New Stress Center Terms of Service
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Terms of Service
Welcome. Thank you for choosing to participate in StressCenter’s growing online community. Our goal is to provide a safe, friendly meeting place where people can find the information and peer support they need to get the very most out of the Combatting Stress and Depression Program Program.
The community resources we provide are guided by the following "Community Values":
We believe that people have the power to change their own lives.
We believe everyone has something valuable to contribute.
We encourage you to treat all community members the way you want to be treated.
StressCenter is committed to these principles and we believe that our community members should honor them as well. The success of our forums and chat rooms depend upon the quality posts of our participants. We are proud of the success of our forums and give our thanks to those who have chosen to make our forums and chat rooms their online home. To ensure continued success we are posting these guidelines so that all participants of StressCenter forums and chat rooms understand what is considered unacceptable behavior in the forums and can result in a temporary suspension or a permanent ban.
Only when everyone embraces the Community Values and adheres to our Terms of Service will the entire community continue to find it a helpful, educational and enjoyable place to meet and socialize.
Stress Center reserves the right to reveal your identity in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any message posted by you. Simply put, if you attempt to slander or maliciously harm others thru our site or post inappropriate personal information about people's personal lives you will be revealed to them. Not only your Email address but also your IP address. All Internet services keep logs of when and what IP number was assigned to whom during all connections.
Considering the real-time nature of this bulletin board, it is impossible for us to review messages or confirm the validity of information posted. Please remember that we do not actively monitor the contents of posted messages and are not responsible for any messages posted. We do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message, and are not responsible for the contents of any message. The messages express the views of the author of the message, not necessarily the views of Stress Centre or any entity associated with this BB. Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact us immediately by email. We have the ability to remove objectionable messages and we will make every effort to do so, within a reasonable time frame, if we determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, so please realize that we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately.
You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use <A HREF="http://www.stresscenter.com" TARGET=_blank>www.stresscenter.com</A> [Stress Center forums or chat] to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violation of any law. You agree not to post and represent as your own any copyrighted material.
Although Stress Center does not and cannot review all the messages posted and is not responsible for the content of any of these messages, we reserve the right to delete any message for any or no reason whatsoever. You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Stress Center and their agents with respect to any claim based upon transmission of your message(s). Please note that advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are inappropriate on the forum or in the chat rooms.
By participating in StressCenter Community you are agreeing to observe our Terms of Service. Violations of our policies as well as any action that we feel is a breach of our Community Values may result in a range of actions, including:
Editing your post
Removing your post
Temporary membership banning
Permanent membership banning
Please take note of the following rules:
1. You must be 18 years or older to enter or participate in the forum. If you are under 18 years of age, please leave now.
2. No name calling.
3. No trash talking.
4. No profanity.
5. No personal attacks.
6. No derogatory comments about anyone's race, religion, nationality, or creed will be tolerated.
7. No mimicking anyone's username.
8. No advertising in any form.
9. You may not divulge or attempt to determine any member's true identity. That includes dropping hints about a user's identity or asking a member who he or she is in a public forum.
Putting false information on the site.
10. No username's that sound like profanity.
11. Posting creatively to bypass the word and swear filter.
12. No negative comments about any advertiser.
13. No one else may access or login to your account.
14. No one may post messages using your account.
15. No complaining about the web site, its members, or its management on the forums. If you have a complaint about the web site or any of the members or management of the web site you need to send an email to: stresscenter.com and we will get back with you as soon as possible to address the problem.
16. When a moderator warns of possible rules violation, do not argue and do not ignore the warning. Arguing with the moderator over such warnings or over the enforcement of the forum rules will result in your suspension.
17. No posting just to start trouble. We have the right to determine if topics are being posted just to cause trouble. Members doing so we will lose their privilege to post.
18. SUICIDE THREATS, LETTERS OF GOODBYE (about dying) StressCenter forums and chat rooms are NOT an appropriate place for threats to commit suicide, hurt yourself, or self-injury. If you engage in this type of behavior on our forums, you will be immediately removed, without warning. While people are NOT always in positive spirits and it is fine to discuss what you are feeling, posting suicide notes and goodbye letters is not permitted. The people here are your peers, not trained professionals, and letters of goodbye or suicide notes leave everyone feeling incredibly helpless. If you are experiencing any of these particular feelings or thoughts we highly suggest you contact a suicide prevention help line or your therapist or doctors.
19. Private Messages received on these Forums are to be considered private and are not to be posted publicly unless the sender of the private message agrees.
20. Participant shall not post messages containing personal phone numbers or addresses.
21. All forums have a main topic. When starting a new thread, make sure you do so in the proper Forum.
22. No attempts may be made to impersonate StressCenter.com staff.
23. Using Java-Script or active code, making repetitive posts, or otherwise taking actions that interfere with site operations will not be tolerated.
24. Encouraging others to violate StressCenter.com policies or the StressCenter.com User agreement will result in banning.
25. Not tolerated: discussing or reposting deleted posts or warning letters, or discussion of sanctioned or no longer registered members.
At the discretion of the moderators/administrators, the following circumstances could result in suspension or ban from the StressCenter.com forum and chat room.
26. Discussions of medications and/or promoting any type of medication is dangerous. Chat members are not doctors or therapists and do not have the qualifications necessary to discuss any type of medications in depth.
27. Family friendly URL's are allowed to be posted in the chat rooms. Under no circumstances are URL's to other chat rooms, a request for a particular URL, or to any form of advertisement permitted.
28. This is an Anxiety and Depression Chat Room. Most of the time people do not feel well and we need to be sensitive to this and not attack ideas or statements. There is a way to say, “I disagree,” without being aggressive. RELIGIOUS or POLITICAL ARGUMENTS are not welcome. We are all capable of being respectful of each other.
29. No Profanity - No vulgar or sexual language or references to such. Any attempt to circumvent a profane words by using asterisks (*) is not appropriate.
30. Excessive negative talk about one’s condition, especially repeated several times a day to various groups who enter the chat room, is not helpful. We are all here to learn to use the program tools and the advice of the graduate volunteers is a valuable bonus.
Second user ID’s are not permitted. Any attempts at retaliation by creating additional user id's after being banned, or for any other reason, will be reported to your Internet Service Provider (ISP). Everyone's ISP information is recorded upon entering the domain and particularly the chat rooms. With this information you can be traced and reported.
A member of chat or the forum may be suspended for a period of 24 to 48 hours or banned on a permanent basis with or without warning and/or written notice by StressCenter staff and/or any of their affiliates.
You understand that any violation of these rules will result in the cancellation of your membership in <A HREF="http://www.stresscenter.com" TARGET=_blank>www.stresscenter.com</A>. The management of <A HREF="http://www.stresscenter.com" TARGET=_blank>www.stresscenter.com</A> without warning or negotiation will implement said cancellation. Your registration payment will not be refunded as you assume all risk once you have registered and are acquainted with the above rules. Reinstatement (depending on the violation there may never be reinstatement) of your membership following cancellation is not automatic, it would only transpire given reassurance by you that you can observe the rules and post within the boundaries of those rules. Persistent or repeated transgression of the rules will result in your membership being permanently cancelled.
Thank you.
Terms of Service
Welcome. Thank you for choosing to participate in StressCenter’s growing online community. Our goal is to provide a safe, friendly meeting place where people can find the information and peer support they need to get the very most out of the Combatting Stress and Depression Program Program.
The community resources we provide are guided by the following "Community Values":
We believe that people have the power to change their own lives.
We believe everyone has something valuable to contribute.
We encourage you to treat all community members the way you want to be treated.
StressCenter is committed to these principles and we believe that our community members should honor them as well. The success of our forums and chat rooms depend upon the quality posts of our participants. We are proud of the success of our forums and give our thanks to those who have chosen to make our forums and chat rooms their online home. To ensure continued success we are posting these guidelines so that all participants of StressCenter forums and chat rooms understand what is considered unacceptable behavior in the forums and can result in a temporary suspension or a permanent ban.
Only when everyone embraces the Community Values and adheres to our Terms of Service will the entire community continue to find it a helpful, educational and enjoyable place to meet and socialize.
Stress Center reserves the right to reveal your identity in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any message posted by you. Simply put, if you attempt to slander or maliciously harm others thru our site or post inappropriate personal information about people's personal lives you will be revealed to them. Not only your Email address but also your IP address. All Internet services keep logs of when and what IP number was assigned to whom during all connections.
Considering the real-time nature of this bulletin board, it is impossible for us to review messages or confirm the validity of information posted. Please remember that we do not actively monitor the contents of posted messages and are not responsible for any messages posted. We do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message, and are not responsible for the contents of any message. The messages express the views of the author of the message, not necessarily the views of Stress Centre or any entity associated with this BB. Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact us immediately by email. We have the ability to remove objectionable messages and we will make every effort to do so, within a reasonable time frame, if we determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, so please realize that we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately.
You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use <A HREF="http://www.stresscenter.com" TARGET=_blank>www.stresscenter.com</A> [Stress Center forums or chat] to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violation of any law. You agree not to post and represent as your own any copyrighted material.
Although Stress Center does not and cannot review all the messages posted and is not responsible for the content of any of these messages, we reserve the right to delete any message for any or no reason whatsoever. You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Stress Center and their agents with respect to any claim based upon transmission of your message(s). Please note that advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are inappropriate on the forum or in the chat rooms.
By participating in StressCenter Community you are agreeing to observe our Terms of Service. Violations of our policies as well as any action that we feel is a breach of our Community Values may result in a range of actions, including:
Editing your post
Removing your post
Temporary membership banning
Permanent membership banning
Please take note of the following rules:
1. You must be 18 years or older to enter or participate in the forum. If you are under 18 years of age, please leave now.
2. No name calling.
3. No trash talking.
4. No profanity.
5. No personal attacks.
6. No derogatory comments about anyone's race, religion, nationality, or creed will be tolerated.
7. No mimicking anyone's username.
8. No advertising in any form.
9. You may not divulge or attempt to determine any member's true identity. That includes dropping hints about a user's identity or asking a member who he or she is in a public forum.
Putting false information on the site.
10. No username's that sound like profanity.
11. Posting creatively to bypass the word and swear filter.
12. No negative comments about any advertiser.
13. No one else may access or login to your account.
14. No one may post messages using your account.
15. No complaining about the web site, its members, or its management on the forums. If you have a complaint about the web site or any of the members or management of the web site you need to send an email to: stresscenter.com and we will get back with you as soon as possible to address the problem.
16. When a moderator warns of possible rules violation, do not argue and do not ignore the warning. Arguing with the moderator over such warnings or over the enforcement of the forum rules will result in your suspension.
17. No posting just to start trouble. We have the right to determine if topics are being posted just to cause trouble. Members doing so we will lose their privilege to post.
18. SUICIDE THREATS, LETTERS OF GOODBYE (about dying) StressCenter forums and chat rooms are NOT an appropriate place for threats to commit suicide, hurt yourself, or self-injury. If you engage in this type of behavior on our forums, you will be immediately removed, without warning. While people are NOT always in positive spirits and it is fine to discuss what you are feeling, posting suicide notes and goodbye letters is not permitted. The people here are your peers, not trained professionals, and letters of goodbye or suicide notes leave everyone feeling incredibly helpless. If you are experiencing any of these particular feelings or thoughts we highly suggest you contact a suicide prevention help line or your therapist or doctors.
19. Private Messages received on these Forums are to be considered private and are not to be posted publicly unless the sender of the private message agrees.
20. Participant shall not post messages containing personal phone numbers or addresses.
21. All forums have a main topic. When starting a new thread, make sure you do so in the proper Forum.
22. No attempts may be made to impersonate StressCenter.com staff.
23. Using Java-Script or active code, making repetitive posts, or otherwise taking actions that interfere with site operations will not be tolerated.
24. Encouraging others to violate StressCenter.com policies or the StressCenter.com User agreement will result in banning.
25. Not tolerated: discussing or reposting deleted posts or warning letters, or discussion of sanctioned or no longer registered members.
At the discretion of the moderators/administrators, the following circumstances could result in suspension or ban from the StressCenter.com forum and chat room.
26. Discussions of medications and/or promoting any type of medication is dangerous. Chat members are not doctors or therapists and do not have the qualifications necessary to discuss any type of medications in depth.
27. Family friendly URL's are allowed to be posted in the chat rooms. Under no circumstances are URL's to other chat rooms, a request for a particular URL, or to any form of advertisement permitted.
28. This is an Anxiety and Depression Chat Room. Most of the time people do not feel well and we need to be sensitive to this and not attack ideas or statements. There is a way to say, “I disagree,” without being aggressive. RELIGIOUS or POLITICAL ARGUMENTS are not welcome. We are all capable of being respectful of each other.
29. No Profanity - No vulgar or sexual language or references to such. Any attempt to circumvent a profane words by using asterisks (*) is not appropriate.
30. Excessive negative talk about one’s condition, especially repeated several times a day to various groups who enter the chat room, is not helpful. We are all here to learn to use the program tools and the advice of the graduate volunteers is a valuable bonus.
Second user ID’s are not permitted. Any attempts at retaliation by creating additional user id's after being banned, or for any other reason, will be reported to your Internet Service Provider (ISP). Everyone's ISP information is recorded upon entering the domain and particularly the chat rooms. With this information you can be traced and reported.
A member of chat or the forum may be suspended for a period of 24 to 48 hours or banned on a permanent basis with or without warning and/or written notice by StressCenter staff and/or any of their affiliates.
You understand that any violation of these rules will result in the cancellation of your membership in <A HREF="http://www.stresscenter.com" TARGET=_blank>www.stresscenter.com</A>. The management of <A HREF="http://www.stresscenter.com" TARGET=_blank>www.stresscenter.com</A> without warning or negotiation will implement said cancellation. Your registration payment will not be refunded as you assume all risk once you have registered and are acquainted with the above rules. Reinstatement (depending on the violation there may never be reinstatement) of your membership following cancellation is not automatic, it would only transpire given reassurance by you that you can observe the rules and post within the boundaries of those rules. Persistent or repeated transgression of the rules will result in your membership being permanently cancelled.
Thank you.
Last edited by Admin_1 on Sat Aug 09, 2008 1:11 am, edited 1 time in total.