Content policy
Updated: 20 Sep 2020
The Epsom and Ewell Forum ("we", "our", "Service", or "us") is a platform for communities to discuss, connect, and share in a friendly and open environment. While participating, it’s important to keep in mind this value above all others: show enough respect to others so that we all may continue to enjoy The Epsom and Ewell Forum for what it is.
Unwelcome content
Content is prohibited if it
- Is illegal
- Encourages or incites violence
- Threatens, harasses, or bullies or encourages others to do so
- Is personal and confidential information
- Impersonates someone in a misleading or deceptive manner
- Is spam
As this list is not exhaustive, the forum moderators reserve the right to remove content posted on this website for any reasons outside of the above.
Promotional/advertising content
The forum moderators reserve the right to remove content posted on this website if it is deemed the sole aim of the message is to promote a product/service/business without permission from the forum owners. There are two legitimate ways to promote a business on this website:
- Genuine local businesses can be advertised using our Add a business functionality
- Advert banner space can be purchased by enquiring through our advertising contact form.
Prohibited behavior
In addition to not submitting unwelcome content, the following behaviors are prohibited:
- Breaking our Service or doing anything that interferes with normal use of our Service
- Creating multiple accounts to evade punishment or avoid restrictions
Enforcement
We have a variety of ways of enforcing our rules, including, but not limited to
- Asking you nicely to knock it off
- Asking you less nicely
- Temporary or permanent suspension of accounts
- Removal of privileges from, or adding restrictions to, accounts
- Removal of content