YOUTH NOISE - Rules of Play

YOUTH NOISE is all about making yourself heard, and the boards and NOISEmail are two of the many places on the site where you can do just that. You can discuss your pet issues, experiences you have, and the NOISE you make lending a hand, fundraising and speaking out. So while we encourage you to post and talk about what's on your mind, we're aware that every once in a while, some people just have to go and be spoilers. Not only is poor board and NOISEmail etiquette really annoying, it's grounds to get you kicked off the site. In order to keep the boards safe and clean, here's a detailed description of things NOT to do on the NOISEboards or in NOISEmail:

  1. Sharing personal information. Seriously, don't give out real names, phone numbers, addresses, etc. - yours or anyone else's - on the boards. Not a good idea in cyberspace in general.


  2. Harassing or threatening another NOISEmaker. Please don't cyberstalk, spam, or send unwanted messages. We don't know why you'd want to, but please don't bash another member's race, heritage, culture, gender, sexual orientation, religion, etc. We're about tolerance.


  3. Posting, transmitting, promoting, distributing or facilitating the distribution of any content that is obscene, sexually explicit, vulgar or pornographic, or soliciting sexually explicit photographs or text from other NOISEmakers. Keep it clean.


  4. Posting or transmitting photographic images that are violently graphic


  5. Disrupting the flow of bulletin board areas with vulgar language, abusiveness, repeatedly submitting the same content, explicitly sexual content, off-topic content or other conduct that may disrupt normal activities. It's not shocking, it's boring.


  6. Impersonating another NOISEmaker, YOUTH NOISE staff member, or anyone else.


  7. Attempting to get or steal a password, other account information, or other private information from another NOISEmaker; harvesting e-mail addresses or other information.


  8. Posting unsolicited ads and/or promotional material or any other forms of solicitation including but not limited to mail fraud and pyramid schemes.


  9. Posting anywhere on the site, or in any way creating, transmitting, transmitting links to, promoting, distributing or facilitating the distribution of content that is untrue, illegal, libelous, harmful, threatening, harassing, abusive, racially or ethnically offensive, hate propaganda, defamatory, or objectionable. If you aren't sure about something that you want to say or do, ask an adult, friend and/or relative first.


  10. Signatures violating Rules of Play listed above will be removed. Continual removal of signatures will result in post moderation*.


  11. Avatars must not contain images of users under 18 years old, racially or ethnically offensive images, images containing hate propaganda and illegal or inappropriate images. Continual removal of avatars will result in post moderation*.
* Post moderation means moderator will review posts before going live.
As a NOISEmaker, you agree NOT to engage in any of the activities listed above and will participate according to the rules and policies set forth in the Privacy Policy. YOUTH NOISE can and will (that is, we have the legal right) to delete any guideline-violating content. Violations of these guidelines may result in termination of your NOISEmaker privileges, at YOUTH NOISE's discretion. Note that the opinions posted on the YOUTH NOISE boards do not necessarily reflect the views of YOUTH NOISE or the YOUTH NOISE staff. We also reserve the right to reprint content from your posts (in most cases, we will include your NOISEname) on other parts of the site or in ads or stuff like that. It's only because you're way more brilliant and cool than any of us, and we just want everyone to know!

Now, back to the NOISEboards!