Forward Poetry Social Terms and Conditions

Forward Poetry Social has been created for poets to share their poetry with others. While we respect our poets' freedom of expression, the use of bad language and hateful comments towards other poets will not be tolerated on Forward Poetry Social. Posting comments containing this content will result in a suspension from the site or a deletion of your account depending on the nature of the comments made. The action taken will be at the discretion of the site's administrator.

Examples of unacceptable content are:

• Sexually explicit (X-rated) language

• Profanity (Unabbreviated curse words)

• Nasty comments (E.g. "This is CRAP!!!") 

• Occultism

• Vulgarity

• Personal attacks, battles, or slamming Social members

• Hateful expressions (E.g. "I should have killed her")

• Racism

The following terms and conditions also apply when using Forward Poetry Social:

• Rule violators may NOT receive a warning before accounts are deleted (Offending poems or comments are deleted immediately).

• You may only have one Forward Poetry Social account.

• Remember, people have different opinions. That does not make them wrong. Be considerate of others' opinions.

• Because Forward Poetry 'Social' is a public forum, the contents, thoughts and ideas expressed in individual poems may not reflect the ideology of Forward Poetry Social.

• Forward Poetry Social will do its best to periodically monitor the contents of the poems to assure they remain in good taste. The definition of "good taste" is at the discretion of Forward Poetry Social.

• The poems on this site must be entered by the poets themselves. By submitting a poem, the poet agrees to allow Forward Poetry Social to publish their poem online and in print.

• Poems are published on this site purely for the purpose of wholesome reading pleasure and with good intentions. If a poet does not have legal rights to the poem they have posted on Forward Poetry Social, it will be removed immediately. We guarantee to fulfill such demands within 48 hours. (Forward Poetry Social reserves the right to investigate whether the person submitting that demand is authorised to do so or not).

• Service can be terminated at any time. Forward Poetry Social reserves the right to do so without notice and for any reason. If service is terminated, no further access will be allowed to the offending member. Posted works will be deleted.

• There is no promise, no guarantee, and no warranty that display will be continually available or that works will be stored indefinitely. Members are advised to store their works elsewhere and not to depend on Forward Poetry Social for storage.

• Forward Poetry Social reserves the right to use contact information, including email addresses, from each member to contact him or her about special offers, membership notices, news, and like activities. General Forward Poetry Social emails are sent to members about once every two weeks.

• Individual contact information is not shared. However, complete member databases, NOT including email addresses, may be shared with select Sponsors.

• A member must keep an active email and residential address on file at Forward Poetry Social at all times; failure of which can result in service termination.

• Members are expected to post ORIGINAL work on this site. Using another's work without proper acknowledgment or permission and copyrighting it as your own is plagiarism, which is a crime. Any members suspected of plagiarism will be immediately removed.

• Members acknowledge that due to the nature of the Internet and the database driven nature of the site that there are no guarantees of privacy.

• Forward Poetry Social reserves the right to change any of the terms and conditions of use and membership at any time, without notice.

• Your information will not be disclosed to any third party without your consent, Forward Poetry Social shall be not held responsible for any hacking attempt that may lead to the data being compromised.