Good day everyone.
Thank you for your participation within the AGORACOM Community. Much has transpired on this discussion forum over the past 48 hours, and we want to take a moment of your time and remind everyone about six rules of use.
Participation in AGORACOM’s General Forums is a privilege and not a right. Though we have used a lighter side in getting our point across, contravention of any of the following will lead to automatic termination of forum privileges:
To ensure your continued participation on AGORACOM, follow these 6 simple rules:
1. PROFANITY
Swearing or use of foul language is strictly prohibited… in any language (We have 42 interpreters on staff to keep an eye on those International members). For the record, ##$!#&% or any combination thereof is considered profanity.
2. DEROGATORY COMMENTS TOWARDS OTHERS
Calling another member an idiot, clown, stupid, dumb, moron or ##x%x# for brains is strictly prohibited.
3. OFF-TOPIC OR IRRELEVANT COMMENTS
Yes, nobody can believe what happened to Turtle on Entourage, or that Monica Lewinsky took a job at the Kremlin, or that Romo dropped the field goal snap and crushed Cowboy fans everwhere. However, this is not the place to discuss TV shows, politics or sports… O.K. maybe a little sports.
4. SPAMMING OR CLAIMS OF INSIDER INFORMATION
Enough said... unless your brother in-law really is Michael Dell’s chauffeur.
5. BASHING OR HYPING
Unsubstantiated claims of grandeur or impending doom are best left to Nostradamus as they will cost you some valuable points towards your rating. Also included in this category is repetition of the same question, fact or opinion over and over after a response has been provided or if there is currently no ascertainable answer.
6. Caps lock and use of !!!!!!!
NOTHING AND WE MEAN NOTHING IS MORE AGGRAVATING AND ANNOYING THAN READING A POST THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS!!!!!! IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, IT DOESN’T BECOME ANYMORE NOTICEABLE WHEN YOU TYPE IT IN CAPS!!!!! IN FACT, MOST PEOPLE TEND TO IGNORE THESE KINDS OF POSTS!!!!... Exceptions will be made for those deserted on a deserted island (with a kick ass internet connection) and sending out a distress signal, or anyone who invested in WorldCom, Enron, Tyco, Nortel, Webvan, Pets.com or Sideware and needs to freak out every year.
Further to the six rules of use, we just want to remind everyone to be respectful of each other, and not to refer to other members as they do not want to be referred to themselves. Remember the ECU Silver Mining HUB is a live conversation about the company and it's development; hence escaping from the static landscape of a traditional corporate website.
There will be times that conversations can get colloquial; and we believe most of you will admit that 90% of your conversations in your work environment don't directly deal with your business. That's human nature and conversation - and that's OK.
We can tell that everyone puts a great deal of passion during their participation within this discussion forum - that's a good thing, until it starts to work against you.
As such we would like to advise everyone who feels they are being baited in to an argument, to refrain from posting; in stead, please contact an AGORACOM Administrator using the General Contact form to address the issue immediately.
On a final note we are conducting a sweep of the discussion forum over the past 48 hours, and will be removing posts that do not adhere to our six rules of use.
Kind Regards,
AGORACOM
