rexall
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Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Sat 2727 Jan 07, 11 pm Post subject: POSTING GUIDELINES - TERMS of USE |
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Sat 27 Jan 07, 10:33 p.m.
 Posting Guidelines
Hello. Greetings and Welcome!
I am Rex one of the founders and Admin for this REBT Central Forum. I may participate as just another member from time-to-time, however, I would prefer to never have to wear my “moderator hat” except in urgent matters. My management style is to let this forum function unmoderated, unedited and uncensored, and to not involve myself in the moderator’s role except to deal with flagrant abuse; which usually will mean occasionally attending to SPAM, “trolls” and deliberate troublemakers, and flame wars. So, be adults, express yourselves openly, candidly and without inhibition. But also, keep in mind these general guidelines:
1) Please don’t SPAM this list or attempt to use it for commercial purposes any way.
2) If you are a troll, spammer, prankster, mischief-maker, game player, spoiled brat, go away! I have no time or patience for trolls who will be nuked unceremoniously and without discussion.
2.1) Please do not feed the trolls! If you notice any troll activity, please do not respond. PM me instead and I’ll take care of it. Trolls love it when you interact with them in any way; it just reinforces and encourages their behavior.
2.2) The same is true for any other abuse you see on the list; attacking it yourself often inadvertently starts a flame war with people going away with hurt feelings. PM me, and I’ll attend to it. Just enjoy yourself asking for and giving information and participating in the discussions. Please do not attempt to instruct other members on what they should or should not be posting or how they should or should not express themselves.
Please report abuse to the MODERATOR
3) Please feel free to speak candidly and openly, but avoid “flaming”, name calling, labeling, smears, slander and any other type of personal attack. Obviously attacks, smears, slurs based on race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation and other broad, deeply personal traits are especially prohibited. Just keep the conversation focused on issues and principles and avoid personalities and things will move along splendidly. Treat people with friendship and respect. It may sound corny, but just follow the “Golden Rule” and treat others and you would wish to treated and everything will be hunky-dory.
Be advised that if you engage in libel (malicious, injurious statements about another person that misrepresent and cannot be proved), you could be exposing yourself to legal action by the injured party.
4) This is a public forum. Assume that anything you post here is for public consumption. Posts from this group may be archived with search engines (such as Google, Yahoo, etc.). If you are concerned about anonymity, use your "alias" and do not post your real name or other identifying details. On the other hand, I use my real name here and elsewhere on the internet. Feel free to do so if you prefer.
5) Confidentiality Having said that, we expect you you will respect the privacy of the people who post here, and that you will observe the covenant of confidentiality that exists here implicitly and explicitly, and that you will not share, copy, publish, distribute any content you read here.
6) Although we understand that discussions on a forum such as this tend to meander, please make an effort to post in the forum/thread that is the most relevant to your topic. And please don’t get upset with me if I occasionally move your post to a new thread that I feel is more applicable. Nothing personal, just trying to keep things tidy!
7) Please use the search function. We are here to answer questions and to try to be helpful, however it does get tiresome answering the same questions over and over. This forum has a very powerful search function. Use it! If you are a newbie, please use “search” before asking a question which has probably already been asked.
8.) Freedom of speech : This forum is private property. To put it bluntly, any “freedom of speech” is at the pleasure of the list owner. And while it is our hope and our intention to leave the thing to pretty much run itself, we reserve the right to edit, delete, censor any post for any reason and to limit, restrict or deny access to any member for any reason.
9) Note : Although you will find lots of help and support here, This group should not be considered a substitute for individualized treatment with a mental health professional.
10) Disclaimer: The posts here express the views of the individual authors who post them, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the list owners, REBT Central, Admin, nor of FreePowerBoards.com who graciously host this forum for us.
11) Affiliation:Although their photo appears on the home page, the REBT Central forum is not affiliated with Dr. Aaron Beck and Dr. Albert Ellis nor their institutes. We admire and are inspired by, but do not presume to represent or speak for these luminaries or their organizations.
Welcome! We look forward to your participation.
Aloha,
Rex |
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