Chat Rules And Etiquette

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    We discourage any of the following:
  1. using explicit, vulgar or obscene language
  2. exploiting a minor (any person under the age of 18)
  3. discussing or inciting illegal activity, such as how to build a bomb, counterfeit money, etc.
  4. posting or referencing sexually explicit images or other offensive content
  5. using racially or ethnically offensive language
  6. disrupting the flow of chat in chat rooms with vulgar language, abusiveness, hitting the return key repeatedly or inputting large images so the screen goes by too fast to read, etc.
  7. soliciting for the exchange of sexually explicit images, and/or material harmful to minors; including but not limited to any photograph, film, video, picture, or computer generated image or picture (actual or simulated)
  8. harassing, threatening or embarrassing a chat participant, or doing anything else that is unwanted
  9. offering products or services for sale
  10. infringing on anyone else's intellectual property rights, including but not limited to any copyright, trademark, rights of publicity, or other proprietary rights
  11. harvesting e-mail addresses
  12. posting or requesting personal or other information from a minor (any person under the age of 18), including, without limitation, any of the following: full name, home address, telephone number, picture, or the name of their school
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