Thanks for that! I seem to mostly have to remind them to list price or location.
The rules of Endless Sphere
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Mintuo
1 µW
Roger!
NP. One day the for sale section will force the entry of both so that we don't have to harass people, lol
Welcome!
Escooterking1976
1 µW
seems fairOur #1 goal at Endless Sphere is to provide a low resistance environment for discussing DIY electric vehicles and other loosely related topics. This means that not only do we need rules, but to have fairness in the enforcement of them. Both sides will be detailed here.
If you are a vendor
Welcome! this section is first because this part gets read the least
How to Win at ES
How to lose at ES ( get banned )
Clearly identify yourself
Influencer marketing; lying about who you are. This space is for authentic communication only and this is forbidden.
if you have any questions about specifics, please pm me, and i will clear it up.
How to receive the maximum charge from Endless Sphere
1. Search before posting!
We have both a google search function ( pretty good! ) and a Xenforo search function that's more specific. Please use them before posting to see if your question has already been asked; helping keep duplicate topics to a minimum.
2. When you can't help but zap some stupidity, be as civil as possible in calling it out and explaining why.
We want this forum to be a great place to learn and share quality information. Newbies usually come with misconceptions. Do your best to rectify the misunderstanding without insults, as when a person becomes defensive, the learning/listening typically shuts down. Focus on the facts and not the personalities, and someone might actually learn something
3. If someone grinds your gears, please ignore them.
Some personalities just don't mix! The best course of action if you find someone intolerable is to ignore them. Our forum software has the ability to block a member in order to lower the friction they create!
4. Use the report button if you see a troublesome post.
This forum is so big that no single moderator can see all of it. If a post violates our rules, let us know.
5. Useful information should be posted in public!
A question/answer type thread is best discussed in public so that other members can learn from it. This becomes part of the internet's permanent record, which helps more people in the future. So avoid using PMs for this purpose. This isn't Discord.
6. Stay on topic!
When you reply to someone's post, consider yourself a guest in their house. The original poster wants an answer or discussion on the topic they brought up; others do too. Please do your best to respect that.
Basic rules
1. Keep it R rated or below
The majority of us are adults and can handle some salty language. We draw the line when the content is substantially illegal, or exceeds the curse words per second of a gangsta rap video.
2. Do not repeatedly harass or insult a member across the forum.
If you are asked by the member or moderator to stop, you're required to stop. Some people have thicker skins than others, so what constitutes harassment is up to the moderator team's judgement.
3. Do not make false claims against a vendor.
False claims can unnecessarily hurt an honest business, and we don't want to see that.
On the other hand, a legitimately crooked vendor should be exposed; so have a good case before posting it.
4. Don't club people with your political or societal views
Social media sites boost political warfare posts, creating an environment where people are repeatedly get drawn into heated, non productive debates. To these sites, the more enraged people get, the more ads they can sell. As a result of this war zone, most westerners have forgot the value of the 'no politics at the dinner table' rule.
ES is the opposite. Our value is having some of the best discussions on the net about EVs. We are an ideologically and geographically diverse group also, so this squabbling is even worse as people understand each other's socio-political context less. Wrong place for it!
To help define this line:
Cool headed and nuanced discussions = okay, but expect turbulence to develop within that thread from people who mostly wanna scream.
Charged and combative rhetoric = no good comes to it, and we're tired of breaking up the flame wars it starts, take it to another site if you can't figure out how to discuss difficult topics with at least a bare minimum of civility.
5. Do not repeatedly flood, derail, or interfere with threads.
Having discussions that are worth reading is important. Those who have a long history of this will be asked to stop and banned if they don't.
6. If you want to talk about something controversial, post it in the off topic section.
The off topic section was designed for members who have thicker skins and/or more open minds than average. It is more loosely moderated. A thread which is too controversial for the other parts of the forum may be moved there.
7. One account per person.
Please don't waste our resources or time. We will merge duplicate accounts without notice.
Exception: business account for a vendor vs a personal account is okay
8. Do not run AI bot accounts on this website, and always note when AI was used during a conversation.
People who use this forum come here to communicate with other humans, not AI. We won't allow the integrity of the forum to be undermined by undisclosed use of AI. If you do not make it clear that the post is generated by AI in the post, we will likely remove it. If your account is ran by an AI bot, it will be banned.
Exception to this rule is - it's OK to use AI for translation purposes, but it's a good idea to let people know that.
1. Do not Expose a member's private information without consent.
This means posting PMs, emails, addresses, full names, phone numbers, or any other information a member does not consent to be posted.
2. Do not spam the forum with unrelated goods or use bots.
You will be instantly banned; and if you repeatedly do it, your internet service provider will hear about it.
3. Do not make threats of harm against anyone on the forum.
If you have problem with a member, a vendor, etc, please bring it to a moderator instead, or resolve the conflict yourself before you cross this line.
4. Do not intentionally create an unnecessary burden for the moderator team.
This means doing things like lying about another member's behavior to try to get them banned, lying about the actions of a moderator, interfering with moderation, flooding the moderation report queue, etc.
Our moderators are volunteers who give personal time and passion into keeping this place useful. If you intentionally and repeatedly make their job difficult, this can result in a ban for wasting the precious time that volunteers give us.
1. We will delete posts only when necessary ( they are harmful, extremely off topic, very illegal, derailing, etc. ).
We prefer to retain useful information or history whenever possible, and prefer to not censor.
Threads that are too stinky to retain are moved to 'the dumpster' so they can be read for a limited time to provide some transparency in the moderation process and provide examples of what NOT to post.
2. We will not moderate content based on our own biases, political affiliations, commercial affiliations, etc.
Our moderator team is intentionally hand-picked for a diverse set of views and backgrounds, and moderators are required to discuss internally issues with a post or member when the choice is unclear or bias could be a factor.
3. We will set expectations and give warnings when a member is engaging in repeated bad behavior.
Some people act out because they're having a bad day. We prefer to work with people before using the ban hammer. But we do have a limit.
4. We will be responsive to members who are being harmed or threatened by another member.
If someone has posted private details you don't consent to being shown, the offending user will be punished and the information removed from public view. It's critical to us that this forum is a safe to use.
5. If you have a complaint about our moderation, we want to hear why.
If you believe you are being treated unfairly by a moderator, we will hear your complaint. Please send a member of the moderator team a private message, instead of venting it on the forum. Be civil with us and we will be civil with you.
6. Moderators must follow the rules of the forum, and are also subject to protections the rules provide.
We do not believe in having separate standards of behavior. Moderators are expected to follow forum rules, and not abuse their position of power.
OlderGiantFan
100 W
Should be a rule for new members, 20 posts required before you can post a problem thread, and then it must be accompanied with at least 5 searches you have done to resolve it yourself 
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