Use of the YakYak Forums - READ THIS FIRST

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Disclaimer for the YakYak forums

YakYak is a public forum.

By posting or replying to topics on such a public forum, you agree to public distribution of your article. All posts may be publicly distributed and archived in backups and or forum archives.

Any post on the forum, or replies by others to the original forum posts , are considered published, in accordance with international law.

The author still owns the copyright to the content of posts that they have written. This does not mean that Llamasoft or the administrators and moderators of this forum are under obligation to remove them once published.

The forum content and membership list have been public well before you posted a message to the forum. You are responsible for determining who it is you are posting for. You cannot post a message which may be viewed by arbitrary viewers and expect that they are automatically forced into accepting your terms for reading your message.

Llamasoft/YakYak accepts no responsibility for the opinions and information posted on its forum by others.

Llamasoft/YakYak disclaims all warranties with regard to information posted on this forum, whether posted by Llamasoft or others; this disclaimer includes all implied warranties of merchantability and fitness. In no event shall Llamasoft or the YakYak admin team be liable for any special, indirect or consequential damages, or damages of any kind whatsoever, resulting from loss of use, data or profits, arising out of or in connection with the use of any information posted on the YakYak forum.

By posting material, the posting party warrants and represents that it owns the copyright with respect to such material, has received permission from the copyright owner, or that the material is in the public domain. The posting party further warrants and represents that it otherwise has the full and unencumbered right to post such material and that such posting will not infringe any rights or interests of others.

Llamasoft/the forum admin team do not generally monitor the forums for inappropriate postings, and does not undertake editorial control of postings. We do, however, reserve the right to delete or edit posts which are deemed innapropriate or to prevent posting to the forum in the event of failure to comply with the forum code of conduct.

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Forum Guidelines

Mutual Respect
The Yakyak forum is an open community. Every user is entitled to their own personal opinions, however, mutual respect is expected and though we encourage frank and open discussion, abuse or personal insults directed towards another user will not be tolerated.

Posting New Threads
When starting new topics, please take care to post in the appropriate section of the forum and take a moment to look over recent topics for related threads. If there is already a thread relating to the subject, please reply to that rather than starting a new one. Duplicate threads on the same topic may be merged, locked or deleted.

Thread Titles
Please use a meaningful thread title so that other users will have an idea what it relates to without having to open the thread to find out. Threads with deliberately misleading titles may be locked or deleted by a moderator.

Cross-posting
There is no need to cross-post in multiple sections as users can view the whole forum using the "View posts since last visit" link at the top of the index page or just set a bookmark to:
http://www.yakyak.org/search.php?search_id=newposts

Check which section you're posting in. Off topic posts will be moved by mods.

Posting Links
When posting links to other sites/images/videos etc please ensure that you include a brief description of the content so that users can make an informed choice whether to follow the link before opening it. Posts with deliberately misleading titles or descriptions will be removed without notice.

Graphic/Potentially Offensive Images
We are generally a pretty broad minded group, but everyones tastes are different so we ask that potentially offensive images etc should either be linked, or hidden inside a spoiler tag. They must be clearly labelled as such with a brief description explaining the nature of the content to enable other users to make an informed decision before clicking. Images which may be offensive which are not hidden in this manner may be removed without notice.

Profanity
Swearing is allowed, but not at other members. Please note the first paragraph above.

Signature text/images
Large image files / text blocks in user signatures are discouraged. You already have the ability to personalise your account with a user avatar so please keep signatures subtle. We reserve the right to delete or edit them without notice.

Forum Moderation
Please remember, the Yakyak forum is provided free of charge. The admin team give their time freely to help ensure things run as smoothly as possible at all times. Sometimes they will make decisions which you may not like, but please remember, in all matters relating to the forum their decisions are final and will not be open to debate.

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New Members - Account Registration

Registration E-mail Addresses
Due to the influx of spam bots, we now block registration from many of the free e-mail services such as yahoo, hotmail, etc. If you want to register you will have to use your normal ISP based e-mail address. Please note, this does not affect any existing user accounts.

Use of Open Proxies
Due to spam bot registrations, YakYak now implements open proxy scanning on user registration. Registrations will not be allowed from any open HTTP proxies.

Blatant Advertising / Spam
When it seems a new account has been registered primarily for the purpose of advertising, then the account and any posts made may be locked or deleted by the forum admins without notice.