[RULES] Sitewide Forum Rules - please read before posting

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Sitewide Forum Rules

This is a laid-back and relaxed forum for adults 18 years of age and older. In order to facilitate friendly and helpful discussions that stay civil and on-topic, we ask users to please follow a few rules when using the forum. Violation of any of the rules below may result in your forum account being warned, temporarily suspended, or banned depending on the severity of the violation.

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(1) Be considerate of other members. Harassment and trolling of any kind will not be tolerated here. Hate speech, threats, insults, accusing others of being a shill, and derogatory comments are not allowed and will be dealt with swiftly.

(2) No begging or offering to buy/sell/trade kratom. Do not beg or ask for free kratom handouts. Additionally, ALL buying, selling, and trading is only allowed in our private Trading Post. Please view this thread for more information on joining the Trading Post.

(3) Do not discuss illegal drugs, substances, or activities unless it is for harm reduction purposes. Glorifying, discussing, or promoting illegal drug use is not permitted here in any form. Asking how to get kratom when you live in an area where it is banned by law also falls under this rule.

(4) No doxxing (posting the private and identifying information of other people -- including yourself!). Do not post the personal information of yourself or others as this is a public forum. This includes names, emails, physical mailing addresses, phone numbers, etc. Please note: this rule does NOT apply to vendors who are sharing their own business information.

(5) Do not discuss payment options or methods. This includes credit cards, payment apps, etc as some anti-kratom people are malicious and report vendors to payment processors. Contact the vendor directly to ask what they accept.

(6) No advertising outside the designated areas. Vendors, please put all advertisements on the Kratom Vendor Listings board. There is a special set of guidelines we ask vendors to follow, in addition to the rules on this page. Advertising outside of that board is not allowed without purchasing a post, however a link in your forum signature is perfectly okay.

(7) No self-promotional type posts for other kratom groups. Do not make posts for the sole purpose of promoting or linking to other kratom forums/groups/chats/sites, etc. These types of posts will be removed.

(8) Absolutely no affiliate links or fundraisers. Affiliate links/codes are not allowed and posts that include them will be edited or removed. In addition, links to GoFundMe pages, posts asking for donations for non-kratom related events, fundraisers, etc. are not allowed and will be deleted. Certain exceptions to this rule may be made only with explicit admin approval.

(9) Do not create posts for the sole purpose of questioning the mods. Mods work incredibly hard day after day to keep this forum going and don't need to be harassed, called out, or challenged. If you have a question or concern about an action taken by a moderator, privately PM that moderator to discuss.

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Sometimes unforeseen situations arise which cause us to modify or add rules from time to time. Therefore, these rules are subject to change at any time. The current rules will always be found on this page.