1.Membership

Each member is entitled to one, and only one, username. If you are caught using multiple usernames, you will be subject to immediate and permanent banning. Banned members can consult the administrator (reese@movielol.org) if they need more information on the reasons for their banning.

2.Expected Behaviour

I Power is a place for civil discussions and aims to be family-friendly, no explicit content of any sort is allowed. Heated debates are welcome, as long as they abide by the established guidelines. If an administrator or moderator sees that a post or poster violates these guidelines, the content may be closed or deleted, and posters may be permanently or temporarily banned. Please keep in mind that there is no tenure granted on this forum--your post count or association with other members does not protect you from being banned. Additionally, bans are not necessarily precipitated in their entirety by a single violative event. The sum of actions leading up to a member’s removal is taken into account, so what may appear to be a minor breach of conduct may actually be the final occurrence in a long string of offenses.

Also be aware that misunderstandings can always be cleared up with the administrator (reese@ipowerproject.com) but openly discussing moderation issues on the website (including groups, forum, blog section, chat or ventrilo) is not allowed, for the simple reason that sensitive issues like this are best discussed in private since they can lead to an escalation of misunderstandings with other members.

3.Langauge

You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use I Power to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violative of any law. Sexual, racial, or ethnic slurs will not be tolerated in any form and are bannable on the first offense. It is recommended that cursing be held to a minimum, as it does not promote civil conversation. Foul language in the form of insults directed towards other members may result in a ban. Also, since this is an international social networking site, it's required that everyone speaks English in public posts. Your use of the English language doesn't have to be perfect, however, incomprehensible rambling in the forum may lead to your thread being closed or removed. Excessive use of caps must also be avoided.

4.Trolling

Trolling is considered to be the act of purposely being disingenuous to an active discussion. Negative commentary on given topics is by no means disallowed; however, such comments should attempt to be substantiated. No matter your supposed intent, if the forum administrators perceive you as a troll making unsubstantiated comments in an attempt to provoke the forum body, actions may be taken by the administrators.

5.Images

Images of a sexual or profane nature are discouraged. Images presenting exposed genitalia, bared buttocks, and/or female nipple/aureola are not allowed. Outside of this, common sense and a "safe-for-work" rule should be the primary considerations. Also, spamming the forum with the same image is not allowed and is subject to banning.

6.Spam

Outside advertisements or solicitations promoted by posting messages, private messaging, or e-mailing users via I Power is unacceptable and will be subject to banning. This also includes any form of excessive posting that bears no real relevance. Examples include: pyramid schemes, your own website, etc...

7. Content

The focus of I Power is on self-development in a generally rational and scientific way. Posts which focus on spiritual, New Age or nonsensical and incoherent content may be closed or removed by moderators if they are considered to be out of place. Repeatedly posting such content can result in suspension.

Moderation Policy

We reserve the right to remove any content posted. It is true that we as the I Power Crew are often active on fronts where we defend freedom of speech, but for the sake of community management, it is impossible to allow absolute freedom of speech on a social network. I Power has always been to some extent a curated platform. We reserve the right to remove content that is deemed irrelevant or counter-productive towards the focus and goals of the site.

Any user who encounters any form of objectionable material posted on the site is encouraged to notify the administrator of this (reese@movielol.org).

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If you haven't yet, please check the descriptions of each forum category before posting there in order to know whether or not your post is appropriate. If a post of yours gets removed, it is because it either breaks community guidelines or is not in the appropriate place. Don't worry though, we rarely remove posts and always privately notify the members to make sure there are no misunderstandings. Unlike the main forum categories, Groups and Blogs are places where you can set up content of any topic whatsoever. I Power's main aim is to be the ultimate discussion grounds for self-development, we do not aim to be a platform that can be used to get exposure for any kind of topic you choose (even though Groups & Blogs can be used for this). We do not censor posts because of specific ideologies, we are simply making sure everything ends up in the appropriate categories and sections.

The I Power social network is free of charge, maintained, supported by the I Power Crew and does not work with any form of sponsorship or merchandising, the only direct financial support we encourage is through donations.

Video Submission Guidelines

If you would like to upload a video and have it approved, here is how!

• Original Content Only. As much as we can appreciate really cool videos, the Internet is simply filled with too many of them for us to have them all on our site. So please, only submit Original Videos, as in Vid's you have done yourself, like Blogs for example. There are occasionally exceptions to this rule, such as certain neuroscience videos, but they must directly correlate to ASC/IPower and Self-Development.
• Relevant Content Only. If it's not related to the community, to self-development or to activism in ANY way, we probably won't approve it.
• No Music Videos, we love our music, but we have a bunch of other cool websites for that.
• File Size may not exceed 100MB, and must be one of the following file formats: .3g2, .3pg, .avi, .mov, .mp4, .mpg, .wmv type.
• Keep it clean! Videos must still adhere to the Community Guidlines.
• If we like your video, we may even feature it!