Help Desk - Discussion Forums

Posting/Reading Discussions

Each forum consists of threads. Each thread consists of an initial entry plus any replies that members have posted. Once you click on a forum title, you have these options:

• If one or more threads already exists, you can select one to read. Simply click on the thread title. You will see the initial entry at the top followed by a series of replies.
• As you read through the initial entry and replies, you may want to post your own reply. Click on the post repoly button and follow the instructions. Your reply will appear at the end. You will have the ability to edit your post if necessary once it has been posted to the forum.
• If you want to initiate a new discussion, click on the new thread button (above or below the threads) and follow the instructions. Replies can then be posted as noted above.
To begin a thread, click on the Post New Topic button. Give your topic a title and type your message. When finished, click on the Add button.

To reply to a post, simply click on the Post Reply button and follow instructions.

Conduct/Reporting Abuse

HobCommunity.com members are entitled to express their views and beliefs in a safe environment without feeling attacked. Members may not infringe on the rights of any other person to express themselves in a safe environment. This policy includes:
1. Any harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, hateful, or otherwise objectionable posts.
2. Any posts which are invasive of another's privacy.
3. Name calling or otherwise attacking the person posting rather than the content of the post. Disagreement is encouraged, but you should only comment on the argument or position taken, never against the person posting their opinion or belief.
4. Any racial or ethnic slurs or insults relating to the mental, physical or intellectual qualities of any member.
Vulgarity - HobCommunity.com members agree to not post text or images that are vulgar, obscene, graphically violent or sexual in nature.

Violent action - No member of HobCommunity.com may use our boards to advocate violence against others, even in jest.

Illegal activities - No HobCommunity.com member may use our services to promote illegal actions or to instigate illegal activity from other members.

'Hate messages' - No member may post or email 'hate' messages. This includes any messages that may incite violence toward someone because of their age, disability, gender, ethnicity, race, nationality, religion, or sexual orientation, including:
1. Advocating violence or aggression against persons because they are a member of any of the above categories.
2. Implying or stating that members of one of these categories 'deserve' or 'earned' death or violence towards them.
3. Degrading or insulting whole classes of people, or using such statements to justify actions taken against them.
Privacy - No HobCommunity.com member may use our site to collect personal information about other members, or to post such information for others to view. This includes telephone numbers, addresses, etc.

Stalking - No member may stalk or otherwise harass others on our site.

Copyrights - No HobCommunity.com member may post, email or otherwise distribute information or content which infringes on a copyright, patent trademark or other proprietary right of another party.

Disruptive posts - No member may disrupt the discussion boards by posting repeatedly with the same information or by otherwise preventing the use of these boards by other HobCommunity.com members.

SPAM / Bulk mailings - No member may upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized commercial advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation.

Impersonation - No member may impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a HobCommunity.com official or group forum leader; or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity.

Problems and abuse reporting - Do not respond to abusive posts or otherwise engage in the furthering of inappropriate topics and posts. If you encounter a member that is abusing our system, report them directly by going contact us and letting us know the user's name and where the offense happened.

The Code of Conduct is intended as a guideline for how members should interact with each other on the HobCommunity.com forums. Just like a real community, you may have different opinions than other HobCommunity.com users. Note that the Code of Conduct guidelines do not substitute or override the HobCommunity.com Terms of Agreement by which all members must abide.

Thank you for participating in HobCommunity.com, and for abiding by our rules. We enjoy and appreciate all the different backgrounds, views and beliefs of our members, and hope that HobCommunity.com remains a community for respectful exchange of ideas.