Etiquette & Posting Guidelines


• The following content is unacceptable and will be removed on sight, with the offending user warned as appropriate:
• Excessive use of profanity.
• Racial, ethnic, gender insults, or discriminatory material of any kind
• Rude or inflammatory behavior toward members and staff.
• Posting private conversations including, but not limited to: personal messages, instant message conversations or e-mail conversations.
• Short, useless posts or excessive repeated posts—i.e., spam
• Pornography, warez, or any other illegal activities
• Personal or contact details of yourself or anyone else. This includes, but is not limited to, email addresses, telephone numbers, and IP addresses. If you wish to share your details with someone, use the PM system. Do not solicit for personal information either. I am dead serious. Security, privacy are of the utmost importance in dealing with medical issues. I will not tolerate breaches in these areas, if in doubt, contact me or any Global Mod.
• All posts are property of the poster and are the poster's responsibility.
• If you want to post large images or several images in a row, link to them instead of placing them in a post. Be considerate of those on slower connections.
• Post in the appropriate section. If your topic is placed in the wrong section, it may be moved.
• Users have the option to edit their posts in order to add additional information, however there is only a 45 minute window in which this is allowed. Please use the edit option instead of making additional posts when possible.
• We reserve the right to edit or remove any posted content, even if it is not listed above. Topics may be deleted or closed to keep the board organized and prevent spam.
• We reserve the right to edit or delete your account at any time without warning or explanation. You use this board at your own risk; we make no warranty that the information supplied is correct or accurate.
• Any impersonation is strictly not allowed.
• Topics may be deleted or closed to keep the board organized and up to date.
• Please, no Bible thumping here. We understand everyone has their own belief in a higher power and/or whatever gets them through the day. Be considerate of other readers.
• You are only allowed one account at this board. This is strictly enforced. All emails are verified. Creating multiple accounts to get around suspension or other punishments will result in a tripling of the punishment time or permanent banishment.
• It is NOT permitted to share your membership details with anyone else or other sites. If caught doing so you will be banned. If you use a fake email account, removed email account or otherwise become unreachable, the membership will be revoked and IP banned. Please note- we do run random checks
• Proxy's used to hide your IP are banned. All IP's are verified. Any attemp to register as a member with a proxy will be refused. This is for safety reasons.
• We restrict accounts to remove access to certain parts of the board that members abuse. These restrictions are permanent; do not request to be unrestricted.
• If you have a complaint about a staff member's conduct, please send a PM to Birdbomb, Dispatch or Bernard.
• ANY member who post information from HERB STEIN or his web site will be banned forever. NO MERCY.
• We reserve the right to deny membership to those with malicious intentions.


Signature & Avatar Guidelines
• Do not use flashing images in your avatar or signature; these may cause problems for photo-sensitive users.
• Please keep avatars and signatures family friendly.


Advertising & Links
• Advertising of saleable goods, business opportunities, etc is FORBIDDEN. This is a support site, drum up you business elsewhere.
• Do not advertise any board, website, or service via PM, topic, post, or anywhere else on this board. The only exception to this is when asking for support—you may link to your board then—and as outlined below.
• You may advertise in your blog, signature, and profile, with the following exceptions:
• Competing services (forum hosts, domain registrars, and web hosts)
• Referral links of any sort
• Links to harmful locations (such as the sign out link or “shock sites”)


Support
The primary purpose of this board is to provide support for individuals with a Vagus Nerve Stimulator or those considering one. As such, behavior that would interfere with support should be avoided.

Post in someone else’s support topic only to provide accurate, detailed answers. Do not post to ask a question of your own, and do not post if you are unsure of your answer. Leave the topic for someone else to answer if that is the case.

We only provide support for Vagus Nerve Stimulator, it's use, effects, studies and other related topics.. Most of us have or had in the past the VNS implant are speaking in first person experiances.

Be considerate of other users seeking support. Bump your topic only after 24 hours with no replies.

Web visitors may download and print pages for their own personal use, but are prohibited from distributing those materials to others without prior written permission, this includes reposting on other boards. This board is protected by copyright laws.

PLEASE NOTE
"Posting of suicide intentions or threats to commit suicide are unacceptable and any persons who post such things will have their posting privileges suspended and the posts removed from the public access boards. If you feel suicidal or are concerned that you may not be able to control suicidal thoughts you are advised to contact either a crisis intervention service, your doctor or attend your local hospital emergency dept for treatment. We are a community of non professional people with interests in epilepsy, mental health and therapies and issues associated with such, and are not qualified to give advice or assistance for critical situations such as suicide. We are required to provide this information to protect ourselves and our members."

Updated March 26, 2009