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Rules and Guidelines (updated 28/02/03)

[b][i]Advertising[/b][/i]
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Please do not spam excessively. You may advertise your company moderately, but do not do it every day, and preferably within the context of a request for an appropriate hosting solution. Overdoing it will not be tolerated.

This is a community, not advertising space. We do allow you to post new plans and special offers, but please do not post the same plan every week.

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If you are replying to a topic, please read it first! If the poster has asked for a free hosting service, do not post details of your $9.95 plan. Instead of just spamming every thread with offers, try to be helpful and stay on topic.

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The signature guidelines state there is to be no advertising in signatures. You may have little text blurbs (please keep it to around 3 lines) but any images promoting your company will be suspended without warning. The preferred method is simply a small link to your business.

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When replying to a request for hosting please do not list every single little feature of your plans. This takes up time, space and bandwidth and encourages "copy and paste" advertising. Please provide a user with basic details (space, bandwidth, price) and then provide a link to a list of features.


[b][i]Looking For Hosting[/b][/i]
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The same goes for regular members concerning spam. Only make 1 thread about what you need. Or search for other threads of people also with your same hosting problem..

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If you are posting a topic, try and give as much information as possible. Specify whether you would like free hosting, or how much you are willing to pay. Tell us how much space you think you might need, the more details the better.

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If you are looking for free hosting, please read the Free Hosting - Look Here First topic pinned on the top of this forum.



[b][i]Comments and Replies[/b][/i]
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Please keep all really rude comments to yourself. If you have a problem with a hosting company, please don't openly abuse them, rather explain to other users why they might not be a good choice.

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If you can offer more for less, don't reply with "Well we do all that and more for only $2 a year!". All hosts are different and all have different pricing strategies. Support and quality of hardware and networks differs from host to host. This forum is not a competition where the cheapest host wins.


All other TF Rules apply.
Please make yourself aware of them.

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Originally posted by LadyFirelyght:

I'll be honest, I consider myself to be bi-sexual.

New Rules for Hosting Companies

Hello Ladies & Gentlemen, over the past few months, we've watched this area become a frenzy of 'ads' for your companies. It's fine to promote your company, but we're putting new rules in place that will restrict this area back to 'discussion', with new advertisng rules, as well as commentary.

Where do we promote?

Well, welcome to Briony & Shawn's throne, and we have a new charter out for you hosts. We have stickied a thread at the top, for Paid Hosting Companies, what do you do there? Each company, is allowed 1 post, which can be editted at ANY time, that's per company, not per representative for that company. As stated by Briony, it states you may promote your company at anytime with specials and so forth, however, you may not make more than that one post. Violaters will recieve a warning and that post deleted, next time will be a warning point for negligence to rules. Also, those of you who'aren't' hosts, don't post comments or recommendations about the companies in there, or you'll just have it deleted, along with a PM warning for the first offense, and a warning point for the second offense, you don't want to know what we'll do on the 3rd offense.

What if we aren't a hosting company, but want to recommend them?

Easy, you may make your own thread about the company you wish to recommend, but you may not post them in the paid company thread, ever. If we see that the recommendation is 'scripted' or just blatent backwater advertising, which I can tell guys, and I have my eye on a few of you.

What is good about this?

Act now, and get the be the first few posts the people who come here will read! Hurry quick, spots come and go, and it's a supply and demand basis here, if you luck out and are on the 90th page, sorry, we won't bump you. If you get in now, you get to have your hosting company in a thread, stickied.. that has 'Important' next to it, so you get to feel almighty. Which means it is free forced advertsing, imagine that!

What else are you guys going to do?

Glad you asked, even if you didn't. Let's explain it in parts.

a. Web Hosting Discussion is under a martial law pertainingt advertising from company representatives, this you already know.

b. Violaters, we will warn on the first offense with a written PM, and a removal of the post/thread(depends on what you did). Second offense, a warn, and possibly your post about your company in the Paid Company thread removed. Third offense, you will recieve a warning, your post about your company will definately be removed, and you will be recommeded for ban.

c. Anyone who comments about hosts in the company thread, are subject to the same rule, only thing different is if you aren't a host, you'll get all the same punishments, except you won't have your post about your company removed, since you can't. Everyone is bound to these rules, whether you're a hosting company representative or not.

Well... what can we do here chiefs?

You can discuss anything related to Web Hosting, this includes, but is not limited to, domains, selling domains, talking about tech support, billing/help software, and more. Any discret references about your company will bound you to the offenses we have setup, if you discredit another company, or someone who goes with so-so company, you will be in the offense rule, they are not different.

So in turn, this is how things will be run, and I'm going to pull overhaul on getting things arranged like that. So here is a review of what will happen if you do not follow rules from now on, regardless of what offense, we aren't playing with you guys anymore, we've seen the discrediting, and blatent advertising, and backwater advertising long enough.

Offenses

1st Offense - Post/thread at hand removed, and a PM warning to the offender, without any warning points.

2nd Offense - Post/thread at hand removed, you will recieve a warning point(s), depends on the severity of the problem, if not major just 1, but if severe, could result in as much as 3.

3rd Offense - Post/thread at hand removed, if you're a hosting company, your ad in the paid hosting thread will be deleted, and not put back, and you will be banned from advertising. Also a recommendation for permanent ban, meaning you will no longer be allowed to post here at TF, will be placed on your name.

4th Offense - Everything stated above, but you will be immediately banned, no questions asked. Along with being banned, if you represent a hosting company, that name here will be banned as well, unless someone by chance has a legit recommendation.

Now these rules are fair, and they will be enforced severely from now on. Thanks for your time. Also, all of Briony's(DarthPingu's) rules stated before this, also still apply.

Your TF hosting police,
Shawn & Briony (Locke & DarthPingu)

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