Rules for Participation in the DetroitYES Forums

Welcome to the DetroitYES Discuss Detroit Forum, a moderated discussion about all things Detroit. This site is privately owned by AtDetroit, LLC, the originators, creators and managers of DetroitYES. It is offered free of charge to visitors and forum participants.

Participants who sign up for DetroitYES forum membership are subject the following conditions.

To become and remain a member of this forum you are required to read, agree to and follow these conditions.

This forum is for polite, thoughtful discussion and inquiries only. Entries that are abusive, off subject, silly, containing personal attacks, name-calling, threats, libels, illegal activities, or hate group messages will be removed without notice or explanation upon discovery. "He hit me first" excuses for name-calling or attacks will not be considered.  Striking back will be treated the same as initiating an incident. If a violation occurs do not retaliate; report it by contacting the moderators by clicking the HELP button at the top of the forum.  Your complaint will be kept private, your identity shielded and the offender dealt with. Making such posts can result in immediate termination of posting rights without notice or explanation.

When posting, members are requested address the entire forum in a polite manner and to only address other participants politely and by their forum names. Posts that badger, needle or provoke others will be removed without notice or explanation. Making such posts can result in immediate termination of posting rights without notice or explanation.

Advertising in any form is not permitted, except by permission and or contract. For established forum members free classified ads are permitted subject to the conditions cited in the free classified forum. Non permitted advertising will be removed without notice or explanation. Making such posts can result in immediate termination of posting rights without notice or explanation.

Be aware. You are on the internet. Anyone who wishes to participate on the forum is welcome to do so, but your anonymity cannot be guaranteed from exposure through forum conversation. Participants who wish to post on forum do so at their own risk of exposure. Members are asked to respect other members privacy and not disclose information that may identify another member. Posts identifying forum members will be removed without notice or explanation upon discovery. Making such posts can result in immediate termination of posting rights without notice or explanation.

Please note that the DetroitYES.com website management and owners respect visitor privacy. Any any data collected during sign up or by visitor activity is kept strictly private and is not being nor ever has been provided to any outside party. The site owners reserve the right to contact any who sign up for this forum using the email address provided unless explicitly requested otherwise.

Pictures, text or any content that you post must be your property or permitted for posting by their owners or fall under fair use acceptability. If you post content taken from a permitted outside source, it must be credited to the owners by name and link, if one exists. Posts using non permitted content will be removed without notice or explanation upon discovery. Making such posts can result in immediate termination of posting rights without notice or explanation.  AtDetroit reserves the right to quote and use content posted on the forums in its own publications and communications without reservation.

Only one account per person is allowed. Using a second account can result in immediate termination of posting rights without notice or explanation.

Posting is limited to a maximum of 20 on any single day a maximum of 100 over any one week period.   Members observed to exceed those limits will be requested to limit their posting. Failure to observe these requests can  result in immediate termination of posting rights without notice or explanation.

While free discourse will be allowed as much as possible, all participation in this forum and any decisions regarding the removal of offending messages or members is solely the decision of the moderators. Constraints of time are such that explanations of moderator decisions will not be offered. Issues regarding management decisions of this forum are not a matter for forum discussion and will not be permitted. Any such issues should be directed to the moderator by following the HELP link in the top forum menu bar.

These conditions are subject to change and additions without notice. Please periodically review these conditions.

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