A Reminder of the Forum's Terms of Use Message #1 Posted by Mark Hardman on 26 Nov 2013, 2:08 p.m.
From my point-of-view, the Prime discussions have devolved into social exchanges that I might expect on Twitter or Facebook.
Until recently, this Forum was a professional place for the exchange of information, ideas, rumors, challenges and other enjoyable topics. Even the ugliest WP34S discussions maintained a level of decorum.
This Forum now seems to be the community of choice for bashing HP and the Prime Team. Frequently beyond what is socially acceptable.
As a reminder, the Forum has a published Terms of Use. To Quote:
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Users of this site will conduct themselves with responsibility and decorum, and will discuss topics of interest to our community. This should be a fun place to visit and all community members should feel welcome. The topics of these forums, include just about anything listed in the Museum pages. These include HP calculators, early HP computers, general math, calculating machines, computer history, tips on buying, finding, repairing, or using old HPs etc. Off-topic items may be deleted (or not) at the sole discretion of MoHPC.
The Curator provides an even more elegant summary of the Terms of Use:
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HP Forum Commandments
- Thou shalt remember that the vast majority of the posters on this forum are not employees or in any way related to MoHPC or Hewlett Packard, but are unpaid volunteers who donate hours of their time to provide information and assistance out of the goodness of their hearts, and without recompense.
- Thou shalt not abuse, insult, harangue, blame, or take your anger out on same when you are experiencing problems, or we don't know the answer to your question.
- Thou shalt remember that polite queries will elicit polite and helpful responses, likewise, that ranting and raving, bashing, and insults will prompt commensurate responses. Ye shall reap what ye sow.
- Thou shalt remember that MoHPC provides this as a free service and its agents are not required to take bad behavior or insults by virtue of their position.
- Thou shalt remember that we love to help out, so please don't be shy and feel free to ask any question regardless of how silly you may feel asking it, and we'll be happy to help.
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