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TROLLING / ABUSE

NYC Transit Forums is made up of a diverse membership base that consists of members of various ages, views, interests and backgrounds. Please tailor your posts accordingly to not offend anyone. Any content that is unlawful, harmful, harassing, threatening, defamatory, vulgar, hateful or distasteful in nature is prohibited. This site employs a profanity filter and is not to be circumvented. Posting with the deliberate intent of flaming or trolling members is prohibited and will result in the loss of privileges.

Any form of harassment including threats shown towards any member will not be tolerated and will result in an immediate ban. If you disagree with another member, respond to the subject, not the person as the Internet has made it easy to make personal attacks. You must still exercise courtesy and self-restraint. Please use the PM (Private Messaging) system to resolve personal issues. Keep in mind that these rules are extended for PMs. Impersonation of anyone is not allowed. This is considered trolling.

 

SPAMMING / ADVERTISING

Any form of advertising or soliciting members or commercial website linking (excluding signatures of current NYC Transit Forums advertisers) whether publicly posted (including signatures) or sent privately (including email or PM) is strictly prohibited. This also includes, but is not limited to advertising with the intent to 'help people', or to provide 'free' products or services (e.g. 'free unlocking' posts), or links containing a referral or affiliate ID. While the forum is free for you to use, it is costly and time consuming for us to run so spam makes it harder to fund the forums. If you wish to advertise please use our contact form first.

You are allowed to post links to their personal webpages in signatures, as well as make use of the Links directory to provide a linkback. Members are not allowed to spam other users via posts or the PM system.

Any action that is considered to be spam, will be acted upon. Duplicate accounts are not allowed. They will be immediately banned and primary accounts (if any), will be suspended. Posting just to boost your post count is not allowed. This includes one liners and posts not relating to the topic. Multiple infractions of the rules outlined in this section will result in your posts being deleted, your post count being reset and/or your posting privileges being revoked.

 

ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES / COPYRIGHTED MATERIALS

Any content containing registration key/serial numbers, cracks, warez or direct links relating to pirated software that violate copyright laws will automatically be removed as well as requests and offers for copyrighted material.

Posts about illegally operating train/bus equipment, trespassing on transit property, theft of transit property, or anything else illegal you will receive a 30 day ban on your user account. If you continue to break these rules, you will be permanently banned.

 

FORUM ETIQUETTE

Please exercise common sense when participating throughout the forums. If you think that you shouldn't do it, then don't do it.

Please follow these guidelines when posting and participating in our forums:

Post In The Relevant Forum: Please create topics in their relevant forums and make sure you are replying in the proper topic. If you post in the wrong section accidentally, notify a staff member and they will move it to the correct section. If a thread gets moved, a link will be available in the old forum, while the thread will be accessible in the new forum. If you cannot locate your thread, notify a staff member and you will be assisted. Do not cross or double post across threads and forums.

Use Descriptive Titles With Your Topics: This is self explanatory. It's alright to be creative but don't get carried away with it. If a title is deemed inappropriate, it will be renamed by a member of staff.

Fonts and Grammar: Post in a manner consistent with the English language. This also means do not use excessive smilies, caps or poorly FoRmAtTeD text. This rule applies site-wide.

Quoting Posts: When quoting posts, make sure you are quoting the poster in which if you are making reference to and not any of the additional nested quotes that they may have quoted. If you quote a post with a lot of content or multiple pictures/videos, edit the quote as necessary to not bloat the thread.

Off-Topic Posting: Please use every effort to keep the general flow of the thread on-topic. Avoid hijacking a thread just because the original post is similar to yours or just because. If you need to, start a new thread in the appropriate section. This also helps to cut down on topic bumping.

Bumping Topics: This refers to posting with the deliberate intention to either pad your post count or to keep a thread 'hot' so it appears at the top of the forum or bringing an inactive topic, back to life. Before posting a new thread, please use our search tools to see if there has already been a similar discussion first. If your question isn't answered after searching, feel free to start a new thread. In Addition, before posting in a thread, ensure that the last post was made recently. Intentionally bumping a thread can be considered spamming.

Member Privacy: Revealing personal information such as full names, mailing address, email addresses, social media profiles and the like, without their express consent is prohibited.

 

REPUTATION

Reputation gauges how much a member's contributions benefit to the forum. It is given by other members. Do not abuse the reputation system. You should leave a positive (+1) reputation point if the post content is informative, helpful or contributes something meaningful to the forums. You should leave a negative (-1) reputation point if the post breaks the forum rules, (in which should be reported at the same time) distracts from the topic at hand, or relays misinformation.

Negative reputation should not be used simply because you disagree with the poster or you have a personal grudge against them. This is considered abuse and it can lead to the system being disabled. Abuse also includes giving other members points without any proper reason. Since reputation is based upon the opinions of others and in no way affects your privileges on the forums, there is to be no complaining about receiving negative reputation, UNLESS it is in violation of the rules outlined in this section.

REPORTING & THE IGNORE FEATURE: If you see any content that breaks the rules, report it by clicking on the Report link that is found in the lower right hand corner of that particular post. It will then be submitted to the staff and handled accordingly. We ask that you do not act as "backseat moderators." Doing so only makes the job for the actual staff harder to do.

If you have a problem with any member, use the Ignore feature. This can be accessed from the My Settings section of your profile. This feature allows you to completely hide content created by a member and should be used to avoid continued confrontations.

 

SIGNATURES

You may only use up to 2 lines of text in your signature. You may also use up to 1 images. The image size can be up to 800 x 80 pixels. The Signature Rules are only loosely enforced. Nevertheless, signatures that violate them will be removed and/or replaced with a warning. Members who ignore warnings and keep violating the Signature Rules will receive infractions that may result in temporary or permanent bans. Annoying signatures, or those that break any part of the Forum Rules, may be edited or removed at any time without notice at the sole discretion of the staff.

Your signature will be removed if it:

  • is larger than the above mentioned size limits
  • contains several 'stacked' images
  • contains links to commercial products or services
  • is overly distracting - i.e; bright flashing images etc.
  • contains links to illegal content, warez, pornography etc.

 

ADDITIONAL RULES & REGULATIONS

In addition to the rules posted here, members are required to abide to any individual forum rules which may be posted at the top of specific forums in the form of 'stickies' or 'announcements'. This list is not complete, as the staff may enforce unwritten rules depending on the nature of the situation.

The forums are a privilege, not an entitlement. Under our community guidelines, we reserve the right to ban anyone who does not follow the rules. If you are unsure of anything, ask before doing it. Ignorance of the rules is not a valid excuse for breaking them.

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