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Life in General Guidelines

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This is a very simplified set of rules to live by on ifish....your pocket version! This does not replace the AUP that you agreed to when you joined this site....as always go there for the full Monty.

The volunteer moderators at ifish work hard to keep this site fun, peaceful, supportive and focused on fishing and hunting but things do get sideways sometimes and it's impossible for us to review every post. We rely on the ifish community (you!) to alert us to things that need a second look so please continue to help us! Do not assume that ifish management supports or agrees with something questionable that you've read here....in many cases it just hasn't been alerted yet.


Simply follow the rules and we can self moderate the board! Easy!


Step one - Moderate yourself. If your unsure about something your about to post you probably shouldn't post it. Review the AUP and feel free to ask questions.
Step Two - Report problems by those who aren't self moderating by using the report button , to the right and top of each post

Ifish Simplified AUP

  • BE NICE.
  • Be Respectful. Keep it on topic or start your own thread. Tolerate other opinions and don't question the rules here in the public forums.
  • No name calling, inflammatory posts, threats, or verbal attacks...period!
  • Avoid divisive topics. Discuss things like gun rights/laws, abortion, religion and politics elsewhere.
  • Refrain from discussing illegal activities or vigilante justice.
  • Advertising, links and contact information are for sponsors only. Inquire about becoming a sponsor here.
  • Kids read here and so do wives and mothers. We run a tight ship. No bodily functions, "bathroom talk" or cuss words disguised or otherwise.
  • One link to your non-commercial fishing home page is allowed (in your signature area).
  • Approval is required prior to posting any fundraiser, tournament, etc.
  • Complaints about products, services or organizations require accountability (your entire real name signed on the post).
  • One membership per person, one person per membership.
  • Keep private correspondences private.
  • Fish stories are appreciated. False reports are cause for your removal.
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  • The Classifieds are for one-time private party transactions. Don't set up shop.
  • Proofread! Spellcheck! Re-read before pressing "submit reply."
  • We will be removing threads started with controversial links. They are often inflammatory and based in politics and do nothing positive for ifish.
  • Don't fight with the moderators. You'll lose.
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Hi guys!

I created ifish "Life in General" many years ago. Its main reason for being was that on the fishing board, we'd often run into 'happy birthdays' and 'birth announcements. We were a smaller, very close knit group. We had no place to put those, and we were trying to keep ifish community "All fishing-all the time."

Thus, its intention was to have a place for fun-happy things. Nice things! It was never intended to be a place where we discussed and argued about things that divide us... politics, religion, HATE!

Now, we find that Life in General is a often a place (of trouble and sadness) where members are often edited because their passions overflow with controversial topics. NOT what we wanted!

Will you help us to get LIG back where it is supposed to be?

In the past and now deleted "fish and game" forum, we'd often have this trouble, so we created a "one strike and you are out" policy that worked rather well to keep the peace. In order to do this, we had a way to stop members from having posting rights to that forum.

Now we have that ability here on life in general.

The 'One strike rule' is now in effect, here on Life in General.

PLEASE... if you even think for a moment that something will offend someone, IT WILL! If you post something, and then think, "shoot... I wonder if this isn't a good idea to say this..." You are right! IT ISN"T A GOOD IDEA!

It's unfortunate that we have to do this, but the mods are spending 90 percent of our time here on life in general! It was either this, or close this forum down, all together.

We also pondered having the most active members here in the Life in General forum moderate it, themselves! No one would want to do that, though!! It's just NOT fun to tell someone that their post was deleted! No fun at all! Members who are edited get mad at the mods, then, and say that we are loose liberals, and the very next minute, someone calls us out as right winged wombats or whatever! Pheh! Frustrating!

So, look. It states right in the AUP, and always has... (I have hand picked a few of the relative rules that apply, here, and especially here:

If you do not agree with these rules, simply don't post on ifish! YOU signed these rules when you registered.

The moderators' primary goal is to keep the spirit of the board a tightly knit community of folks with a common interest in friendly, if sometimes barbed, banter about fishing.
We do not allow partisan politics on ifish.
There will be no name calling on the board.
We have found that discussion of things like politics, religion, abortion, legalization of marijuana and the 2nd amendment serves only to divide us at ifish. Since our goal is to bring fishing and hunting folks together, we ask that you avoid these subjects.
Public Disagreements with Administration/Staff or Guidelines
You agree that if you have questions about, or concerns with the ifish.net web site policy or action of a moderator or admin, you will not post public arguments or disagreements nor attempt to petition the owner/administration to change policy through posts, polls, email, PM or any other service. If you disagree, you may respectfully post your comments in private in the feedback form.
Where is my Freedom of Speech?
Although the constitution of the US guarantees that “Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech”, ifish.net is not Congress. Freedom of speech rights do not extend to this privately owned web site. The AUP/Guidelines of this web site governs the behaviors and activities of the members. If you choose not to follow the guidelines agreed to during registration, the result is a disabling of your account.
Foul Language
Contrary to popular belief, this is not a public board. You are all guests here. Nothing should ever be posted here that you would not say in front of a crowd of strangers or your Mother. Don't post anything distasteful or anything you feel might offend someone else. PG-13 type language in ALL forums, including Off -Topic.
As many of you know, in addition to the discussions we have for our own benefit, we also present a showcase to the lurkers and fence-sitters. We have a word filter which will catch a few foul terms, but it is not the solution nor should it be the solution.
Using faintly disguised obscenities with creative or phonetic spelling basically shows disrespect for your hosts.
  • Inflammatory posts. A post, or statement in a post, which serves only to fire up negative emotions or generate anger will be edited or deleted at the discretion of the moderators. Multiple offenses will result in private moderation, or banning.
Personal/racial attacks. Avoid negative comments regarding individuals. Racial slurs will not be tolerated. Harassment will not be tolerated. You can disagree with other members without resorting to personal attacks.
Publicly challenging the administration and moderators rules of use. Challenging, testing, pushing, and refusal to recognize them is a problem. Please feel free to e mail your concerns to the admins.
Please know that you will lose your ability to post here, if you decide to ignore these guidelines.

Thanks and just have fun! Come here with good intention and good humor... and above all of the small print, KEEP IT CIVIL!

Jen
 
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Re: Ifish simplified quick rules! Please Read!

Sponsor Rules

Sponsors are permitted to make one announcement thread per month in the main forum of their choice. (Ifish Community, Salty Dogs, Boat Tech etc.)
This can be any announcement about your business; a sale, a new product, or a special event.

We also have a "sponsor announcements" forum where you can post announcements as often as you like.

Exceptions to the above rules:

1.) A sponsor can start a thread more often if they have a fishing report or fishing photo to share. Valid fishing reports are always welcome.
As a sponsor, it builds trust to post helpful fishing advice to the ifish community and thus, will help your business!
Any fishing report needs to be informative and not be advertorial. (You get exposure from your sponsor tag.)

2.) Contests need to have a product involved, and must be approved before posting.

The ifish.net sponsor tag identifies you as a sponsor so that the moderators and members can know who has permission to make advertising announcements. Please keep that tag active by not editing your “user title”. The special code you see in your “user title” is what makes the sponsor tag active. If for some reason your tag is not showing up, contact the administration immediately.

You may have one other spokesperson for your business if you like, who may post for you in the event you are not available. Your sales person will assign them your personal sponsor tag.
Please let your salesperson know who that is.
They must be a registered member at ifish. Between the two of you, you must follow the Acceptable Use Policy and all posting rules.

Sponsors are welcome to give customer feedback on any post when you can benefit from sharing your knowledge.
For example: If a thread contains a question about a product choice or product application.
Please refrain from posting on other sponsor threads and remain respectful toward one another. We believe that sponsors are far from impartial.
If you run up against a problem, please use the alert button to alert the moderators as soon as possible.

Sponsors are more than welcome to use the classified ad section to post classified ads. This includes individual products or services, such as a boats and equipment. Please use the classifieds section for classifieds that sell specific things for a specific price. Don't use this section to make announcements. All general classified rules apply.

As a sponsor of ifish, you must be respectful of ifish.net, the moderators and administration and follow the Acceptable Use Policy which is always available at the top of each discussion board page.

Have fun!
 
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