No obscene or vulgar language, avatars or smilies.
No pornographic material or links.
No threatening your fellow forum members with physical violence.
No harassing other members via PM.
No foul language. If they don't say it on regular television, you cannot say it on here.
No personal attacks. If you're having a heated disagreement with another member, that's one thing. But there's no need to bring their wife, mother, daughter, etc. into it.
No flaming the newbies. This should be a friendly and welcoming environment for new members, not a trial by fire.
Don't engage in copyright infringement by posting other people's news or graphics. Read more here. Please excerpt and link to outside news articles.
Please do not advertise or solicit for your business in our forums. If you would like to advertise on Southern Maryland Online, please contact our sales team by using the Feedback Form.
There is a big difference between a public figure and a private citizen. Any attempt to bully/harass another individual by posting their address, phone, email or photo w/o their permission will result in a 3-day suspension. If you do it again, you will be permanently banned.
If you break the rules and get yourself banned from our system, we WILL NOT refund the cost of any Premium Memberships or Personal Forums.
We reserve the right to delete whole threads that get out of control rather than spend time picking through each post for deletion.
We hope you enjoy the forums, as we enjoy providing them for you. But we have no tolerance for people who can't conduct themselves in a reasonably mature fashion.
