I'm sure most of you know why I'm posting this and for those that don’t there recently was an influx of posts (by a specific member) with rude remarks, inappropriate content, purposely posting off-topic posts and disrespecting other forum members. This is a forum for dog enthusiasts to get information on aspects of living with dogs, to share stories of their dogs and to meet other dog enthusiasts. This is a warning for everyone that visits the DogChannel Forum. We have rules for this forum. You must read them, you must abide by them. Don't think that just because you "didn’t start a thread" that you are not to blame. All those who participate on this Forum are held accountable for your own posting behavior. If it seems like someone is trying to start an argument, avoid it and contact the moderators. If you think someone is acting stupid, ignore the person. Fighting back does not help the issue. It’s only adding fuel to the fire. Here are the rules for this Foum. Please review them.
1.Communicate in a friendly and respectful manner.
It's OK to share your opinions and to disagree, we simply ask that you do so without attacking another member in the process.
If you feel you have been personally attacked in our community, don't respond with an attack of your own. Instead, send a message to the Moderator to alert us of the problem.
2.Keep it clean.
Profanity and obscenities will not be tolerated. This includes masked profanity where letters are substituted with special characters.
3.Don't instigate arguments.
Content intended to inflame or disrupt the community is not allowed. This includes harassment of fellow members and the community team, links to inappropriate content, racial, ethnic, religious, or other slurs as well as any name-calling.
7. Respect our Community Team
The community team does its best to maintain the integrity and standards of the community areas. Should a problem arise in the community, we ask that you assist the community team by paying attention to its posts and following any directions the team provides.
10.Keep on topic
Please keep all postings and subject matter relevant to the thread topics. This is a forum where all members share and give advice and information. It is not a place to gossip, rant, or rave about subject matters not pertaining to the discussion.
It is obvious to me that those who participate often do truly care about this forum and the members that are a part of our DogChannel Forum community. The inappropriate and disrespectful behavior that has occurred the past few days will not be tolerated on this forum. And those that continue to participate in the behavior will have their accounts removed.
Please respect your fellow forum members, whether you agree with them or not. And if you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all and send me or the Peer Moderator a PM if something needs to be done.
This warning has been drafted in a general matter for reference to future behavior to similar situations. The specific user mentioned at the beginning of this post has been banned. I understand that this specific user has/had numerous accounts on this Forum. If you happen to come across a rude and/or inappropriate post that you find offensive please send the link to it in a PM to me. I'll be able to take care of it, but I'll need the link and some information about which specific post you find offensive.
Thank you.