1. NO OBSCENITIES AND INSULTING OTHER USERS
Be respectful and professional to fellow members especially to those that's new to photography. Personal attacks and disrespectful attitude towards users, and moderators will not be tolerated. Any posts that contain obscene words will be removed.

2. FORUM POSTING
The photo must be your own work. Please make sure that you are posting in the correct section and discussion thread of the forum.
Thread hijacking is strongly discouraged. Thread hijacking is the act of steering a discussion off-topic by discussing a subject entirely unrelated to the subject at hand.

3. PHOTO EDITING PERMISSION
"My Photos Are OK to Edit" option under your avatar means that other members are allowed to alter your photos.
"My Photos Are NOT OK to Edit" option under your avatar means that other members are not allowed to alter your photos.

If neither option is selected, members may not edit your photo.

4. ARTISTIC NUDE PHOTOS
Photographs which include artistic nudity are allowed to be posted in the "Human Form" section only. Extremely graphic photos that are considered pornographic material will not be allowed anywhere on the forum.

5. NO MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS
Only one forum account per person is allowed.

6. NO SPAMMING
Any unsolicited, blatant advertisements that have no relevance to photography is not permitted. This includes using private messaging as a spam tool.

7. SOFTWARE PIRACY
Illegal/pirated softwares is not allowed. Any discussions, links, request about pirated softwares will be deleted immediately.

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