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Divorce360.com Community Guidelines

Welcome to divorce360.com community guidelines.

What are we: Divorce360.com is an online publication and community that offers essential information, support and tools needed to navigate divorce – from contemplation through recovery. With more than 1.3 million couples divorcing every year, divorce360 provides news, Q&As and group advice from a variety of sources, including experts, therapists, lawyers, mediators and people who have faced divorce.

What is our mission? Our mission is to help people struggling with divorce. We hope our site will empower people with information, lessen the fear of uncertainty, give people support from an online community and redefine divorce as a transition to a new life.

Please note that divorce360.com is not a substitute for advice from a lawyer, accountant, financial planner, therapist or other professional. Divorce360.com is not intended to, and should not take the place of professional advice. The opinions expressed on the divorce360.com message boards are those of the author and the author alone. Divorce360.com does not endorse any specific product or service. Read more about divorce360.com in About Us.

Divorce360.com has an online community in which participants can ask and answer questions, post journals or blogs, and write emergencies and dilemmas on a wide range of topics. We have rules that must be followed by all members. Your use of divorce360.com is subject to thedivorce360.com Community Guideline, and the divorce360.com Terms of Use.

Violating the community guidelines may result in termination of your account, without warning.

The divorce360.com community depends on each member to help keep divorce360.com a safe haven for everyone. Please report abuse to the divorce360.com staff at any time.

We adhere to the following code: divorce360.com welcomes civilized discussion and debate and we reserve the right to remove content that we deem unacceptable. As a Web site devoted to helping people deal with divorce and related topics, we realize that some discussion may become heated. However, we believe all discussion should remain respectful of others’ beliefs and views and civil in tone and content. If you ask or answer a question, post a journal or blog, write an emergency or dilemma, post a video or photo, answer a poll, add an audio, text or image, it is considered content. We appreciate your postings but reserve the rights to remove any content that we deem unacceptable. We also reserve the right to re-use, re-publish or otherwise promote that content on or off divorce360.com. Specific rules and policies follow:

Divorce360.com defines and determines what is ‘unacceptable behavior’ and can do so on a case-by-case basis. Additionally the definitions are not limited to this particular list noted within these guidelines. Divorce360.com reserves the right to change its standards at anytime and without notice.

Please Do...

Do be friendly and courteous to the members. Divorce is an emotional topic and our members are seeking help and guidance within a supportive Web site. We strive to have a diverse community of people with various opinions. Every member wants and should be treated with respect.
Do share your knowledge, experience and ideas. Someone on this site will find benefit from your comments, posts, questions, answers and journals.
Do your part to help the site. If you see abuse, please report it. We are committed to making this a safe and valuable site and rely on our members to help us.
Do use resources. If you see an article or comment on the site, or on another site, that may help another member, please add that link when you respond.
Do ask and answer with thought. Ask questions and answer questions clearly. Your questions and answers can make a very big difference in the lives of others in the community.
Do use tags. Tags are keywords that allow you to share your interests and find others like you. You will find them when you post content. Use clear and obvious tags so that others can find your postings.

Please Don’t...
Members who have violated the Community Guidelines are at risk for possible termination of their divorce360.com account(s). By participating in our community areas, you are agreeing to the following terms:

Please do not use real names on the site to disparage and or libel another person. We will delete any such postings.
Do not use the community areas to post anything divorce360.com considers promotional or advertising materials; referrals, junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or any other form of solicitation. You will not solicit or buy goods, or services and/or to advertise or sell products or services on our community. You will not sell, give away or advertise prescription drugs on our community or engage in any illegal activity whatsoever.
Do not use all capital letters when posting. Traditionally that is considered ‘screaming’.
Don't post on behalf of a banned member. If you do this, you may be banned without notice or warning.
Do not forget to report a concern about something in our community area. We rely on your help to keep our community safe.
Do not post anything related to pornography or sexually explicit content.
Do not post anything about illegal activities.
Do not post graphic or gratuitous violence.
Do not post content that has copyright issues, without expressed permission and/or attribution. This means don't post content you didn’t write, or use content in your posts that someone else owns the copyright to, such as music tracks, snippets of copyrighted programs, or photos or videos made by other users, without necessary authorizations.
Do not use hate speech. While we encourage free speech and defend everyone's right to express points of view, we do not permit hate speech (speech which attacks or demeans a group based on race or ethnic origin, religion, disability, gender, age, veteran status, and sexual orientation/gender identity).
Do not insult another community member. While in a debate, you can state that you believe or feel that another member's point of view is wrong, misguided, or uninformed and still be within the guidelines. You cannot attack, or insult, as we take that very seriously, and reserve the right to end and/or remove your post at any time.
Do not use divorce360.com in a predatory manner. We have a very strict zero tolerance for predatory behavior such as stalking, threats, harassment, invading privacy, or the revealing of other members' personal information. Anyone caught doing these things may be permanently banned from divorce360.com.
Do not spam members. Do not create misleading descriptions, tags or titles in order to increase views to your posts.
Do not post large amounts of untargeted, unwanted or repetitive content, including comments and private messages to members.
Do not post commercial, and business content. Commercial and personal business posts are not allowed and will be removed. You may be an expert and want to inform the community of your expertise and/or services. If you are a member of our directory, please feel free to inform the members of that in your post and add the relevant links to your divorce360.com directory page. Simply cut your divorce360.com directory page URL and paste it onto your post. If you are not a member of the directory, and wish to be so, please contact our community department. You may add links to your business Web site and/or additional information about your services on your MyStuff page by utilizing the Tags. Tags are keywords that allow you to share your interests and find others like you. If you post links toy our commercial or business site and or promote your services, book, agenda on your postings, we will remove that posting. If you would like to purchase advertising, please click here: http://www.divorce360.com/advertising_info.aspx If you would like to do a self-serve QuikAd, please click here: http://www.divorce360.com/quikads/
Do not be obscene. We may have kids on this site looking for information, so please be aware of your content and sexually explicit or vulgar language and images are not allowed.
Do not post links to any site that may contain a virus or program that could potentially interfere with the divorce360.com operations or that of any member that may click on that link. We can and will take any and all legal action if you do this.
Do not post in an incomprehensible or different language.
Do not post the same question multiple times.
Do not misrepresent yourself. Do not make false claims, or list false credentials or expertise and please do not give advice in any way that may cause any harm to someone.
Do not incite or advocate violence or any harmful practice.
Do not solicit for interviews. If you're looking for subjects to interview or participants for a news interview or study, please contact the PR department to ask for permission before posting on the site.
Do not select or create inappropriate screen name, avatar, tags, MyStory or MyStuff content.
Do not impersonate another person or entity, including any divorce related professional such as an attorney, financial planners, mediators or counselors. Anyone who does so will be banned from the site immediately.
Do not forgot to ensure that your profile follows the divorce360.com community guidelines and terms of use as well. Some examples of violations include, but are not limited to, links to inappropriate material, invitations to other communities, commerce or advertising, and foul language. You may include a simple one-line URL to your business or personal Web site in your profile by utilizing the tagging system. The Web site you promote must not violate the divorce360.com community guidelines or will be removed from your profile.
Do not forget to follow divorce360.com guidelines with images and audio as well. You are welcome to include images, audio and video files in your posts and profile as long as they are consistent with our guidelines. Please be considerate of our members who have slower Internet connections. Please limit the size of your images to about 3 x 5 inches. Larger images may be deleted.
Do not link arbitrarily. You may mention other websites or publications that you believe may be of interest to the divorce360.com com members. Please do not do so with the purpose of generating traffic to another Web site, and please be sure that any site you mention is consistent with our guidelines.

We reserve the right to revise these guidelines at any time and without notice. If you violate divorce360.com community guidelines, you may or may not be contacted individually by community staff. Your actions may or may not result in a warning, and or a suspension, and or a permanent banning from participation in our community. We do not publicly discuss or announce warnings, suspensions, or banning. Banning is done at the divorce360.com community staff's discretion and is the result of our sole determination. We reserve the right to ban any member at any time for any reason, with or without warning.

Your Privacy:

Keep yourself safe: Do not ever provide your password, telephone numbers, or home address to anyone online.
Keep members safe: Do not ever divulge any private or personal information about a divorce360.com member. Online. Do not share the person's real name or address, e-mail address, and any other personal information. Please don't solicit other members' personal information.
Divorce360.com does not monitor any email communication between members and will not intervene between members who use this function.
Please read our entire Privacy Policy here.