Eons Community Guidelines
(See below for Eons Rules of Conduct—the do's and don'ts of using the Eons site to the fullest and safest!)
The following community guidelines are here to help you understand what it means to be part of the Eons community and are intended to help make Eons a place where everyone feels welcome, safe and respected. Keep in mind your use of Eons is subject to both these guidelines, the Eons Rules of Conduct and the Eons Terms of Use (TOU).
Play nice.
- Don't disrespect others.
- Don't personally attack others or gang up.
- Don't vent your frustrations or rant.
- Don't post content containing hate speech.
- Don't post nudity or explicit content.
- Don't use Eons for commercial or advertising purposes.
- Don't do anything criminal or illegal on Eons.
- Don't misuse Eons.
Be safe.
Report inappropriate content.
Play nice.
A great rule of thumb for this category of don'ts: Before you post the item, ask yourself, is it something you would feel comfortable showing, telling, or explaining to your grandmother—or to your grandchild?
- Don't use Eons for commercial or advertising purposes.
- It is not acceptable on Eons to ask another member for money, goods or services. Commercial use of Eons must be approved by Eons. Only post about your outside business or agency in designated areas.
It is not okay to post or Private Message content clearly meant only to solicit others for personal and financial gain. Pyramid schemes and other unethical business schemes are prohibited.
The only places on Eons where it is acceptable to post about your legitimate outside business or agency are:- In your Eons Profile—as a reference to describe who you are. No links to other commercial websites are allowed without specific permission from Eons
- In your Blog—as a reference to describe who you are. No links to other commercial websites are allowed without specific permission from Eons
- In Groups that allow this such as the Eons Marketplace or for authors, Eons Book Gallery
- In messages to members who have explicitly asked for information
- Don't do anything criminal or illegal on Eons.
- Members of Eons are not above the law so don't post content that violates your country, state, province, or city law. Don't entice others to share personal information or violate copyrighted content. Don't threaten, harass, impersonate, or do this to harm others.
- Don't misuse Eons.
- Don't create multiple accounts to violate these guidelines or the Eons Terms of Use. Don't post links to sites that contain viruses or that interfere with Eons. Don't post the same thing over and over or spam in any other way. Don't post or Private Message unsolicited content to multiple recipients. Don't post links from any site that may be a competitor of Eons. Don't block ads on Eons—advertising revenues fund the site. Blocking ads can be compared to stealing.
Be safe.
- Recognize that Eons is an open community.
- The messages posted in our community areas are the opinions, ideas, and stories of other members. Groups are run by the members who started them, not Eons. Please do not substitute anything you read on Eons for the advice of your doctor, healthcare professional, attorney, or legal professional.
- Be cautious in meeting offline.
- There are times when members of the Eons community make plans to meet offline. When using Eons or any site on the Internet to communicate with someone, there's no sure way to know for sure that they are who they say they are. So keep this in mind if before you disclose any personal information or if you choose to set up a meeting with another member. Pick a public place where there are a lot of people around and arrange to meet there. Offline member events may not be sponsored by Eons and you take part in them at your own risk.
- Don't share your personal information.
- Be cautious when connecting with others on Eons or anywhere online. Remember that a lot of the Eons community such as blogs and Public Groups are viewable by anyone. Much of Eons public content may come up on Google and other Internet searches. Please keep this in mind when posting content. Don't provide your personal information including your outside email address or phone number. Understand that connecting with someone in Eons Groups or exchanging Private Messages on Eons with someone does not mean you now "know" them. Be cautious and keep email communications on Eons via Private Messages.
- Don't share personal information about anyone else.
- Post content that either you created or that you have authorization to publish. Don't post something that isn't yours without permission. Never post private messages publicly or disclose private message content in any way. If you see content that you suspect as either private or copyrighted, don't assume that this is malicious. Instead, contact the member who posted the content politely and ask them to remove it or consider reporting it to the Eons Help Team.
Report inappropriate content.
- Report inappropriate content.
- Eons is an open community and we do not look at every post, photo, or comment made on the site nor do we guarantee the integrity of every member. Because of this, you may see things on Eons that you don't like. If you see something that you think either violates any of the guidelines above or the Terms of Use, please use the flag as inappropriate link which automatically reports it to the Eons Team for review and appropriate action/response.
When something is reviewed by the Eons Team and we believe it violates our guidelines or the Eons Terms of Use, we will take action. It is our sole decision if something has violated our guidelines or the Eons Terms of Use and up to our sole discretion as to what action we feel is appropriate. These actions include removing content, warning members, suspending accounts or any action we deem necessary to maintain the integrity of the Eons community. Please let us handle the situation and don't post about your suspicions and grievances. We may not always be able to explain our actions or provide you with all the details that we base our decisions upon, but rest assured we don't take these matters lightly.
COMMUNITY GUIDELINES UPDATED January 26, 2012
Eons Rules of Conduct – the Do's and Don'ts
The following rules of conduct apply to your use of the Website and to any and all materials you post on Eons, including text, data, graphics, audio or video content, music, sound, chat, messages, files or other material ("Member Content") whether the Member Content is included in blogs, Eons Groups (as defined below), private messages, emails, profiles, guestbooks, comments or any other portion or feature of Eons.
You may not, in connection with the Website:
- Upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any Member Content that
- is libelous or defamatory, pornographic, sexually explicit, unlawful or plagiarized;
- infringes or violates any patent, copyright (including by plagiarizing), trademark, trade secret or other property right;
- breaches a duty of confidentiality by which you are bound due to a contractual or fiduciary relationship (such as inside information or proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);
- a reasonable person would consider a breach of confidentiality or privacy (such as by posting in a public forum something that was written in a private message or letter);
- a reasonable person would consider harassing, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, profane, obscene, excessively violent, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable or offensive in any way;
- constitutes a breach of any person's privacy or publicity rights (such as by posting a photograph, video, or contact information of another person without their consent);
- constitutes a misrepresentation of facts or hate speech;
- violates or encourages others to violate any applicable law, statute, ordinance or regulation;
- promotes software or services that deliver unsolicited email or spam;
- contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots or other similar harmful programming routines;
- Harm minors in any way;
- Solicit personal information from anyone under 18;
- Use or create inappropriate screen names or Eons Group names;
- Provide false or deceptive information (including impersonating another person or entity or providing a false date of birth);
- Do anything to prevent the full and complete display of advertisements on Eons pages. These include, but are not limited to, making blog style changes, customizations or overrides that effectively block or substantially impair the display of advertisements on pages within the Website;
- Exceed the scope of the services that you have signed up for; for example, accessing and using features that you do not have a right to use or deleting, adding to or otherwise changing other people's entries or other Member Content when you have not been granted the privileges to do so; or
- Allow usage by others in such a way as to violate Eons' TOU.
You may not, except with Eons' express advance authorization or in a specially designated area (e.g., RLGs, account settings), use the Website to:
- upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any Member Content that provides any telephone numbers, street addresses, last names, URLs or email address;
- engage in commercial activities within restricted community spaces on Eons (such as by advertising or selling products or services outside of the Eons Marketplace - http://www.eons.com/groups/group/eons-marketplace including those of an individual representing themselves as a product and/or service - or inducing Registered Members, Guests and Visitors to the Website to enroll in a promotional or money-making enterprise); or
- solicit donations for any purpose.
Registered HQ Members may provide services to Registered Members, and may engage in commercial activities solely on their respective profiles, including advertising, promoting, or selling products or services, so long as such activities adhere to these Rules of Conduct and TOU, and are not competitive with Eons products and services (as determined by Eons in its sole discretion).
Although Eons provides rules of conduct for Members and Users of the Website, Eons does not control and is not responsible for Members' and Users' activities regarding the Website. Eons assumes no responsibility for monitoring Member Content or conduct that may violate these TOU, including these Rules of Conduct. With regard to any third party rights, Eons relies on Members' representations that they are either the creator of Member Content or have authorization to distribute it. If at any time Eons chooses, in its sole discretion, to monitor or investigate any Member Content or conduct, Eons nonetheless assumes no responsibility for such Member Content or conduct, and no obligation to modify or remove any Member Content or take action with regard to such Member.
EONS RULES OF CONDUCT UPDATED January 26, 2012
