We've set some ground rules to establish expectations, prevent drama and keeping things into perspective for our forum and it's members.
As long as members follow these rules, you all should have a great time!
Admins ultimately have the final discretion in enforcing these ground rules. there may be exceptions to these ground rules as admins deem appropriate. Admins reserve the right to modify these ground rules at any given time as criteria or circumstances may change to the forum.
We hope you'll enjoy the forum and share it with your friends.
Thank you, Admins.
Please post your comment/question to the most appropriate place. Any posts that are deemed to be in the wrong forum will be moved to the correct forum. Do not cross post the same question/information to multiple forums or sub-forums.
Do not discuss illegal activities, religion, politics or other highly controversial topics. If your post contains such content it will be removed and you will be banned without notice.
Please be kind, courteous and respectful. We're all in this together to create a welcoming environment. Let's treat everyone with respect. Healthy debates are natural, but kindness is required. We all just need to get along! Keep all commentary civil. Constructive criticism is welcome, but insults directed towards another members, or admins will not be tolerated. Coarse/insulting language will not be tolerated. If something arises, please private/direct message an admin. They will sort it out and handle the issues outside of the forum. Please remember that if we can all avoid drama, our members will enjoy this forum much more.
Buy or Sell. Anything that members post, buy or sell in this forum is solely at your own risk. By using this forum, both buyers and sellers assume full responsibility for any and all transactions that take place. Members, please always check out what you're buying or selling and be cautious about what type of payment you use or accept before you complete any and all transactions. Members, also remember if you are meeting a buyer or seller and one of you will be late, or needs to cancel/reschedule a pick up/drop off, please notify the buyer or seller as soon as possible to avoid any inconvenience for either party. First come, first serve. All posts for sale are first come, first served. Members please wait until a member has either turned down the opportunity to purchase, or hasn't been responsive before moving on to the next member. This will ensure that all members have an equal opportunity to purchase. This forum, admins or mods, are in no way responsible for the condition of anything that is posted, for sale, conversations, posts, locations of pick ups/drop offs, meetings for items, terms or conditions of sales between seller, poster or buyer. Private sellers or hobby breeders of farm related animals and equipment may only post items for sale. You may not advertise, list or sell non-farm animal related equipment or products. You can only post for sale or wanted posts in the for sale or wanted forum.
No hate speech or bullying. Make sure everyone feels safe. Bullying of nay kind isn't allowed, and degrading comments about things like race, religion, culture, sexual orientation, gender or identity will not be tolerated.
Respect everyone's privacy. You should never post your personal contact information such as (email address, phone numbers, homes address, etc). If you are buying or selling or need to contact a member use a private/direct message to has out the details.
Items that can not be posted. Weapons, go fund me accounts, drop-side cribs, sexually explicit products or services, nudity, anything containing politics.
Links. Please do not link until you have made at least 50 posts on the forum. This is to protect our members from spammers or other website owner who only register to post links. Commercial websites advertising, including breeders or persons registering to post links to other websites without having made a significant contribution to the forum (more that 50 posts) may not link or advertise other sites without contacting and gaining approval from an admin or mod. You may not advertise non-farm related equipment, product or services.
Any posts deemed to be spam will be deleted and the member banned from the forum without notice.
If you add a link to to your own hobby farm, hobby breeder, etc. related website through the forum in your profile, or mention your website link in accordance with the above guidance, you must provide a link back to our forum.
