{"id":54882,"date":"2011-06-01T13:31:21","date_gmt":"2011-06-01T17:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bstoner.wpengine.com\/?page_id=54882"},"modified":"2017-02-09T12:12:51","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T17:12:51","slug":"community-standards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/community-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brownstoner.com provides diverse types of content for its readers\u2019 consumption but above and beyond that it is an active online community. For a community to flourish, its members need to treat each other honestly and respectfully. That doesn\u2019t mean that your contributions need to be free of snark or sarcasm, but we encourage you to keep them from being mean, hurtful or overly personal. Acting like a jerk on a consistent basis is likely to get you banned from the site.<\/p>\n

That said, we want to encourage healthy debate on relevant topics. That\u2019s why we provide a platform for posting questions and comments relating to topics like renovation, gardening, real estate, and quality-of-life issues relating to home ownership, in the form of our forum<\/a>. <\/p>\n

What we don\u2019t permit on our boards are promotional posts by contractors and other service providers \u2013 though they may respond to general reader questions, or to specific negative reviews. (And please don\u2019t use our boards to post real estate listings, product promotions or notices of events \u2013 we want to foster dialogue among our users, not provide a place for businesses to shill their services through faked testimonials.)<\/p>\n

If you want to post on-point listings describing goods or services that would be of interest to the Brownstoner Community \u2013 whether for real estate, architectural services, general contracting, architectural salvage items, or the like \u2013 check out our restyled Listings pages<\/a>. But please don\u2019t put these listings on our forum; they are provided for our users, so they can exchange ideas on relevant topics. Users: are our boards are here for you, and we hope you\u2019ll use them.<\/p>\n

But here\u2019s the flip side: if you use our boards, you have to take responsibility for any questions or comments that you post. As a private website, Brownstoner.com will not accept responsibility for any information or opinions posted by its users \u2013 that responsibility belongs solely to any users posting such information or opinions, and not to the owners, employees or affiliates of Brownstoner.com. And while we will not change the content of any user\u2019s questions or comments, the posting of those questions and comments remains solely within the discretion of Brownstoner.com. Brownstoner.com likewise reserves the right to remove any questions or comments at its sole discretion.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Use common sense. Once you post a question or comment on Brownstoner.com, it is out there \u2013 it has become part of the public discourse. So please think before you post. And please don\u2019t post:<\/p>\n