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We are not accepting registrations from throw away email addresses or anonymizers. If we discover you have managed to join using an anonymous account or another service, your account will be deleted. Once you have registered, you are able to change the email address that will display in your public profile and you may use any address you see fit. Due to administrative constraints, and to avoid confusion, each person can only use one login name.
The moderators insist on reasonably polite interchange in your posts. Obvious things like posting personal attacks on other members or using excessively foul language are sure ways of getting banned. It is very hard to define what is offensive beyond that. Basically, if you are consistently obnoxious in your posts, or are obviously looking to put others down, you run the risk of being banned. The moderators seek to keep a peaceful web site for people to visit. It is at the discretion of the moderators to determine if someone is violating the general philosophy behind the web site and decisions to ban are made based on the moderator's personal views of whether a member is a positive or negative force.
The Guitar Diner tends to be a community of folks who have become close to each other and who may be protective of each other when a personal attack is perceived. Trying to ignite a battle doesn't make much sense here and will not be welcomed. This does not mean that opinions that are different from the majority shouldn't be expressed. Unless a post is so over the edge that an instant ban is merited, you would receive a warning from the moderator that asks for a change in posting behavior. It is unlikely that there would be another warning. A ban means that the member may no longer post and that the email address(es) used by the member, and perhaps the IP address, will be locked out. Continuing to post when banned may result in the moderator contacting the offender's internet service provider with a complaint.
We try to dissuade drive by spamming and people only joining to post For Sale ads. For that reason we do not allow posting to the For Sale forum until a new user has twenty posts. If there is an emergency or mitigating circumstances, please contact the moderators.
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