It occurred to me yesterday that we didn't have a formal Privacy Policy listed on the forums ... so I added one.  It's right next to the TOS and About pages.  Bottom line?  We don't share anything with anyone unless we have to by law.

Oh, and that brings up the issue of Facebook; we've deleted the forum page there because FB just hasn't shown that they are at all concerned about their users' privacy.  It sucks for letting folks know what's going on, and we'll think about how to handle that in the future, but for now all should be good with the forums for a while.

Thank you! 

Hey all!

OK, the forum maintenance is now complete.  We've been moved to a new server and now can boast 'https' status.  This will help all of us stay more secure and should also allow us to appear higher in search engine rankings (which may or may not be a good thing).

While we were getting things back in order we did a little housekeeping and updated the forums to the latest software version.

Hope you all put the "down time" to good use!   

Changes are welcome. 

Whoops ... I was reviewing some threads and realized that we'd forgotten to add a section to the TOS last year.

Section 17 has also been added.  This won't affect any members who have any posts, it's just a note that we may occasionally remove accounts where members have never logged into the forums. 

Actually, it's a little sad to feel there's a need to add it ... but there are too many people now-a-days who feel entitled to behave as they please, regardless of whom they injure.

We've just completed another minor TOS update.  The key change in this revision is the addition of specific language prohibiting negative posts regarding any religion.

As always, we encourage all members to review the TOS periodically and this would be a good time to do so. 

TOS has had a few additional tweaks made today. 

Nothing major and the only additions are references to YouTube links (see 4.4) and bullying (see 2.2.2)

I also clarified the paragraph under reporting violations regarding working things out with others.  Specifically, we don't want someone to feel they need to deal with another member who is engaging in bullying or harassment.

As always, it's a good idea to review the TOS periodically and I'm taking this opportunity to encourage members to do so now. 

Please note that we've updated the TOS.

Most of the updates are minor (typos, punctuation, etc) but we did expand the section on copyrighted material to be more specific (and hopefully more clear).

Nothing has been added or deleted but all members are encouraged to review the TOS when they have a few minutes.