To help you gain the most from the DeepThoughts Forums, please read and obey these rules and guidelines before participating. These rules and guidelines are designed to help give a better understanding of what behaviour is expected and make your experience more enjoyable and safe 🌼

Guidelines (Please do's):

Keep an eye open for new, interesting topics. Before starting a new topic, please check if there is already a topic open on the subject. If so, contribute to it there.
Ignore bothersome members. If there is someone on the forum that bothers you, ignore him/her. Instead, report it to us (see point below).
Report contributions that violate the rules and guidelines by mention to the Moderators to notify us (List of Moderators can be found in [Login to see the link]). We will act on the report as quickly as we can. Do not reply to the offending post as that typically only encourages the poster.
Use good judgement. Remember that contributions to forums often are personal opinions that should not always be considered carefully. DeepThought’ s disclaimer applies to all information posted on the platform, anywhere on the site, by guest visitors or members.
Lend a helping hand. Some of us are real computer experts and feel at home using social media and online networks. Others are newcomers or too old to catch up with the new media. If you can, offer them help in using DeepThoughts Forum.
Don't be afraid to share! If you're not sure about information you see on DeepThoughts, share that feeling. We need you to communicate about it in its broadest sense. Sharing is the foundation on which we built DeepThoughts Forum.
Welcome new members. When newcomers arrive, say "hi" and make them feel loved 💕 Help new folks "learn the ropes" about find information and resources, sharing their secrets or thoughts, and how to get involved. You will also find a lot of help using the forums themselves.
Use descriptive titles for new posts. Avoid "generic" post subjects like "Help" or "Question". You will receive a better response to your posts by being more descriptive about the content of your post. And use the right tags by read the tags description. You can use multiple tags at one post, but not more than three tags. If you are not sure about which tags to use, ask the Moderators.

Rules (Please don't):

No discussion of any illegal activity. You can share the story, or your thoughts, but not to encourage someone to do so.
No use of explicit, obscene or vulgar images and/or messages, including racist remarks.
No posts that attack, insult, "flame", defame, or abuse members or non-members. Respect other members of the community and don’t belittle, make fun off, or insult another member or non-member. Agree to disagree. This applies to both the forums and any other comments posted on DeepThoughts.
No advertising or links to advertising or "Spam" is permitted. Advertising or Spam is defined as posting a link for the purpose of selling, soliciting or promoting by someone that has ownership or other "vested interest" to the web site involved, including efforts to promote other online forums or web sites by web site owners. If you are a web site owner and have a link that is considered of interest to the problems in community, please submit it to the Moderators and we will review your submission. Posts and links about fundraising (including nonprofit fundraisers) are NOT permitted. Only links to main pages are allowed. Links must be appropriate and abide by rules #1-3 or they will be removed.
No use of multiple usernames. Please register and use only one username for the forums. Posting under multiple user accounts will result in administrative action (ie. banning).
Do not disrespect moderators. Be respectful in both the forums and any private communications with moderators. Moderators may often be volunteers that donate many hours of their own time to help in the forums. Violations of this rule will not be tolerated.
Do not post offline personal contact information (ie. your home address, phone numbers etc.) and do not ask for personal information from others. Use of full names (your first and last name) is a prerequisite but exchange of personal contact information should proceed with care. This is to protect your security and identity.
No irrelevant or off-topic posts. Posts which are not relevant to the forum topic may be deleted at the moderator's discretion.