Community Guidelines

Purpose of these Guidelines

Dear members of Pray Silence | The Church of Nightbreed,

Our goal is to create a connected environment that is fun, unique, enriching and safe by encouraging our users to conduct themselves with a high degree of integrity, decency and respect. However we can never forget that this is a Gothic Social Network. With the success of the site we knew that some material would be posted in the videos and photos sections that are not connected with the Gothic scene in any way. And that is something we cannot tolerate in order to maintain the Gothic spirit of this community. This is not the place if you want to post funny/gross videos, metal and pop videos and pictures without any kind of sense. A lot of videos and photos have just been deleted, and if any of it was yours, then it's because it was in breach of PraySilence.org community guidelines. Please remember that PraySilence.org reserves the right to take appropriate action against anyone who, in PraySilence.org's sole discretion, is in breach of these Community Guidelines, including without limitation, removing the offending content from the PraySilence.org site without notice and terminating the username of such users if needed. PraySilence.org will determine in its sole discretion whether content and/or conduct is in breach of these Community Guidelines. This is a Gothic community, and the Administration of the site will never let it become any another thing.

As part of Pray Silence ongoing efforts in making praysilence.org a great place to get together with like-minded gothic enthusiasts from around the world, you agree to abide by our Code of Conduct.

Your commitment to this Code of Conduct in all forums, chat areas, email services, and/or other message or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with the public at large or with a group (collectively, "Community Services"), ensures a positive experience for all our users. By participating in any area of Pray Silence, you agree to be bound by this Code.

Pray Silence is not responsible for any user-created content on the site, including but not limited to forums, chat areas, email services, and/or other message or communication facilities unless the contrary is expressly stated.

The Pray Silence Community Services' are general-purpose sites and are designed for use by individuals that are 16 years of age or older.

SECTION 1: RESPECTING OTHER USERS

1. We encourage everyone to treat each other with mutual respect. Do not use the Community Services to threaten, harass, stalk, or abuse others participating in any Community Service. Be courteous to others, even if your opinion differs from theirs.
2. Do not make inflammatory remarks in order to provoke others.
3. Bumping messages to the top of a forum in order to get them noticed is allowed once only.
4. Using all CAPITALS, excessive punctuation, and website URLS in message subjects is forbidden. (You may use URLs in the message body).
5. Using all CAPITALS in a message is considered a breach of forum etiquette. Learn to use your CAPSLOCK key appropriately.
6. Post in the appropriate forum. Do not be surprised if you post in the wrong forum and your thread is moved or deleted.
7. Use the forums appropriately. Do not use the forums if your messages would be more appropriate in a private message, email, chat, or phone conversation.
8. Personal matters between yourself and another user of Pray Silence must remain between yourself and them. Pray Silence is NOT the place to air your private grievances.
9. Threats of any kind (either implied or explicit) will, at the discretion of the moderators, result in the loss of your forum rights.
10. Managers and/or Moderators who manage the Community Services may eject or ban users, as well as edit or remove posts, that violate this Code of Conduct.
11. If you publish material which defames another person, or which amounts to unlawful discrimination or the incitement of hatred, then you may be held liable for those actions.

SECTION 2: STAY WITHIN THE LAW

1. Pray Silence does not allow any illegal activities. You cannot use the Community Services to publish, post, distribute, or disseminate defamatory, infringing, obscene, or other unlawful material or information.
2. Do not post somebody else's private details. These include but are not limited to the following: real name, workplace, phone number, home address, car registration or e-mail address. Doing so will result in an immediate ban.
3. Pray Silence reserves the right to remove posts discussing and/or promoting illegal activities including but not limited to the possession, procurement and consumption of drugs, criminal activity and other associated issues.
4. Do not post any materials (including software and other information) that could harm (or is designed to harm) other users' computers or would allow others to inappropriately access software or Web sites.

SECTION 3: BE EXCELLENT TO EACH OTHER

1. Pray Silence does not tolerate disruptive activity online, such as persistent off-topic comments and postings or statements that incite others to violate this Code of Conduct or participate in illegal activities. The community is a vibrant and positive place. We'd like to keep it that way.
2. Pray Silence does not allow posting or use of computer programs that contain destructive features such as: viruses, worms, Trojan horses, or bots for the use of scrolling, showing multiple screens, and other activities that can be disruptive to online communication.
3. Falsely impersonating an Pray Silence employee, agent, moderator, host, volunteer, forum user, or any other person with the intent to mislead or cause harm to others is forbidden. A user account that is likely to mislead others will be banned.
5. Pray Silence reserves the right to ban a user at any time, without notice, from any or all Community Services for offences relating to disruption of others or for violation of this Code.

SECTION 4: RESPECT FOR PEOPLE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY

1. Pray Silence is privileged to have many good relationships with record label owners, club proprietors, DJs, and promoters. These people are to be treated with respect at all times. Constructive criticism is welcome where appropriate, but disruptive or abusive comments will not be tolerated.
2. Promoters are welcome to answer questions about events on the forums.

SECTION 5: YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE

1. You are responsible and liable for all your activities while participating in the Community Services. Remember, you are responsible for anything you say or post. You are responsible for your Pray Silence account. Your account may not to be shared with another person. Please take care to log out of your Pray Silence account if you are accessing Pray Silence from a computer in a public place. Each user will be held ultimately accountable for all posts made from their account.
2. Posting offensive content (including but not limited to text, images or links to objectionable content) is expressly prohibited. Offensive content is defined as very mature content, gross depictions of disease or injury, or any other content that a reasonable person would find objectionable. Remember that many users visit these forums from their workplace, and that you may be risking a person's job by posting such content.
3. You are responsible for any actions you may take based on advice or information you receive online. Use your own good judgment when evaluating information provided through any Community Service, remember that the information provided could be from people at any age and experience level. The decision to conduct transactions with anyone is your own and you should conduct your own research prior to making any decisions.

SECTION 6: UPHOLD THE CODE

1. In helping to make the Community Services a great place to meet and chat, you must do your part to uphold this Code of Conduct. It is prohibited to encourage other users to break this Code of Conduct.
2. Pray Silence reserves the right to immediately terminate or suspend access to any Community Service for violations of our Code of Conduct.
3. Pray Silence also reserves our right to amend or change the Code of Conduct at any time without notice. You agree to periodically review this document to ensure you are doing your part.

SECTION 7: PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY

1. We caution you against giving out personally identifiable information (such as tax file numbers, social security numbers, credit card numbers, names and addresses, driver license numbers) to strangers online, which may be used for illegal or harmful purposes. Pray Silence will not be liable for any consequences that may arise from the disclosure by you of any such information.

SECTION 8: STRICTLY NO EMO'S (WILL BE BANNED)!!

SECTION 9: HAVE FUN!!!!!