Breaking rules results in punishments. There are several types of punishments:
1. Temporary Ban - This is where you are not able to view the board for a certain period of time.
2. Permanent Ban - You can never again view the board.
The following rules list the most serious violations:
1. No Hacking - This should go without saying, but you are not permitted to hack the board. Guessing someone else's password and succeeding counts as hacking. Members who hack will instantly be permanently banned without any warning.
2. No Discrimination - You may not insult members based on their religion, race, sex, political beliefs, or whether they are gay or straight. This is worse than flaming, because it also hurts other members of the board who fall into the catagory you insult. My-Trivia.Net is a place where everyone is equal, and discrimination will NOT be tolerated!
3. No Bullying - Do not pick on other members. The worst kind of bullying is where new members are picked on. This hurts the member as well as the board.
4. No Flaming - Flaming harms the nice atmosphere of My-Trivia.Net. It also causes thread's to go off topic, and most importantly, it hurts the person being flamed. The victim may defend themselves against any accusations made to them, but may not make any additional accusations to the flamer (which also counts as flaming).
5. No Profanity or Obscene Content - Such content does not belong on My-Trivia.Net. Obviously with the content of some of the topics we run quizzes on, a certain amount must be tolerated, but if it is used maliciously or unecessarily punishments will be incurred.
The following rules are also important (A warning is given to offenders then Temporary or Permanent Ban at the discretion of the site admin):
1. No Advertising - You are not permitted to make money using My-Trivia.Net. You are not allowed to use the member list to obtain Instant Messenging screennames to harrass people to purchase a product from you.
2. No Illegal Activity - You are not allowed to break the law using My-Trivia.Net. This can get My-Trivia.Net into legal trouble. Posting links to pirate software is illegal, so this counts as a violation of this rule.
3. No Double Posting or Spamming - You may not post more than once in a row in the same thread. Posting lots of times in a row reduces the quality of the board, and is a waste of the board's memory.
5. No Posting Personal Info - You may not post your last name, or your street address on My-Trivia.Net. This is because this information then becomes accessible to anyone.
These rules are set in place to make My-Trivia.Net a better place for everyone. Posting in this forum automatically binds you to these rules.
