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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on February 9, 2016 at 2:58am

I believe it becomes apparent when someone crosses the line from passionately discussing an issue to being spiteful. Much is learned from a difference of opinion. But, we sometimes forget this site is to discuss autographs and not people. There are cases where it is necessary to call out a person by name who is involved in criminal activity such as selling fakes and forgeries. But, in general, name calling is childish and immature.

I think this site does an outstanding job of moderating the content. But, everyone needs to be reminded where the line is from time to time. It's not a right to be a member here, it's a privilege.

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Permalink Reply by sling on February 9, 2016 at 8:39am

WhaT IS THE age restriction of this site? If 18+ seems ok. But If younger, allowed circumstance may need to change

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Permalink Reply by Rich on February 9, 2016 at 8:41am

Good question. I'm guessing there is no real age filter, but I don't know that age has really ever been the concern. The characters who've caused problems in the past usually seem to be well into adulthood.

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Permalink Reply by sling on February 9, 2016 at 8:58am

yes nut the issue is what kids read an behavior they learn from others. Kids deserve special circumstances but as you say, this site is for adults

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Permalink Reply by Rich on February 9, 2016 at 9:04am

Maybe a more comprehensive or stricter signup procedure might help eliminate some behavioral problems. Anything too strict, however, could just end up dissuading membership overall.

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Permalink Reply by wascher on February 9, 2016 at 9:07am

Terms of service for belonging to a Ning chat forum is 13 and up. I don't know if Steve actually has an age restriction here specific to this forum, if he doesn't it would fall back on 13.

We do have a replacement feature with asteriks if you use profanity, so that is already covered without us having to manually *** something out. However its not hard to figure out what some of the words are - and we do have to warn folks to keep it clean on occasion.

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Permalink Reply by wascher on February 9, 2016 at 9:11am

http://live.autographmagazine.com/main/authorization/termsOfService

I should give the link to the TOS (terms of service), so members can also read those.

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Permalink Reply by Rich on February 11, 2016 at 8:26am

I see a number of people come in here, post inquiries and then get frustrated by the lack of response, assuming that it is due to attitude/indifference instead of knowledgeable parties being available or noticing the question.

I've also seen people come to this site and ask about every autograph under the sun, hoping to score a hit either within their collection or in regards to something they wish to purchase.

I guess I don't know off the top of my head exactly how to handle each issue. Neither presents a huge problem, though the latter does sometimes result in a spam bomb. But it does lead to tension and some bad feelings on occasion.

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Permalink Reply by wascher on February 12, 2016 at 3:11pm

One thing people can do to get something noticed if its fallen and nobody has replied is type "bump" as a response and it will show back up for us at the top.