_We have updated the policies and rules that govern our Forums. I’d like to thank the Moderators of our Forums for their hard work to put these rules together._

These Forums are provided by OnForce for the use and benefit of our Providers and our Clients, as well as a tech support resource for the general public.

General Rules

This is NOT a hacking/cracking or warez forum, anything related to these topics unless it is pertinent to a current discussion or is security related is not welcome.

• Please do not post copyrighted material - instead post a link back to the material with a short description.
• Please speak to others as you would if you were talking face to face, this means no l33t sp34k (replacing letters with numbers) unless it is for comedy value, we all add the odd h4×0r in now and then.
• Any offensive/abusive, racial, sexual, derogatory or inflammatory comments will not be permitted. The posts will be edited or deleted and the poster warned. Repeated violations will result in temporary or permanent bans.
• Heated debate is always welcome as long as it is structured and sensible and doesn’t devolve into personal insults and repetition.
• DO NOT cross post (post the same question in multiple categories), it’s likely if you do this that all of your posts will be removed.
• If a discussion in an existing thread sparks a new question or line of debate, please make a new thread.

URL’s/Advertising

• We operate a STRICT no spamming policy, we will not tolerate blatant spamming of any commercial sites, affiliate schemes, xxx, warez or any other money making schemes.
• “Donate to me” or any other kind of donation oriented link is not allowed.

Code of Conduct

• Nothing offensive/overtly sexual or deemed of bad taste (outside the realms of common decency) will be allowed. Politics, Religion and sex outside of a industry related discussion is not permitted.
• This is a professional forum, consisting of the general public, Clients, Providers, and the occasional EU. Please conduct yourself with the same standards you would use in a professional work-related environment.

Client and Provider Rules

There are areas of these Forums that are marked as Private. Access to these areas are granted on an individual basis to active Providers and/or active Clients by OnForce. Discussion of any topic specific to OnForce or the work performed through the OnForce platform is only allowed in these Private areas.

OnForce believes in open communication and criticism by our Providers and Clients. These Forums are intended to be a place where Providers and/or Clients can discuss any topic that relates directly or indirectly to OnForce and work executed through the OnForce platform. The rules specified below are intended to create safe and open discussion areas for such communication and criticism. OnForce will act upon these rules only when absolutely necessary in specific circumstances.

• Discussion of OnForce, employees of OnForce, or OnForce products or practices are allowed within Private areas as long as such discussions are conducted in a professional and respectful manner. Any such posting that is found to be unprofessional, disrespectful, libelous, slanderous, speculative in nature, or erroneous may be edited or deleted at the sole discretion of the Forum Moderators or OnForce.
• Discussion or mention of any OnForce client outside of Private areas of these Forums is not allowed and threads mentioning any OnForce Provider or Client may be either moved to the appropriate Private section of these Forums, may be edited to remove specific names, and/or may be deleted at the sole discretion of the Forum Moderators or OnForce.
• Any discussion that belongs within a Client specific area may be moved there at the sole discretion of the Forum Moderators or OnForce.
• Naming specific Clients or Providers or commenting on their businesses and practices outside of their use of the OnForce platform in any area of these Forums is discouraged. If you believe that naming a Client or Provider is necessary for your discussion or posting, ensure that any such posting is made in a professional and respectful manner. Any such posting that is found to be unprofessional, disrespectful, libelous, slanderous, speculative in nature, or erroneous will be edited or deleted at the sole discretion of the Forum Moderators or OnForce.
• Some Clients have private areas on these forums that are accessible only to selected Providers. Access to these areas is granted on a request basis. If you believe you should have access to one of these Client specific areas, please contact a Moderator, an OnForce Moderator, or that Client directly. Any postings requesting access to specific Private areas may be edited or deleted at the sole discretion of the Forum Moderators or OnForce.

Any violations of the above rules will be edited or deleted, and the poster warned. Repeated violations will result in temporary or permanent bans.

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