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Mind-X Acceptable Use Agreement

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Mind-X Guidelines

The Golden Rules
The MindX forum isn't run by rules, per se, but guidelines that the forum moderators follow when moderating MindX discussions. Most of these guidelines are geared towards improving the state of the forum. Some of these guidelines are more prohibitive, however, and they function as rules. The rules come in two-forms: the cardinal, and the compulsory.

Cardinal Rules
1. The Usage Agreement (above) must be respected in full.
2. No trolling. Don't make posts that are inflammatory just to get people riled up. Substance is a key to not being labeled a troll, but substance alone cannot prevent you from being considered a troll. Substance with a dash of personal attack will get you labeled as a troll.
3. Personal attacks are not permitted. Criticize the ideas, not the people. Excessive flaming will not be tolerated. Users who verbally assault the character or person of other posters on a regular basis will be banned. Moderator's judgment applies here. "You are wrong" is not a personal attack; "You wrong because you are an idiot" is.
4. No pornographic, sexually offensive, sexually explicit, or objectifying material. Simple rule. Moderator's judgment applies here. We'd like for our readers to be able to read Mind-X at work and share with friends without fear of retribution.
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8. Do not place foul language in thread subjects.
9. Do not spam. No commercial-oriented posts, and no flooding with useless content, or content designed to engage readers into forum wars or trolling other sites.

Compulsory Rules
1. Keep threads on topics related to emerging trends in technological fields. There are hundreds of open forums on the internet in which you can discuss politics, current events, religion, and a myriad of other topics. KurzweilAI.net built the Mind-X forum in order to discuss emerging technological trends. Note that "emerging technological trends" is an intentionally broad subject, so as to leave plenty of room for discussion.
2. Restrict the use of foul language. Although we don't mind if people occasionally cuss, foul language is likely to get moderated. We also require that you leave rough or offensive language out of the thread subjects. A lot of people read the Mind-X at work. Furthermore, one of the missions of KurzweilAI.net is education, which means we should be aiming for content appropriate for all ages.