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Updated to include "child sex abusers" in section 2.11.

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1.1 Display Names
All display names must be at least three (3) non-white-space characters. Furthermore, to facilitate search functionality, we would ask that any display name contain at least two (2) consecutive non-white-space characters. Users may change their display names six (6) times per year (365 days). Names found to be too short or otherwise inappropriate (this includes vulgar/profane words and words that are against the ToS) may be changed without warning though the Admod Team will attempt to contact the user in question before any changes are made where it is not considered urgent. To learn how to change your display name, click here.

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1.1 Display Names
All display names must be at least three (3) non-white-space characters. Furthermore, to facilitate search functionality, we would ask that any display name contain at least two (2) consecutive non-white-space characters. Users may change their display names eight (8) times per year (365 days). Names found to be too short or otherwise inappropriate (this includes vulgar/profane words and words that are against the ToS) may be changed without warning though the Admod Team will attempt to contact the user in question before any changes are made where it is not considered urgent. To learn how to change your display name, click here.

 

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4.2 Complaints and reports from members
If members have concerns regarding matters on AVEN, they are encouraged to inform either a Moderator or Administrator of their concern. If they encounter a post or a member they think breaks the rule of the forum, they should contact an Admod or use the Report function and not engage in direct confrontation. To know how to report a post, a member or a PM, click here. To know who is the right moderator to contact in each forum, click here.

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4.2 Complaints and reports from members
If members have concerns regarding matters on AVEN, they are encouraged to inform either a Moderator or Administrator of their concern. If they encounter a post or a member they think breaks the rule of the forum, they should contact an Admod or use the Report function and not engage in direct confrontation. For more on how to report an issue and how such reports are handled, please click here. To know who is the right moderator to contact in each forum, click here.

 

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On 8/5/2005 at 11:25 AM, Cate Perfect said:

1.4 Sock accounts and Proxy IP addresses
As a member, you agree to register and maintain one account only. Multiple accounts are not allowed unless under circumstances requesting approval by the Admod Team & PT for Vis-Ed. Sock accounts created outside of this process will be subject to merging or deactivation. Members discovered to have multiple accounts may be issued with official warnings or banned from the forum. Furthermore, the following shall also apply to sock accounts: should any member account be used to flame, bully, antagonize, insult, threaten, stalk or harass the members/staff of the site, the account holder will be subject to discipline potentially leading up to banning and informing the user's ISP and/or the proper authorities as the law permits.

 

Blatant abuse of proxy, dynamic, or otherwise hidden IP addresses (collectively known as proxy IP addresses) will not be tolerated. Proxy IP addresses are used to hide the identity of the poster. Usually, this is done by spambots, trolls, and sock puppet accounts. Although usage of proxy IP addresses is highly discouraged, there may be legitimate reasons for doing so; such usage will be judged on a case-by-case basis. An account using a proxy IP address without a legitimate reason will not be eligible to run for an AVEN office.

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On 8/5/2005 at 11:25 AM, Cate Perfect said:

1.4 Sock accounts and Proxy IP addresses
As a member, you agree to register and maintain one account only. Multiple accounts are not allowed unless under circumstances requesting approval by the Admod Team & PT for Vis-Ed. Sock accounts created outside of this process will be subject to merging or deactivation. Members discovered to have multiple accounts may be issued with official warnings or banned from the forum. Furthermore, the following shall also apply to sock accounts: should any member account be used to flame, bully, antagonize, insult, threaten, stalk or harass the members/staff of the site, the account holder will be subject to discipline potentially leading up to banning and informing the user's ISP and/or the proper authorities as the law permits.

 

Blatant abuse of proxy, dynamic, or otherwise hidden IP addresses (collectively known as proxy IP addresses) will not be tolerated. Proxy IP addresses are used to hide the identity of the poster. This is done by many spambots, trolls, and sock puppet accounts. 

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1.1 Display Names
All display names must be at least three (3) non-white-space characters. Furthermore, to facilitate search functionality, we would ask that any display name contain at least two (2) consecutive non-white-space characters. Users may change their display names eight (8) times per year (365 days). Names found to be too short or otherwise inappropriate (this includes vulgar/profane words and words that are against the ToS) may be changed without warning though the Admod Team will attempt to contact the user in question before any changes are made where it is not considered urgent. To learn how to change your display name, click here.

 

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1.1 display names

 

All display names must be at least 3 (three) non-white-space characters. Furthermore, to facilitate search functionality, we would ask that all display names contain at least 2 (two) consecutive non-white-space characters. Also, the first two non-white-space characters must be easily found on a standard English language keyboard. Letters, numbers, common symbols, a pair of full stops (..) are acceptable. Users may change their display names eight (8) times per calendar year (365 days). Names found to be too short or otherwise inappropriate (this includes vulgar or profane words, and words which are against the Terms of Service ToS) may be changed without notice though the Admod Team will attempt to contact the user in question before any changes are made where it is not considered urgent. To learn how to change your display name click HERE.

This amendment is not retroactive, so people will not be forced to change existing names. However any name changes will have to comply with the new rules

 

This is to make tagging members easier, and to amend an ambiguous wording

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2.2 Personal insults/judgements
Personally insulting other users in any way is unacceptable. This includes, but is not limited to, not using a person's race, sex, gender identity or expression, creed, disability, nationality, or sexual orientation as a way to insult any member.

 

Making judgments about other users, especially about the validity of their asexuality, is disallowed. We are here to figure ourselves out, not to put each other in boxes.

 

This rule also extends to other orientations. On AVEN, the determination of other people's sexual, romantic and gender identities - by any means other than their self-identification - is not permitted. For more information about AVEN's policy on invalidation please see https://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/190885-avens-policy-on-invalidation/ and https://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/152709-a-message-about-avens-values/.

 

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2.2a Personal insults

Personally insulting other users in any way is unacceptable. Calling people insulting or offensive names, troll-calling, bigoted, etc is not acceptable. Nor is Insulting people by using their race, sex, gender identity or expression, creed, disability, nationality, or sexual orientation as a way of insulting a member. 

 

2.2b Personal judgments

Making judgments about other users, especially about the validity of their asexuality, is disallowed. We are here to figure ourselves out, not to put each other in boxes.

 

This rule also extends to other orientations. On AVEN, the determination of other people's sexual, romantic and gender identities - by any means other than their self-identification - is not permitted. For more information about AVEN's policy on invalidation please see https://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/190885-avens-policy-on-invalidation/ and https://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/152709-a-message-about-avens-values/.

 

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4.7 Staff Communications Formatting

All Staff colours are reserved and not to be used by Members in posts. The following are examples of specific Staff colours and the codes used.  Be aware that colours similar to these must be avoided.

 

Moderators: Green (#009933)

Administrators: Red (#cc0033)

Declassification Team: Orange (#ff8000)

Project Team: Pink (#ff66ff)

Webmasters:  Blue (#3498db)

 

Please note that Staff Official postings are also Bolded and contains the staff member's name and title in the post.  This formatting helps ensures the Teams Members message is as visible and for as many members as possible.  Any post formatted in these colours and excessive Bold are subject to change by Admods.

 

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4.7 Staff Communications Formatting

All Staff colours are reserved and not to be used by Members in posts. The following are examples of specific Staff colours and the codes used.  Be aware that colours similar to these must be avoided.

 

Moderators: Green (#009933)

Administrators: Red (#cc0033)

Declassification Team: Orange (#ff8000)

Project Team: Pink (#ff66ff)

Webmasters:  Blue (#3498db)

 

Please note that Staff Official postings are also Bolded and contains the staff member's name and title in the post.  This formatting helps ensures the Teams Members message is as visible and for as many members as possible.  Any post formatted in these colours and excessive Bold are subject to change by Admods.

 

 

 

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4.7 Staff Communications Formatting
All Staff colours are reserved and not to be used by Members in posts in conjunction with bold text. The following are examples of specific Staff colours and the codes used.  Be aware that bold lettering with shades similar to these must be avoided.

 

Moderators: Green (#009933)

Administrators: Red (#cc0033)

Declassification Team: Orange (#ff8000)

Project Team: Pink (#ff66ff)

Webmasters:  Blue (#3498db)

 

Please note that Official Staff postings also contain the staff member's name and title in the post.  This formatting helps ensure the Team Member's message is as visible for as many members as possible.  Any post formatted in these colours and excessive bold is subject to change by Admods.

 

 

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2.5 Members' security
Stalking, bullying or harassing of any kind will not be tolerated. Should any account be used or created for this purpose, the account holder will be subject to official warning or outright banning from the site.
 
Bullying includes, but is not limited to, hateful comments, implying that someone is "less than" because of their beliefs or orientations, and "spill over" arguments that take place in multiple forums. This also applies to behaviors in AVEN chat and anything that starts in chat and continues in the forums (or vise versa). Bullying is generally considered to be repeated behavior towards someone in an attempt to intimidate them.

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2.6 Personal Information
Posting personal information about another user without their express permission is a serious offence. Such posts are subject to deletion at the request of the exposed party. This extends to posting PMs and IM conversations.

 

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2.5 Members' security
Stalking, bullying, doxxing, threatening to, or joking about, doxxing, or harassing of any kind will not be tolerated. Should any account be used or created for this purpose, the account holder will be subject to official warning or outright banning from the site.
 
Bullying includes, but is not limited to, hateful comments, implying that someone is "less than" because of their beliefs or orientations, and "spill over" arguments that take place in multiple forums. This also applies to behaviors in AVEN chat and anything that starts in chat and continues in the forums (or vise versa). Bullying is generally considered to be repeated behavior towards someone in an attempt to intimidate them.

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2.6 Personal Information
Posting personal information about another user without their express permission is a serious offence, including doxxing. Such posts are subject to deletion at the request of the exposed party, or at the discretion of admods. This extends to posting PMs and IM conversations.

 

 

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Fixed Formatting bugs in the ToS Source Code, removing Span Code, unnecessary formatting and fixing Links.  Applying code efficiencies to allow faster loading times on slower connections and limiting Copy/Paste bugs for Drafting.

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On 8/5/2005 at 11:25 AM, Cate Perfect said:

2.3 Offensive and bigoted content
AVEN does not tolerate elitist, racist, queerphobic, or sexist bigotry, as these create an environment that is hostile to the reasonable exchange of views. You may not post hateful, abusive, or disparaging content about people's race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, romantic orientation, age, or mental or physical disability. This includes anything bigoted against 'asexuals', 'sexuals', 'aromantics' or 'romantics' as identifiable categories.
Posting offensive content, or bigoted propaganda, may result in an immediate and permanent ban from the forum. Offences judged less serious by the Admod Team will be dealt with under the Warning system outlined below.

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2.3 Offensive and bigoted content
AVEN does not tolerate elitist, racist, queerphobic, or sexist bigotry, as these create an environment that is hostile to the reasonable exchange of views. You may not post hateful, abusive, or disparaging content about people's race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, romantic orientation, age, or mental or physical disability. This includes anything bigoted against 'asexuals', 'sexuals', 'aromantics' or 'romantics' as identifiable categories.
Posting offensive content, bigoted propaganda, or ideological support for recognized hate groups, including links to such material, may result in an immediate and permanent ban from the forum. This includes  Offences judged less serious by the Admod Team will be dealt with under the Warning system outlined below.

 

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2.12 Photosensitive Content

Some members may experience discomfort with flashing lights, moving imagery or certain patterns. To mitigate this, be careful with posting any GIFs or videos that are fast moving, have flickering lights, fast flashes or interchanging colours, and consider putting these in Spoilers with Warnings. This is to avoid triggering a number of conditions that members may have.

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2.1 Generic rules about content

 

AVEN is not a dating website and should not be used by members for that purpose. The focus of the site is visibility and education, and bringing people together for community and support.  While relationships may occur naturally, any advertisements and other threads, posts, or status updates using AVEN to try to find a partner may be removed.

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2.1 Generic rules about content

 

AVEN is not a dating website and should not be used by members for that purpose. The focus of the site is visibility and education, and bringing people together for community and support.  While relationships may occur naturally, any advertisements and other threads, personal messages, posts, chat, or status updates using AVEN to try to find a partner may be removed.

 

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2.3 Offensive and bigoted content

AVEN does not tolerate elitist,racist, queerphobic, or sexist bigotry, as these create an environment that is hostile to the reasonable exchange of views. You may not post hateful, abusive, or disparaging content about people's race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion,sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, romantic orientation, age, or mental or physical disability. This includes anything bigoted against 'asexuals', 'sexuals', 'aromantics' or 'romantics' as identifiable categories.


Posting offensive content, bigoted propaganda, or ideological support for recognized hate groups,including links to such material, may result in an immediate and permanent ban from the forum. This includes Offences judged less serious by the Admod Team will be dealt with under the Warning system outlined below

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2.3 Offensive and bigoted content

AVEN does not tolerate elitist,racist, queerphobic, or sexist bigotry, as these create an environment that is hostile to the reasonable exchange of views. You may not post hateful, abusive or disparaging content about people's race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, romantic orientation, age, or mental or physical disability. This includes anything bigoted against 'asexuals', 'sexuals', 'aromantics' or 'romantics' as identifiable categories.


Posting offensive content, bigoted propaganda, blatant and/or harmful misinformation and disinformation or ideological support for recognized hate groups, including links to such material, may result in an immediate and permanent ban from the forum. This includes Offences judged less serious by the Admod Team will be dealt with under the Warning system outlined below.

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2.9 Medical Advice

Whilst we do not wish to dissuade members asking for medical advice, please remember that it is not possible to tell whether the advice given in online forums is accurate, or suitable for you. We would recommend that all members seeking medical advice also visit  a suitable medical professional (such as their doctor or a pharmacist) before attempting any treatment or medications recommended online.

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2.9 Medical Advice

Whilst we do not wish to dissuade members asking for medical advice, please remember that it is not possible to tell whether the advice given in online forums is accurate, or suitable for you. We would recommend that all members seeking medical advice and needing medical attention to visit a suitable medical professional (such as their doctor or a pharmacist) before attempting any treatment or medications recommended online.

 

We’re an asexuality visibility and education forum, and we do not want to limit free speech, but we are not experts in medical science and therefore do not, as a team, feel qualified to filter out medical misinformation, nor are we qualified to check sources for accuracy or for what is considered harmful at the time of writing. There are other fora outside of AVEN which are more suitable to have discussions on the effectiveness and safety of medicine and medical practices.

 

Furthermore, willful spreading of harmful misinformation or conspiracy theories about medical treatments is disallowed.

 

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ToS Section 2.11 Minor attraction and pedophilia topics has been updated:

 

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2.11 Minor attraction and pedophilia topics

AVEN's core mission involves creating a safe space for people to explore asexual spectrum identities, including many people below the age of consent. We are not able to fulfill this mission while also serving as a space for those who experience attraction to minors. While many may agree that minor attracted people who have committed no harm towards minors, and are dedicated to avoiding doing so, should have places to openly discuss their experiences and seek support in dealing with their attraction, AVEN is not equipped to serve as such a place. As such:

 

1) Minor attracted people will be subject to banning from the site.

 

2) No links relating expressly to minor attraction, pedophilia or child sex abusers will be allowed on the AVEN boards.

 

3) No topics may be created that focus on minor attraction, pedophilia or child sex abusers. Topics that are created about other subjects but drift to focus on minor attraction, pedophilia or child sex abusers will be asked by mods to find a different focus. Small mentions of minor attraction, pedophilia or child sex abusers that don't redirect conversations to focus on that subject are still acceptable (for example, providing links to research that might include individuals with a range of sexual experiences, one of those experiences happening to be minor attraction or pedophilia)

 

4) This policy doesn't prevent members from discussing their experiences with child abuse. In such cases, we ask replies focus on support for the member, rather than become a general discussion about pedophilia.

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2.11 Minor attraction and pedophilia topics

AVEN's core mission involves creating a safe space for people to explore asexual spectrum identities, including many people below the age of consent. We are not able to fulfill this mission while also serving as a space for those who experience attraction to minors. While many may agree that minor attracted people who have committed no harm towards minors, and are dedicated to avoiding doing so, should have places to openly discuss their experiences and seek support in dealing with their attraction, AVEN is not equipped to serve as such a place. As such:

 

1) Minor attracted people will be subject to banning from the site.

 

2) No links relating expressly to minor attraction, pedophilia or child sex abusers will be allowed on the AVEN boards.

 

3) No topics may be created that focus on minor attraction, pedophilia or child sex abusers. Topics that are created about other subjects but drift to focus on minor attraction, pedophilia or child sex abusers will be asked by mods to find a different focus. Small mentions of minor attraction, pedophilia or child sex abusers that don't redirect conversations to focus on that subject are still acceptable (for example, providing links to research that might include individuals with a range of sexual experiences, one of those experiences happening to be minor attraction or pedophilia)

 

4) This policy doesn't prevent members from discussing their experiences with child abuse. In such cases, we ask replies focus on support for the member, rather than become a general discussion about pedophilia.

 

5)This policy prevents members disclosing they have intrusive MAP thoughts and the detail of such thought are not allowed.

 

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Updated section "2.2b Personal Judgements," with a link to the new BoD's "AVEN's Values (2022)" and re-named the link of the previous one to "AVEN's Values (2017)."

 

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2.2b Personal Judgements

Making judgments about other users, especially about the validity of their asexuality, is disallowed. We are here to figure ourselves out, not to put each other in boxes.

 

This rule also extends to other orientations. On AVEN, the determination of other people's sexual, romantic and gender identities - by any means other than their self-identification - is not permitted. For more information about AVEN's policy on invalidation please see AVEN's policy on invalidation and A message about AVEN's values.

 

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2.2b Personal Judgements

Making judgments about other users, especially about the validity of their asexuality, is disallowed. We are here to figure ourselves out, not to put each other in boxes.

 

This rule also extends to other orientations. On AVEN, the determination of other people's sexual, romantic and gender identities - by any means other than their self-identification - is not permitted. For more information about AVEN’s policy on invalidation, please see AVEN's policy on invalidationAVEN's values (2017), and AVEN's values (2022)

 

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Added a clarification to thhe Terms of Service Clause 4.3 Vigilante Moderating

 

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4.3 Vigilante Modding
Vigilante Modding is not allowed. Vigilante Modding is harassing, attacking, or otherwise antagonizing members you believe are acting inappropriately and/or you believe have violated the ToS. The proper procedure in such cases is to report what you know to the Admod team so proper action can be taken with all the information at hand. Please refrain from engaging in direct confrontation, or attempting to take forum justice into your own hands. If you must disagree, do so calmly and with dignity, no matter how outrageous the provocation. To know how to report a post, a member or a PM, see the Thread How to report a post, a PM or a member.

If you suspect that a post or a user is bending the rules of the forum then PM a moderator or an admin. Do not feed trolls, and do not flame other users no matter how badly you may think they deserve it.

A note with respect to the Admod Team:

Admods, as individuals, are protected by this rule. This does not mean criticism of the team or its actions is disallowed, just that those criticisms should be directed to the team as a whole, and should not make reference to individuals. We both allow, and encourage, constructive criticism. If you feel the need to address the actions of a specific member of the team, this is not a matter for the open board. Either address that team member directly, or contact an administrator. Such communications should be dealt with using the site's PM system, or if the situation is severe enough to warrant it, the report system.

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4.3 Vigilante Modding

Vigilante Modding is not allowed. Vigilante Modding is harassing, attacking, or otherwise antagonizing members you believe are acting inappropriately and/or you believe have violated the ToS. The proper procedure in such cases is to report what you know to the Admod team, so proper action can be taken with all the information at hand. Please refrain from engaging in direct confrontation or attempting to take forum justice into your own hands. If you must disagree, do so calmly and with dignity, no matter how outrageous the provocation. To know how to report a post, a member or a PM, see the Thread How to report a post, a PM or a member.

If you suspect that a post or a user is bending the rules of the forum, then PM a moderator or an admin. Do not feed trolls, and do not flame other users no matter how badly you may think they deserve it.

 

A note regarding Admods and other staff teams:


Admods, as individuals, are protected by this rule. Constructive criticism regarding how AVEN is run is fine, but antagonism towards individual Admods (and/or staff on other teams: Declass, Project Team, Training Team, Board of Directors, etc.) is not. 

 

As an example, harassment and targeting an individual Admod isn't acceptable. Instead, constructive criticism should be directed to the Admod team as a whole and should not make reference to individuals.

 

If you feel the need to address the actions of a specific member of the team, this is not a matter for the open board. Options include politely and respectfully sending a PM to that team member or an administrator, or if the situation is severe enough to warrant it, the report system.

 

Admods are bound by a privacy/breaching policy and may not be able to answer any question(s) about specific incidents (and/or members) until declassed.

 

Disrespectful, antagonizing posts, memes, and/or PMs to a staff member(s), false public forum and PM accusations, and/or false reporting against an Admod aren't acceptable and may be dealt with by the Admod team.

 

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Changes to the The AVEN Terms of Service section 2.7

 

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2.7 Private Message remain private
PMs from one AVEN member to another should not be posted in the public fora. In certain pertinent cases, PM's might be discussed by Admods, especially when the PM itself is a question raised to the Admods outside of the public fora. But sharing PMs or their content on the public fora without permission from the originator and recipient is not permitted.

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2.7 Private and Privileged Communications Remain Private
Sharing PMs, privileged information, and/or their content on a public forum or other social media without permission from the originator(s) and the recipient(s) is not permitted.  In certain pertinent cases, PM's might be discussed by Admods, especially when the PM itself is a question raised to the Admods outside of the public forum/s. If you believe you have been given information from a Mod or another party that looks like it is for Admods, PT, or DT only, or you were given another member's Warning information without consent, please report this content back to an Administrator with all information you have been given, and the names as to who give you that information. Holding onto information and posting it elsewhere is considered Breaching under this rule.

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Minor changes to The AVEN Terms of Service Clause 2.9 Medical Advice

 

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2.9 Medical Advice

Whilst we do not wish to dissuade members asking for medical advice, please remember that it is not possible to tell whether the advice given in online forums is accurate, or suitable for you. We would recommend that all members seeking medical advice and needing medical attention to visit a suitable medical professional (such as their doctor or a pharmacist) before attempting any treatment or medications recommended online.

 

We’re an asexuality visibility and education forum, and we do not want to limit free speech, but we are not experts in medical science and therefore do not, as a team, feel qualified to filter out medical misinformation, nor are we qualified to check sources for accuracy or for what is considered harmful at the time of writing. There are other fora outside of AVEN which are more suitable to have discussions on the effectiveness and safety of medicine and medical practices.

 

Furthermore, willful spreading of harmful misinformation or conspiracy theories about medical treatments is disallowed.

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2.9 Medical Advice

Whilst we do not wish to dissuade members asking for medical advice, please remember that it is not possible to tell whether the advice given in online forums is accurate, or suitable for you. We would recommend that all members seeking medical advice and needing medical attention to visit a suitable medical professional (such as their doctor or a pharmacist) before attempting any treatment or medications recommended online.

 

We’re an asexuality visibility and education forum, and we do not want to limit free speech, but we are not experts in medical science and therefore do not, as a team, feel qualified to filter out medical misinformation, nor are we qualified to check sources for accuracy or for what is considered harmful at the time of writing. There are other fora outside of AVEN which are more suitable to have discussions on the effectiveness and safety of medicine and medical practices.

 

Furthermore, willful spreading of harmful misinformation or conspiracy theories about medical treatments (e.g. abortions, anti-vax propaganda, trans healthcare) is disallowed.

 

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1.2 Signature Limitations
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1.2 Signature Limitations
To allow for a smooth browsing experience for everybody, the total size of a signature Signature must not exceed 1000X450.  This can be 4 images of small size or any number of images, as long as in total, it fits the 1000X450 guidance box, (possibly 11 total lines of Text approximately 7 to 11 words per line or 60-65 characters per line in Default size text and up to 12 Links in the Signature).  All content larger than this as well as Embeds from outside sources (YouTube, Twitter, Reddit ect.) must be inside a single spoiler.  Signatures however can be longer and shorter, such as a few longer lies of text, allowing for some flexibility.  Please note that all content should approximately be able to fit this guide. The admins have the right to remove, without notification, any signature that exceeds this limit. Though we'll most likely ask you to edit it yourself. Please bear in mind all of the Terms of Service in mind when making or editing your signature. Below is a guidance of how big a signature can get. The Admod team may re-adjust these parameters with the changing of screen size technologies as necessary.

 

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After in depth exploration and testing of current software and ToS, we have developed a Signature Clause that is fit for current Software.  And due for this change, Members can have a much larger signature based on current hardware, software, screen resoulations and based on statistical global screen uses and all devices and average user household internet speeds.  Based on this Clause now, Staff can ask or force a Spoiler for any Signature larger than this or signatures containing Embeds.

 

Announcement Thread: - Terms of Service: Signature Policy Change

 

Feedback Thread: - Feedback for the ToS Signature Policy Change

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Janus the Fox
On 6/12/2023 at 7:16 PM, Janus the Fox said:

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After in depth exploration and testing of current software and ToS, we have developed a Signature Clause that is fit for current Software.  And due for this change, Members can have a much larger signature based on current hardware, software, screen resoulations and based on statistical global screen uses and all devices and average user household internet speeds.  Based on this Clause now, Staff can ask or force a Spoiler for any Signature larger than this or signatures containing Embeds.

 

Announcement Thread: - Terms of Service: Signature Policy Change

 

Feedback Thread: - Feedback for the ToS Signature Policy Change

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1.2 Signature Limitations

To ensure smooth browsing for everyone, un-spoilered signatures must not be larger than 1000px by 450px (width x height) and not have any embedded content (e.g. YouTube, Twitter, Reddit).

 

As a guide this is about 11 lines of text with about 11 words per line. Any amount of Images that fit the guide and 12 Links, using Default size text.  Anything larger than this or using Embeds must be in a Spoiler.

 

The admins have the right to remove, without notification, any signature that exceeds this limit. Though we'll most likely ask you to edit it yourself. Please bear in mind all of the Terms of Service in mind when making or editing your signature. Below is a graphic to show the maximum dimensions for a signature. The Admod team may re-adjust these parameters with the changing of screen size technologies as necessary.

 

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Janus the Fox

The Admod Team has reviewed the the Terms of Service section 1.4 on Sock Accounts and Dynamic/Static IP addresses:-

 

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1.4 Sock accounts and Proxy IP addresses

As a member, you agree to register and maintain one account only. Multiple accounts are not allowed unless under circumstances requesting approval by the Admod Team & PT for Vis-Ed. Sock accounts created outside of this process will be subject to merging or deactivation. Members discovered to have multiple accounts may be issued with official warnings or banned from the forum. Furthermore, the following shall also apply to sock accounts: should any member account be used to flame, bully, antagonize, insult, threaten, stalk or harass the members/staff of the site, the account holder will be subject to discipline potentially leading up to banning and informing the user's ISP and/or the proper authorities as the law permits.

 

Blatant abuse of proxy, dynamic, or otherwise hidden IP addresses (collectively known as proxy IP addresses) will not be tolerated. Proxy IP addresses are used to hide the identity of the poster. This is done by many spambots, trolls, and sock puppet accounts. 

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1.4 Sock Accounts, Virtual Private Networks and Virtual Machines

As a member, you agree to register and maintain one account only. Multiple accounts are not allowed unless under circumstances requesting approval by the Admod Team & PT for Vis-Ed. Sock accounts created outside of this process will be subject to merging or deactivation. Members discovered to have multiple accounts may be issued with official warnings or banned from the forum. Furthermore, the following shall also apply to sock accounts: should any member account be used to flame, bully, antagonize, insult, threaten, stalk or harass the members/staff of the site, the account holder will be subject to discipline potentially leading up to banning and informing the user's ISP and/or the proper authorities as the law permits.

 

Blatant abuse of Virtual Private Networks, Virtual Machine or otherwise use of technologies, not considered as typical computer security use, that hide a members Device, or IP will not be tolerated. Virtual Private Networks and Virtual Machines are used to hide the identity and activity of the poster. This is done by many spambots, trolls, and sock puppet accounts.

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