Forum Rules - All new users must read before posting

[SmokeyJoe]

General

• Firstly a general rule of thumb: If you think that a post may cause eyebrows to be raised by the forum moderators, don't post it!
• Please try to put your topics in the appropriate forums - it's nice to have the place organized!
• Please don't use offensive language. Some people really hate it, and this forum is for everyone.
• If you are an e-cigarette seller, you must pm SmokeyJoe and read the 'supplier' section below.
• Do not make any posts promoting any products other than e-cigarettes in any of the forums. This includes, but is not limited to, tobacco products. Those doing so will be banned without warning and the posts deleted swiftly.
• Please do not discuss the use of any substances other than nicotine and those related to e-smoking. Any posts made on using the e-cigarette as a means of ingesting other materials will constitute a major violation of the forum rules, and the user will be banned.

Writing reviews

• Registered users will be added to the "full members" group after they have made 10 posts and been active on the forum for a set period of time. Only members of this group may post new threads in the review forum. This is to prevent e-cigarette suppliers coming on and mud-slinging against their competitors or writing excessively favorable reviews of their own products.
• Please feel free to write reviews of e-cigarette products, but try to write a decent and informative piece. We've already had posts saying things like "this is the best e-cigarette - loads of smoke - better than cigarettes", which is just pointless. Try to put some detail in: tell people about the quality, give descriptions of the materials, put some photos up.
• Rubbish reviews will just get moved to the general discussion forum or, if they are spammy, deleted.

Suppliers etc

• We want to keep the forums clear of spam and self-promotion so.......
• All e-cigarette suppliers/affiliates/manufacturers etc must get in touch with the forum mods/administrators before they start posting.
• They may request their website to be added to the suppliers list that is maintained in the suppliers forum
• They may not post in the review section, or make any posts which reference their own products, except in the suppliers forum.
• However, suppliers may put one link to their product/website in their signature line and are free to contribute to any discussion providing they follow the above rules.
• Suppliers must NOT use the tag system.

Tags and Tagging

Members are encouraged to use tags to help get new visitors to relevant posts. The only rules are 1. Suppliers must not use tags, and 2. Users must not tag posts with their own usernames.

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[RatInDaHat]

Hey SJ,

A few members had a question about this rule.

"Do not make any posts promoting any products other than e-cigarettes in any of the forums. Those doing so will be banned without warning and the posts deleted swiftly."

Could you expand and clarify?

thanks,
-Dusty-

[SmokeyJoe]

Originally Posted by RatInDaHat

Hey SJ,

A few members had a question about this rule.

"Do not make any posts promoting any products other than e-cigarettes in any of the forums. Those doing so will be banned without warning and the posts deleted swiftly."

Could you expand and clarify?

thanks,
-Dusty-

Sure thing - We have had a number of posts from people coming on the board and posting links to cheap cigarettes and the like.

I wanted to be pretty firm that if people do this they will be banned without warning.