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Based on the feedback that was received from the first posting guidelines thread located here in addition to the feedback in this thread, the following guidelines have been created. Please feel free to read and comment!
1.0 Community Goals
The goal of the CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com community is to provide a professional environment where online gambling Affiliates can interact, make contacts and learn from experts. This is a professional environment we try to avoid spam, flame wars, or making personal attacks on other members of the community, including but not limited to, name-calling, racial remarks, direct profanity.
2.0 Thread Creation
As a member of the CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com community, you are encouraged to create threads and topics that are relevant and helpful. You should feel free to discuss online gambling industry relevant items, marketing, or any topics that fit into the given sections. Anything else can be discussed in the “Free-for-All section”
2.1 When starting a new thread it is important to make sure that it is in the correct section. This will ensure that it is easy to find and widely available.
Ex: A thread about Google Adwords should go in the “PPC Marketing” section while a thread about what it is like to be an affiliate belongs in the “General Discussion” forum.
3.0 Replying to ThreadsPeople don’t post in a forum to talk to themselves; they want to hear what others think. After reading a thread you may wish to add information, answer a question or share your thoughts on a particular subject. Great! That is what we are all here for. Make sure that before you post you have thought about the following things.
3.1 Will your comment add to the conversation?
Here at CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com we know how valuable time is and we want to make sure none of yours is wasted. While restating and giving your opinion is fine, we do not want to see irrelevant links (spam), or posts that send a thread completely off topic.
3.2 Are you respectfully disagreeing or personally attacking?
We like it when people disagree. This is what growth is all about; multiple people with different opinions discussing the facts and coming to new conclusions. This is different than name calling and bickering.
If you disagree, state why, you can even cite references but make sure you are respectful . No one is asking you to change your opinion, but think about the other readers of the forum and how they can benefit from intelligent discussion.
3.3 Is your comment on topic with the title of the thread?
Long threads have a tendency to stray. This is fine, but it might be a better idea to start a new thread. In keeping all of the information organized it is important to make sure the title of a thread matches what the content is, and the easiest way to do this is to stay on topic or start a new thread.
3.4 Do not post any personal information
This includes but is not limited to address, phone numbers, full names, bank accounts, etc.
4.0 PMs
We have set up the PM system to allow you to communicate with others privately. At CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com we give you up to 10x the PM allowance of most forums because we want you to talk to each other. It is safe, easy and you can even set it up to send you an e-mail when you get a new PM. No community moderator, administrator, or CAP personnel will ever view your PM’s or log into your account, unless you give them written permission if you are for example, experiencing an account bug or something of the sort.
4.1 If you are discussing business deals, or any topic that does not concern other
members, use the PM system.4.2 If you have a question for one particular member that does not concern the
community, use the PM system4.3 If you are sharing any personal information, use the PM system
5.0 SPAM
No one likes spam. Even spammers despise it. We will not tolerate it in our forums. Period.
5.1 We want you to share links to your site so others can visit them, this is part of community, but you should not be constantly plugging your portal or a product you promote.
5.2 Due to the amount of complaints we’ve received regarding spammy buying/selling threads, community members must have 30 or more posts before they can post in the “Buy & Sell Casino Websites, Gambling Websites, Domain Names, Links, and Articles” section of the CAP Community.
5.3 Some spam is obvious, if the text is irrelevant and the links are plenty, the post will be deleted and the user banned. (We can do this with one click, much easier than registering a new account is for a spammer) If you try and sell WOW Gold, we will ban you so fast a level 60 Elf King won’t be able to keep up.
5.4 If you are borderline spamming, you will receive an infraction from a moderator. Review the above spam policy for more information. Wise up, stop what you were doing and everything will be alright.
6.0 Infractions and Banning guidelines
In order to help maintain the professionalism of the forums, administrators and moderators have been given the ability to issue infractions. Consider an infraction a warning to change or face removal from the community.6.1 All infractions will come from a forum moderator or administrator and will include a description. If you do not understand the reason you received the infraction, please ask for clarification. Your silence will signify your acceptance and understanding of the infraction.
6.2 After three (3) infractions a user will be up for administrative review. Based on the nature of the infractions, a decision will be made as to the account standing of the user. After administrative review, the user may be placed on a temporary “vacation” which will allow them to view, but not post in the forum, or the user may be banned for an extended period of time depending on the severity of the situation.
6.4 If you come across a user that has made a comment or pm that you feel warrants an infraction, please notify a forum moderator.
Please feel free to comment on these guidelines. We would love to hear what you have to say, so that we can shape them to fit what you feel is best for your community.
Hi AdminCAP,
Are you new to the forum or is this just a replacement name for an old CAP Staff member? I must have missed something. Thanks for clarifying it because I like to know who is doing what these days now that the Professor is no longer here. :cappy:
Someone asked me and I could not answer so I’m asking you.
GamTrak;201154 wrote:Hi AdminCAP,Are you new to the forum or is this just a replacement name for an old CAP Staff member? I must have missed something. Thanks for clarifying it because I like to know who is doing what these days now that the Professor is no longer here. :cappy:
Someone asked me and I could not answer so I’m asking you.
Hi Gamtrak,
AdminCAP is utilized by the CAP team to make any important announcements regarding CAP (such as this one) and help to answer any questions that our moderators or members may have. The community itself, is run by the members of CAP :hattip:
@AdminCAP 201169 wrote:
Hi Gamtrak,
AdminCAP is utilized by the CAP team to make any important announcements regarding CAP (such as this one) and help to answer any questions that our moderators or members may have. The community itself, is run by the members of CAP :hattip:
That’s a JOKE right? :roflmao:
Why would a team use an admin account where they can do anything in the control panel (like accidently banning folks) and changing priviledges?
I have admin teams on my forums… they can access the backend and post as admin. That way more hours per day are covered with admin present in case some tech problems arise.
Gamtrak, no one has been banned here in some time, everyone is free to speak their mind. And from what I know, no one person can ban anymore, it takes warnings to the member and consensus.
“accidental bannings” are a thing of the past.
6.0 Infractions and Banning guidelines
In order to help maintain the professionalism of the forums, administrators and moderators have been given the ability to issue infractions. Consider an infraction a warning to change or face removal from the community.
6.1 All infractions will come from a forum moderator or administrator and will include a description. If you do not understand the reason you received the infraction, please ask for clarification. Your silence will signify your acceptance and understanding of the infraction.
6.2 After three (3) infractions a user will be up for administrative review. Based on the nature of the infractions, a decision will be made as to the account standing of the user. After administrative review, the user may be placed on a temporary “vacation” which will allow them to view, but not post in the forum, or the user may be banned for an extended period of time depending on the severity of the situation.
6.4 If you come across a user that has made a comment or pm that you feel warrants an infraction, please notify a forum moderator.
still a bit strange feeling, not to know a real name…
sounds like a robot is posting or something, lololol
it is said that he never wears socks and that the credit crunch does not have an effect on his beer consumption. You can actually hear his thoughts if you tune your radio frequency to $$$. All we know he is called the Admin.
:tongue:
@Dominique 201220 wrote:
I have admin teams on my forums… they can access the backend and post as admin. That way more hours per day are covered with admin present in case some tech problems arise.
I would never allow a team of admins to work at my forum for the following reason.
I want to know WHO is doing what. If something goes wrong then I need to know who to hold accountable NOT a team. I like to know who is working and who is slacking.
IMO the normal practice would be for each person to have thier own user id and grant rights to sections of the forum based on their positon, etc. so that there can be accountability.
Lastly, it’s always nice to read a post from an individual that you know instead of a team where you have no clue who there are. :wink-wink
I guess it depends on how much you trust your team members.
If I didn’t trust mine, they would never have access to admin in the first place.
As is, I have known them for years and they know what they are responsible for in admin. an can be trusted to stay away from ban buttons and the like, there are procedures in place for that.
My admins only post when it makes sense to post for admins – like tech items or maybe new policies.
I would assume that is the same here, although I have never had admin access here nor do I know who does.
How about a more simplified question then?
Who makes up this “team”?
And talk about the new CAP being transparent, this is not being transparent when we as the community can not contact management personally, one on one, not a team that we have no idea who we are addressing.
As is, I have known them for years and they know what they are responsible for in admin. an can be trusted to stay away from ban buttons and the like, there are procedures in place for that.
Exactly we have a team as well that run our forum and they have been with us for years, very trustworthy. I myself have 2 personal assistants that I could not survive without and trust them with no doubt to run our business.
Pat I think you can at anytime contact via pm Bob Rains, Warren, Yvette, etc anyone that you see as a CAP employee posting on the forum. The moderators are not employees but will be happy to pass along a message to the proper people if you are not happy with the pm results.
@Triple777s 201548 wrote:
How about a more simplified question then?
Who makes up this “team”?
And talk about the new CAP being transparent, this is not being transparent when we as the community can not contact management personally, one on one, not a team that we have no idea who we are addressing.
I don’t know who has admin access either, I don’t much care since all they do is tech stuff.
Decisions re. the forum come from us, if there are things to be decided like the posting policy, open discussions are started and policy is formed from member input.
As far as being transparent – it can’t be transparent until it is all settled because there is nothing to see. Once the legal dispute between Lou and Warren is settled by the lawyers, I am sure we will hear all about it here and then there will be facts to publish.
For now the community is pretty much self-governing. I like this idea, it makes sense to let people shape their own message board.
So if there is anything you’d like to see here, just say so.
That’s cool. It was just a little annoying being addressed in the mod/staff area by AdminCAP (someone that I did not know) when they did not bother to put their name. I’m sure it won’t happen again as I expect anyone addressing me to identify themself so that I can decide to act accordingly or not. :hattip:
If your that upset Gamtrak maybe you can ask in the private mods rm for answers?
anyway… it does not feel good/transparant…
