CODE OF CONDUCT

Community forums are at their best when participants treat their fellow posters with respect and courtesy. Therefore, we ask that you conduct yourself in a civilized manner when participating in these forums.

The guidelines and rules listed below explain what behavior is expected of you and what behavior you can expect from other community members. Note that the following guidelines are not exhaustive and may not address all manner of offensive behavior. As such, we have full discretion to address any behavior that we feel is inappropriate. We may permanently restrict access to those who violate these rules. Your access to these forums is a “privilege,” and not a “right.” We reserve the right to suspend your access to these forums and our community at any time for reasons that include, but are not necessarily limited to, your failure to abide by these guidelines.

We reserve the right to evaluate each incident on a case-by-case basis. The action we take may be more lenient or more severe than those listed under each category:

Racial / Ethnic

This category includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:

• Promote racial/ethnic hatred

• Are recognized as a racial/ethnic slur

• Allude to a symbol of racial/ethnic hatred

Extreme Sexuality / Violence

This category includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:

• Refer to extreme and/or violent sexual acts

• Refer to extremely violent real life actions

• Pornography

Real-Life Threats

This category includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:

• Refer to violence in any capacity with an exception to social justice issues

Distribution of Real-Life Personal Information

This category includes:

• Releasing any personal information of anyone other than themselves outside of what is linked and advertise by the site

Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity

This category includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:

• Insultingly refer to any aspect of sexual/romantic orientation or gender identity/expression (male, female, trans-gender, bi-gender, pangender, genderfluid, agender or any non-binary identity not listed) pertaining to themselves or other members

Impersonating a Prolific Worth or Government Employee

This category includes:

• Passing yourself off as a Prolific Worth or government employee to post false information

Obscene / Vulgar

This category includes both clear and masked language in posts, signatures, and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:

• Are an inappropriate reference to human anatomy or bodily functions

• Are pornographic in nature

Inappropriate Language

This category includes language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:

• Are a mildly inappropriate reference to human anatomy or bodily functions

• Are otherwise considered objectionable

Harassing or Defamatory

This category includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:

• Insultingly refer to other members, employees, or groups of people

• Result in ongoing harassment to others

Major Religions or Religious Figures

This category includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:

• Negatively portray religions or religious figures

National

This category includes language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:

• Promote national hatred

• Are recognized as national slurs

• Allude to symbols of national hatred

Illegal Drugs or Activities

This category includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:

• Reference to abusing illegal drugs

• Reference to performing illegal activities

Spamming or Trolling

This category includes:

• Excessively communicating the same phrase, similar phrases, or pure gibberish

• Creating threads for the sole purpose of causing unrest on the forums

• Causing disturbances in forum threads, such as picking fights, making off topic posts that ruin the thread, insulting other posters

• Making non-constructive posts

• Abusing the Reported Post feature by sending false alarms or nonsensical messages

• Numbering a thread, IBTL, TLDR, or any other fad statements

Creating Duplicate Threads

This category includes:

• Creating threads about existing topics

• Creating a separate thread about an existing topic for further discussion in more than one forum

Advertising

This category includes advertisement of:

• Any non-beneficial, non-Prolific Worth related businesses, organizations, or websites

Discussing Disciplinary Actions

This category includes:

• Creating posts or threads to discuss disciplinary actions taken against a member, including chat logs and email correspondence between a member and an employee of Prolific Worth

• Creating posts or threads to discuss disciplinary actions taken against a member or account on the forums

Circumventing a Suspension / Ban

This category includes:

• Posting on another account

• Having someone post on your behalf

IMPORTANT

• Repeatedly violating any area of the Prolific Worth Terms of Use, Privacy Policy or Code of Conduct, including the areas detailed above, will often result in permanent banishment from the forum and member page.

• This policy is not language-restrictive. Language that falls under this policy will always be subject to the repercussions listed, whether it is inappropriate in English or any other language.

While certain language and images may not be offensive to you, consider the fact that that same language and images may have a completely different effect on someone else. We feel very strongly that this behavior has no place in our community due to its extremely offensive and inappropriate nature. We expect everyone to abide by these guidelines.