BOARD ETIQUETTE:

Be Respectful & Kind: No Flames Allowed. Flames, and posts that belittle, criticize, or threaten other members will not be tolerated. This does not mean that you cannot voice an opposing viewpoint, but if you do so, please express your opposing view without being rude, sarcastic, critical, antagonistic or threatening.  A good way to express an opposing view point is to make sure you stick with what you would do, why you believe the way you do, but don’t pick apart why someone else is wrong.

Please flag any posts that are rude, belittle,critical, and/or antaganistic. (you will remain anonymous)

How to Deal with Disagreements and Personality Conflicts: 

It is extremely easy for miscommunications to happen within an online text format. Without tones and body language to guide us, text can often relay a different message to us than what the author actually intended.  If you feel you could have misunderstood, then just ask the person to clarify. 

However, if you feel positive that someone was outright rude and/or if you have a particular problem with a post, reply or a member, please contact a moderator instead of replying to the person or post. (if the complaint is about moderator, then contact BinkyBunny). Do not start or engage in a rude disagreement online, (even if you feel the person has antagonized you first) .  Do not contact  the member directly about your complaint. Let us handle that.  If a particular post is involved, please copy and paste the post to the email, and provide the link.  Do not ONLY link it as the post can be changed by the member later. You will remain anonymous. 

Debates: Let’s keep this board light!  Light discussions and differing opinions about rabbit welfare is fine. Sharing information about products that are free of animal testing is also okay, but please refrain from getting into serious debates about animal rights in general (eg. like anti-vivisection aka: for science/medicine, rabbits as food, and about controversial groups like Peta).   

BOARD CONTENT:

Don’t Post Advertisements or Promotions of Stores, Products or Services: 

To prevent sales people from using this forum as a promotional tool, do not specifically name retail stores, products, or promotions.   EXCEPTIONS:

1. It is acceptable to respond to another member’s questions or comments if discussing a product or in need of a product. 
2. A long-term frequent member wants to share their experience of products and services. (However, if it begins to become repetitive to the point of promotion or advertising, then it will be subject to deletion.) Note: A brand new member cannot post about a product or service unless they are legitimately responding to a post that warrants it.  

Discussions involving breeding for meat and intentional breeding for pets are not allowed, however, if your bunny is unexpectedly pregnant, then we are more than happy to help out and/or refer you to experts that can.  

Posts that imply intentional breeding are not allowed: Ongoing posts by the same member that mention new litters, kits, or babies may be considered as “intentional” breeding, therefore is not allowed.  Again, a surprise litter that someone needs help with, and they continue to mention their kits’ progress is OKAY, but mentioning brand new kits in a way that implies new litters over and over is NOT OKAY.

Vet Information & Vet Referrals: Regarding negative experiences with a vet or animal hospital:  For your own legal protection we suggest that you never actually name the vet’s name or group when saying anything negative about them.

It is okay to refer a particular vet when someone asks for it or if it is subject related.

Even if someone posts their vet or facility recommendation to you, it is still your responsibility to screen the vet and the facilities.  BinkyBunny.com and the person that gives you the vet reference is not responsible for what happens in the referred veterinarian’s care. That is between you and the veterinarian.  So always be sure to check out any referred vet for yourself.

Source your quotes.  If you quote anything directly from another website, be sure to provide the source name and/or link.

SIGNATURES, AVATARS AND PROFILES:

Signature Content: To keep signatures, avatars and profiles from becoming promotional billboards do not  post business names or brand names in them. Do not post links or website addresses anywhere within your signature, avatar and/or profile, unless it’s within BinkyBunny (a blog or particular forum thread). You cannot link a link from the links section.  If you have “your own personal” website or host type site like myspace, facebook or livejournal, there is actually a URL section in your profile to post this.

Signature Size:  Personal pictures and graphics should be no larger than  200  pixels wide, 100 pixels  high.  Text should be no more than 100 pixels high. 

Avatar – Personal pictures and graphics only that still adhere to the content requirements above.  Size will automatically be adjusted.

RULE UPDATES:

As the board traffic increases and new issues arise, guidelines and rules may be modified. No grandfather rights will apply.  Just check here periodically. 

Posts, signatures and avatars that break these rules will be deleted, and the member will receive an email explaining why it was deleted.   Continued defiance of the rules can result in banning. 

If you have any questions regarding the Rules and Guidelines, email BinkyBunny.