Be aware that it is entirely your responsibility to follow all rules and all moderator instructions. Keeping the rules is what makes this a safe and peaceful community.

This message board is private property, and its use is a privilege, not a right.

The information given in this post are rules, not suggestions. You agreed to these rules when you accepted registration and joined the Friends support group. If you change your mind, you are asked to quietly move on to boards more to your preference and not disrupt this community. Our rules are not up for debate or explanation.

Yuku.com is a website service owned and operated by ezboard, Inc. Ezboard is one of the world's largest online message board services and Friends is a public online community. It should come as no surprise that users occasionally post materials to the board that someone may find objectionable.

You are however solely responsible for your interactions with other users of the Friends board. The administrators reserve the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other users of the board. We are providing a service to the community as volunteers, both through work and financially. Just like the moderators, we are not paid staff and have no obligations whatsoever.

It is important to remember that we all make mistakes (also moderators), and that there are many users who use English as a second language. If you feel that you must make a comment on the quality of a posting, please do so by PM, not on the public forum. Please remember that the moderators and admin also have health problems.

Members may not publicly argue a moderators decision or bash any moderator at the board. Posting on the board about moderator decisions/editings/bans/deletions may cause the post to be immediately deleted and the member to be banned. A final decision by a moderator or an administrator must be respected.

Note: if you enjoy a more robust style of forum and discussions where 'anything goes' then you will find our group rather tame and innocuous; we do not approve of bad language, abusive, controversial, trolling or disruptive members - such behaviour will not be tolerated. If you cannot abide by these terms of membership then please find another, more "lively" board to join. Thank you!

I have tried to sum up some of our rules. What we have is really not much more than common sense and ordinary Ezboard rules:

1 - Please be nice to all users and treat others with respect. Respect and tolerance are key words and means "be understanding" of other people, including their religion, political opinion, cultural background, nation and language etc. This group is International. Our members are coming from all over the world and have different religions. Please keep this in mind and use caution and tolerance when you talk about religion, politics or a country.

Remember this is a support group. Trolling, baiting, bickering or otherwise disruptive or anti-social behavior will not be tolerated. The moderators are defining bickering and disruptive behavior and may close or remove posts without warning. A person may also be banned without any warning and is not entitled to any explanation. Any member may be banned for acting in conflict with the purpose of the support group.

Humor is great as long as it is not used to make fun of others or used as hidden sticks and prods. You can't hurt some one's feelings and then claim it was all "a joke." Let's be humorous, but let's be thoughtful of others and especially people's racial and ethnic heritage.

Please limit using the board for private conversation with another member. Use the PM's or the chat room instead. Too much posting back and forth between only two members can make others feel excluded.

2 - Personal abuse is not allowed. That means uploading, posting, emailing or otherwise transmitting any content that is threatening, abusive, defamatory or libelous. We do not allow personal/private emails to be posted on the board.

3 - Do not spam the board. Spamming is when you post several similar messages, either replies or new topics, to ruin forums or threads, or to advertise a product, a treatment/cure, website or email address. Posting the same topic repeatedly often constitutes spam. First post at a board with a link is usually considered spam.

4 - DO NOT post or share personal information (phone number, address, full name, Social Security number, credit card number, IP address etc) on the message board. Also be careful with posting your email address. This is a site on the Internet, open for the public. You don't know who will be reading your post.

A post with this kind of information about others is regarded as violations of privacy and the individual whose information is posted may ask to get the information removed. The administrators on the board reserve the right to use their own discretion in removing personal attacks or private information.

5 - Don't forget to read our disclaimer and copyrights at the bottom of every page. This is a Support Group only. We are not medical professionals and cannot diagnose anyone or give anyone advice on what medication or diet to use. Please refrain from advising others on what medications or diet is best for them. What is working for you, might not work for others. Please consult your doctor on issues like that. Please refrain from promoting or endorsing any special diagnoses or treatment.

This board is not a forum for announcing or discussing suicides. Any kind of suicide threat posted at our board will be removed. This is a volunteer support group only. We are not responsible for any suicide threats or interventions of any kind.

If you have thoughts of suicide, DO NOT POST THEM ON THE BOARD, immediately call 911 if in America, or call a hospital, or call local police for emergency help.

The board is NOT an appropriate place for discussions or threats to commit suicide, hurt others, or to hurt yourself. Such posts will be removed. They are inappropriate here.
If you are suicidal, contact a professional suicide counselor immediately.

6 - Please do not post ads of any kind or links to your board and/or site or your email addy. If the site has illness relevant information, post it in our link forum or the forum "Coping with health problems". Any kind of commercial advertising is inappropriate for this board and may be removed. Please don't use our support group to promote your website/board. Note: You can contact the admins with questions.

7 - This forum is for the purpose of on-board sharing. Please do not encourage to off-board contact. Do not post or offer your email addy, your real name, home address, telephone number or any other contact information on the board. If you limit your contact with other members to on- board sharing, you will remain anonymous.

8 - Sending unsolicited email to members of this group for the purpose of promoting another forum or a product is not allowed. Members should be free of such intrusive mails while receiving and giving support on this forum.

9 - Do not assume authority over other members in any way or tell them if, what or where to post. If a post seems inappropriate, pleasae send a PM to the owner, Sunshine56.

10 - Users with inappropriate user names, will be asked to register another user name.

11 - Please remember that the ezboard Terms of Use are in place at all times and both the users and owner/admins are obligated to follow these terms.

12 - Please keep your custom signatures small.

Anybody found violating these rules will risk getting their post edited or deleted, and the person risks being banned without warning. We also reserve the right to remove any post that might be controversial or inappropriate in manner. A permanent ban may be issued at any moderator's discretion, for any reason.


All of these rules and reminders may be changed at any time without prior notice.

If you have any questions about what you have read in this post, please feel free to e-mail me or post a message to me in this forum or Smalltalk. If you feel any person or post is breaching these rules, please email the board owner Mosken/Sunshine56.

We take care of our members and feel responsible for their well being at the board. Please know however that no one is paid to give responses and everyone are sick themselves, including the administrators and moderators. The board is a joint effort by all members, as a volunteer group. So please understand and don't take it personally if the response sometimes is low.

You will help yourself the best if you participate by posting to others in contribution of support. If you don't have any experience to share that will be helpful, you can be supportive by letting someone know they are not alone and you care.

Thank you for reading and enjoy the board!

Mosken, the board owner.

Here is some rules in Norwegian-regler på norsk:

Regler for den norske delen av støttegruppen Friends International:

Vi ber deg forholde deg til, og å akseptere reglene som følger her.

Reglene er minimumskrav. Vi anmoder om at du for øvrig bruker sunn fornuft og er omtenksom overfor andre brukere.

Du er personlig ansvarlig for innholdet i innleggene du publiserer, og vil holde forumet, samt eier og administrator av forumet skadesløs for ethvert eventuelt krav fra tredjeperson som følge av dine innlegg.

Det er ikke tillatt å trakassere andre brukere. Diskuter sak, ikke person!

Du kan ikke skrive, laste opp, linke til eller på annen måte publisere noe som kan medføre straffeansvar, er ærekrenkende, rasistisk, truende, obskønt, pornografisk eller på annen måte er i strid med norsk lov.

Du forplikter deg til å følge norske opphavsrettsregler. Du kan ikke kopiere artikler som er publisert i andre medier. Du kan imidlertid sitere korte utdrag, men da med tydelig referanse til hvor artikkelen har vært publisert og hvem som har skrevet den.

Du forplikter deg til ikke å krenke privatlivets fred.
Gjentatte innlegg med samme innhold, såkalt "spamming", forsøk påå avspore en diskusjon, eller andre forsøk pååødelegge kommunikasjonen brukerne imellom er ikke tillatt.

Hold en saklig tone i dine innlegg.

Forum kan kun brukes på en ikke-kommersiell måte. Det er ikke tillatt å poste innlegg som inneholder reklame, forsøk påå selge produkter, verving til organisasjoner og lignende.

Dette er en selvhjelpsgruppe. Dette er ikke et forum for diskusjon av selvmord. Innlegg med mulig selvmordstrussel er ikke tillatt og vil bli fjernet uten varsel. Vi er ikke ansvarlig for innlegg med trusler av noe slag. Vedkommende som publiserer slike innlegg risikerer å bli utestengt fra forumet.

Eier, administrator/moderator forbeholder seg retten til på et hvilket som helst tidspunkt å redigere eller trekke tilbake innlegg vi mener er i strid med våre grunnregler.

Videre forbeholder vi oss retten til, uten forvarsel, å nekte brukere vi mener ikke overholder grunnreglene, adgang til å poste nye innlegg i forumene.

Vi tillater ikke innlegg som er trakasserende, bevisst sprer usannheter eller som på annen måte vil oppfattes som upassende. Søk å vise respekt for menneskers egenart og identitet, privatliv, rase, nasjonalitet og livssyn. Forumet blir bedre uten nedsettende kommentarer om andre.

Vær rask med å tipse meg Mosken/Sunshine56 dersom du ser et innlegg som du mener ikke skulle vært publisert i forumet.

Last Edited By: Sunshine56 04/17/07 14:36. Edited 3 times.