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If you care about our great international metropolis, this is the
place for you to meet and share your ideas with others of like mind.
STEP ONE: Read and Accept the Conditions - Please carefully
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for tips on forum posting and protocol.
Welcome to the DetroitYES
Discuss Detroit Forum, a moderated discussion about all things Detroit. This
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This forum is for polite, thoughtful discussion and inquiries only. Entries that
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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
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For established forum members free classified ads are permitted subject to the
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Posting is limited to a maximum of 20 on any single day a
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While free discourse will be allowed as much as possible, all participation in
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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
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