Rettinger (meri@Big Brother Board.com ) and Jennifer Morrow (jenniferm@Big Brother Board.com).
Membership is a Privilege
Finally, remember that participation on Big Brother Board.com’s Café and Chatterbox are privileges, not a rights. Big Brother Board.com reserves the right to revoke that privilege for any user it deems has violated the Big Brother Board.com rules and guidelines at any time without warning.
POSTINGS OR DISCUSSIONS THAT VIOLATE Big Brother Board.COM'S TERMS OF SERVICE MAY LEAD TO THE DELETION, WITHOUT NOTICE, OF YOUR POST(S) AND/OR MEMBERSHIP AND EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH IT. FURTHERMORE, AT OUR DISCRETION AND IN SEVERE CASES, WE MAY ALSO CONTACT YOUR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER(S) TO REPORT YOUR ACTIONS, WHICH MIGHT HAVE BEEN, A VIOLATION OF YOUR ISP'S TERMS OF SERVICE -- VIOLATING YOUR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS' TERMS OF SERVICE CAN RESULT IN THE LOSS OF YOUR INTERNET SERVICE.
Big Brother Board.com Support Community
Terms of Service
Big Brother Board.com is created and monitored by hard-working volunteers, and we make the rules. Our goal is to create a supportive environment for military wives and women. While in the public forums, please keep things civil. To maintain a positive environment, we maintain and enforce strict rules about discussion board behavior and security issues. Do not think of Big Brother Board as a Democracy but as a club in which you will follow the “Big Brother Board Club Rules”. If you don’t like our approach, then don’t post here. Users are not permitted to, among other things, post abusive, hateful, harassing information--about any person or entity (including Big Brother Board). If you ever have a question about how the community is run, feel free to email meri@Big Brother Board.com or jenniferm@Big Brother Board.com and let us know.
We (Big Brother Board, its employees, and its non-employee volunteer moderators) reserve the right to delete any message for any or no reason whatsoever. You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless the members of this message board, Big Brother Board.com and their agents with respect to any claim based upon viewing of this board and/or transmission of your message(s). Remember that the posted messages express the views of the author of the message, not necessarily the views of Big Brother Board or its volunteers.
If you feel that a posted message is objectionable, you are encouraged to contact us immediately by email at command@Big Brother Board.com . We have the ability to remove objectionable messages and we will make every effort to do so, within a reasonable time frame, if we determine at our sole discretion that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, so please realize that we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately.
By using this service, you have agreed that you will not:
· Post any material that is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise in violation of any law.
· Post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or by this message board.
· Use profanity of any kind on this board; posts that contain profanity will be deleted immediately. Repeat violators of this policy (or any other board policy) will be banned from participating.
· Post advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations. Harass members to buy 3rd party products or solicit them to 3rd party sites. These are inappropriate on this message board, and will be deleted immediately. Violators of this policy are subject to banning. Big Brother Board offers dirt cheap advertising opportunities for military wives with home based businesses. Contact Meri at meri@Big Brother Board.com for more information.
· Cross-post (post your message in more than one place on this board). This will actually hinder you from getting a rapid answer.
· If you make a dramatic exit from Big Brother Board.com by posting that you are leaving and never coming back, then don’t come back. Consider yourself permanently banned.
· Please do not give medical advice. If you are experiencing a medical problem, please seek medical treatment from a professional.
· We reserve the right to reveal your identity (or whatever information we know about you) in the event of legal action arising from any message posted by you. By posting content on this message board, you agree that Big Brother Board.com can quote from, or reuse the content in promotional materials, newsletters, or other documents. If we intend to use content posted by you in such a manner, we will generally notify you as a courtesy. All posts become the property of Big Brother Board.com, except when copyrighted material is posted.
Do not violate OPSEC:
Operational Security or "OPSEC" is the most important threat to the safety of your service member. These are the rules that govern what we say about the troops, and they are based on the cliche' that 'loose lips, sink ships.' OPSEC requires the active participation of every single service member regardless of his or her rank or job and their spouses and family members. What seems innocent or insignificant can in fact be a piece of a much larger puzzle. A classic example is the increase of pizza delivery at the White House and Pentagon prior to the onset of Operation Desert Storm. We need to think three or four layers down. The bottom line is failure to obey OPSEC rules and guidelines put our people at risk; don’t let them say they heard it from a military spouse or girlfriend! Lets keep these puzzle pieces apart! Click here for a good article from the government about their perspective.
Any post that violates ANY of the OPSEC rules will be edited or deleted depending on the extent of the information. This is not a violation of your 5th amendment. Remember what may not seem like a big deal to you may be a big deal to someone else. This includes phrases such as : " Jimmy will be home the day after my mother's birthday". If you are questioning your post, don't post it! We DO NOT want Big Brother Board shut down for violating OPSEC!
If you see any OPSEC violations please immediately email us!
The Ten OPSEC Points:
Don’t discuss future destinations or ports of call!
Don’t discuss future operations or missions!
Don’t discuss dates and times of when we will be in port or conducting exercises!
Don’t discuss readiness issues and numbers!
Don’t discuss specific training equipment!
Don’t discuss people’s names and billets in conjunction with operations!
Don’t speculate about future operations!
Don’t spread rumors about operations!
Don’t assume the enemy is not trying to collect information on you so he can kill you, he is!
Be smart, use your head, and always think OPSEC when using email or phone!
Moderators
Big Brother Board.com has appointed a number of moderators for our discussion forum. Moderators are volunteers who have agreed to give up a portion of their personal time to help build a better community for our forum users. Moderators facilitate enhanced discussion by starting new topics for discussion; clarifying or focusing topics; and by enforcing these rules. In order to accomplish these tasks, moderators have three essential abilities in the boards where they are shown as the moderator: edit or delete any post, close or delete entire topics, and move topics to another board where the discussion is more appropriate. The opinions of our moderators are their own and do not represent any other party. >From time to time, the management of Big Brother Board.com may give the moderators recommendations on what response is most appropriate for a message or a user.
Moderators can be emailed with any questions (insertname@Big Brother Board.com ) and can be recognized by the title of “Ambassador” in their user field. To learn more about our Ambassadors/Moderators click here.
Edited or Deleted Posts
On occasion, you may notice edited or deleted messages and topics. Moderators and administrators, as detailed above, can edit or delete any messages posted to this discussion forum. They will do so in order to enforce these rules. The moderators are not out to attack you nor do they have an agenda of their own. Big Brother Board.com reserves the right to edit or delete any message posted on the discussion forum for any reason.
Complaints
To send a complaint, please email our Co-Presidents of Big Brother Board.com. Your e-mail may be shared with other moderators or administrators in order to verify or clarify the complaint. However, it will never be disclosed to anyone outside of Big Brother Board.com.
The Co-Presidents are Meri Rettinger (meri@Big Brother Board.com ) and Jennifer Morrow (jenniferm@Big Brother Board.com).
Membership is a Privilege
Finally, remember that participation on Big Brother Board.com’s Café and Chatterbox are privileges, not a rights. Big Brother Board.com reserves the right to revoke that privilege for any user it deems has violated the Big Brother Board.com rules and guidelines at any time without warning.
POSTINGS OR DISCUSSIONS THAT VIOLATE Big Brother Board.COM'S TERMS OF SERVICE MAY LEAD TO THE DELETION, WITHOUT NOTICE, OF YOUR POST(S) AND/OR MEMBERSHIP AND EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH IT. FURTHERMORE, AT OUR DISCRETION AND IN SEVERE CASES, WE MAY ALSO CONTACT YOUR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER(S) TO REPORT YOUR ACTIONS, WHICH MIGHT HAVE BEEN, A VIOLATION OF YOUR ISP'S TERMS OF SERVICE -- VIOLATING YOUR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS' TERMS OF SERVICE CAN RESULT IN THE LOSS OF YOUR INTERNET SERVICE.
Can't wait!! Lyam got it for me for our anniv.