TheVoid Rules And Guidelines

Please review the following Rules and Guidelines which were designed to help ensure a good experience for everyone. By using the Site, you agree to our Terms of Use and these Rules and Guidelines as amended from time to time. If you do not agree, then you may not access or otherwise use the Site.

The Golden Rule
Always be respectful of TheVoid and other users, the moderators, and administrators. We put TheVoid online in good faith, please use it in good faith.

How To Post
Please post your messages in the appropriate place, whether in reply to an existing discussion (or "topic") or starting a new topic. Before starting a new topic, first check that no active topic exists concerning the same subject. Give your topics a descriptive title, write a coherent message, and format it so that it is easy for others to read. Messages should be written in the English language or include an English language translation. Please do not post the same message in multiple places. Any message or topic concerning politics must be posted within the Politics, Current Events and Serious Discussion forum. For more information about how to use the forum, please see here.

Post Quality
We expect users to exercise their best judgment whenever posting. Please consider whether each post will offer value to users. You may not post any material which is defamatory, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, pornographic or sexually explicit, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or is in violation of any law, the Terms of Use and these Rules and Guidelines. You may not use your account for recruitment to any cause whatsoever, fundraising for charity or otherwise, advertising, luring our users to other websites in competition with TheVoid, or any other call to action.

Editing Posts
As more fully set out in the Terms of Use, we reserve the right to edit, move, or delete any posted message or other content, however, we will make our best effort to protect your privacy and respect the integrity of your posts.

Intellectual Property
We respect the intellectual property of others, and we ask you to do the same. Please keep any quotes of third party content as short as possible and provide proper attribution to the source.

About Moderators
Moderators are users who contribute their time to keep TheVoid a safe and friendly place that is conducive to discussion. They help users with the website and enforce these Rules and Guidelines. Please cooperate with them. Moderators and administrators may send private messages to users who have run afoul of the Rules and Guidelines. If you have received such a message, please read it, take the steps indicated if any, and move on. Comments posted by moderators (and all other users) do not necessarily reflect the opinions of TheVoid or its owners. Feedback about moderator or administrator actions are welcome and should be sent via the contact form or the private message system.

Violations
We prefer not to block any user's access to the Site but we can and will do so if necessary. If we believe, in our sole discretion, that your conduct or the user content you provide violates or is inconsistent with the Terms of Use, these Rules and Guidelines, or the law, then we may terminate your access to the Site or exercise any other remedy available.

Accounts
you may not establish or use more than one account. Your account is for your personal use only and may not be used on behalf of any other person. Please do not share your password with anyone.

Signatures
A signature is a block of text or image which is automatically appended to the bottom of posts. Signatures may be used to "sign" your name or username. Signatures are subject to the same conditions as other posts as well as the following additional conditions: Signatures may not be excessively large, contain any animation, more than 2 external links, or more than 4 lines of text.

Let's All Get Along
TheVoid consists of many people with vastly differing beliefs. Please try to be tolerant of the beliefs of other people and remember "The Golden Rule" above. And finally... welcome to TheVoid