Sticky Note #1 Contains information regarding I-Hubs policies and is primarily for FIRST TIME Posting & NEW MEMBERS. . . Review the following TOS/TOU Policies regarding your posts on any I-Hub Board.
The principle objective of the iHub message boards is to maintain a high signal-to-noise ratio while encouraging the exchange of all points of view. Moderators are an important part of making our message boards beneficial to all participants and readers. Moderating a stock-specific board, particularly those which are controversial due to many divergent perspectives or newsworthy events, can be a challenging and time consuming role. The time and effort expended by our Members who volunteer their time to fulfill this valuable role is greatly appreciated and our Moderators should be treated with the respect they deserve for donating their time and efforts to the collective benefit of our community. Company-specific boards are the lifeblood of iHub. The Moderators' role is simple to define for company-specific boards:
In general the following is a description of the type of posts to this Board that should/will be removed by the Moderator and Assistant Moderators:
ALL MEMBERS HAVE AGREED TO THE FOLLOWING AS PART OF THE TERMS of USE (TOU) AGREEMENT
Posting members are solely responsible for the content of your posts and communications through the Site. By posting information in or otherwise using any communications service, chat room, message board, newsgroup, software library, image or document repository, or other interactive service that may be available to you on or through this Site, you agree that you will not upload, share, post, or otherwise distribute or facilitate distribution of any content -- including text, communications, software, images, sounds, data, or other information -- that:
Duplicate Is an accidental duplicate post by a single Member. This does not mean a similar message posted previously or the same content posted by a different Member.
Personal Attack Occurs when someone attacks one or more members personally rather than the content of that Member's message. The post does not have to be addressed to the "target" of the attack to be considered a Personal Attack. If it attacks a messenger rather than the message, it qualifies for deletion and it is expected that Moderators will remove it.
Attacks/defames, verbally or otherwise, any other user, the website, any non-public figure, or any agents or employees of iHub;
Spam Constitutes unauthorized or unsolicited commercial e-mail, junk or bulk email (also known as "spamming"), or chain letters;
Posting the same or similar content to more than two (2) boards within a calendar day;
Posting the same or almost identical post more than twice within a calendar day i.e. "where's the PR?", "anyone seen the PR?", "thought there was going to be a pr today?", "geez, is the pr coming out today or not?";
Sending the same or similar unsolicited PM to multiple recipients Posting content that is off-topic to the subject of a board; Contains any unauthorized advertising or promotion of any product or service, any form of unauthorized solicitation, or any form of lottery or gambling;
Posting statements that do not add value to the discussion (i.e. simply "LOL" or "Yes");
Posting excessively on one or more message board(s). If you feel someone is abusing their posting privilege in this manner, please discuss this with a Site Admin prior to removing any posts.
Spam that overlaps off-topic (see below) are posts containing content promoting other sites, stock-related or not, that has no use in the discussion (for example, if your board is about Ford Motor Company, a post or link about a home improvement company is not relevant to the discussion); and posting the same "noise" posts i.e. "to da moon" or "this stock is a POS" continuously without other relevant content.
This does not mean that if someone asked about dilution yesterday, a similar post today is considered spam.
Off Topic Posts not about the topic of the board including other stocks or companies.
Posts about or focusing on other Members or groups of people and their reasons for posting on the board (i.e. "XYZDownDaDrain" is just a basher, ignore him", "XYZToDaMoon" is a pumper", "the naysayers are very loud today", "c'mon, where did all the cheerleaders go?"). The post does not have to be addressed to a specific person. If the post is about other Users then it should be removed.
Posts with religious or political statements should be removed as "off topic". These inevitably create an avalanche of replies that are off topic as well.
Posts about Moderators and/or deletions are also "off topic". Issues of this nature need to be discussed with a Site Admin. Putting "ot" at the beginning of a post does not make it acceptable. It is still off topic and eligible for removal.
Vulgarity Profanity of any kind is unacceptable on the stock boards, even when punctuation characters are used to "fill in the blanks" or letters are changed (f**k, azzh*le, etc.). The PG13 rule is loosely used as a guideline to what is/isn't acceptable. The theory is that if society has deemed it appropriate for a 13 year old to hear, it is unlikely that it will be offensive to the majority of Users. Any form of vulgarity directed at another User is unacceptable and should be removed (i.e. "you're a sh*thead", "being an a** doesn't help your case"). {Editors Note: If your post contains verbiage you would not want your Grandmother to hear, it will be regarded a vulgarity}
Author Asked to Remove Occurs when a Member has specifically asked that a post be removed and has cited a valid reason for removal, such as accidentally revealing personal information. This is an occasional accommodation and is not to be used to "mask" the removal of bona fide TOS violations. If you are asked as a Moderator to remove more than 2 messages as Author Request, please send the User to discuss with Admin.
Violation of Privacy Is unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, vulgar, hateful, deceptive, fraudulent, invasive of another's privacy, tortious, contains explicit or graphic descriptions or accounts of sexual acts (including but not limited to sexual language of a violent or threatening nature directed at another individual or group of individuals), or otherwise violates our rules or policies;
Posting of what the member believes to be any personally identifiable information (email, real name, phone, address, etc.) about another User or posting the contents of a private message. For example, if a Member posts that "XYZDownDaDrain is actually Bob Smith", whether the information is accurate is a moot point. The Member was trying to disclose personal information. Posting or referring to the contents of private messages without the author's prior consent is considered a violation of privacy and can get you suspended or terminated from the site.
Threat Any Member threatening any other Member in any fashion and threats of violence or physical harm against anyone.
Victimizes, harasses, degrades, or intimidates an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, or disability;
Other Unauthorized Content Infringes on any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of publicity, or other intellectual property or other proprietary or privacy right of any party;
Misappropriates the name, likeness, image, sound or other physical attribute of another person or user or falsely impersonates any other user, person or entity, including any of our employees or representatives;
Contains software viruses or any other computer code, files, or programs that are designed or intended to disrupt, damage, or limit the functioning of the Site or of any software, hardware, or telecommunications equipment or to damage or obtain unauthorized access to any data or other information of any subscriber, user or third party;
Deletes, obscures or alters any attributions, legal notices or proprietary designations or labels on any Content that you upload or post to any portion of the Website; or
Transmits or uploads false or inaccurate billing, profile, contact or other information relevant to your subscription or user account.
Infringes on any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of publicity, or other intellectual property or other proprietary or privacy right of any party;
FYI Often you may see/hear references to the I-Box and Sticky Notes. The graphic below will help acquaint you with those and other references. . .
BELOW is the Terms of Service you have agreed to:
Conduct on our Site
Your use of the Site is subject to all applicable laws and regulations, as well as our Terms, other rules and normal social etiquette. iHub reserves the right to remove or restore posts at its sole discretion. It is members' responsibility to bring violations of the Terms by other members to iHub's attention, although iHub does not guarantee any action based on such information.
Further, you are solely responsible for the content of your posts and communications through the Site. By posting information in or otherwise using any communications service, chat room, message board, newsgroup, software library, image or document repository, or other interactive service that may be available to you on or through this Site, you agree that you will not upload, share, post, or otherwise distribute or facilitate distribution of any content -- including text, communications, software, images, sounds, data, or other information -- that:
A. Is unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, vulgar, hateful, deceptive, fraudulent, invasive of another's privacy, tortious, contains explicit or graphic descriptions or accounts of sexual acts (including but not limited to sexual language of a violent or threatening nature directed at another individual or group of individuals), or otherwise violates our rules or policies;
B. Attacks, verbally or otherwise, any other user, the website, any non-public figure, or any agents or employees of iHub;
C. Victimizes, harasses, degrades, or intimidates an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, or disability;
D. Infringes on any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of publicity, or other intellectual property or other proprietary or privacy right of any party;
E. Misappropriates the name, likeness, image, sound or other physical attribute of another person or user or falsely impersonates any other user, person or entity, including any of our employees or representatives;
F. Constitutes unauthorized or unsolicited commercial e-mail, junk or bulk email (also known as "spamming"), or chain letters;
G. Contains any unauthorized advertising or promotion of any product or service, any form of unauthorized solicitation, or any form of lottery or gambling;
H. Contains software viruses or any other computer code, files, or programs that are designed or intended to disrupt, damage, or limit the functioning of the Site or of any software, hardware, or telecommunications equipment or to damage or obtain unauthorized access to any data or other information of any subscriber, user or third party;
I. Deletes, obscures or alters any attributions, legal notices or proprietary designations or labels on any Content that you upload or post to any portion of the Website; or
J. Transmits or uploads false or inaccurate billing, profile, contact or other information relevant to your subscription or user account.
