Gaia Homes Rules & Guidelines

[The Admin]

Gaia Homes Forum Rules and Guidelines

Welcome to the Gaia Homes forum! Gaia Homes is intended for general discussion and chatter regarding the Homes feature and the Homes Arena.

As a member, it is your responsibility to familiarize yourself with the forum's rules before posting. Posting in this forum implies that you read and understand the rules and guidelines and that you accept responsibility for the appropriateness of your thread or post.


Navigation:

1. Introduction
   
2. General Posting Guidelines
   
3. Rules & Guidelines for Posting in Gaia Homes
   
4. How to Report

[The Admin]

General Posting Guidelines

Please be sure to follow the Terms of Service and Rules and Guidelines here, as in all forums.

Common violations to avoid:

Spam. Posts that are gibberish, off-topic, contain advertisements or begging, or have low or no content are considered spam. Please ensure that your posts are on topic and contain an appropriate amount of discussable content.

Flaming & trolling. Posts directed at another member which are hateful, abusive, or intentionally inflammatory are considered flaming. Making intentionally inflammatory or provocative posts to incite responses from other members is considered trolling.

Asking for/offering cheats. - Cheats are not permitted on Gaia. Asking for cheats or hacks for any game, or supplying info/links on how to cheat in any of the games is not permitted.

Terms of Service violations may result in a warning or a ban on your account.

If you find Terms of Service violations, or threads that may need moved to a different forum, please use an appropriate report. The procedures for doing so can be found here.

You can find online moderators by following the "View Forum Moderators" link at the top of the forum.


Gaia Staff will NEVER ask for your password! If anyone asks you for your password, report it.

[The Admin]

Rules & Guidelines for Posting in Gaia Homes

Threads that Belong in This Forum

• General Discussion of Gaia Homes is allowed here. Some examples of what you can discuss here are the furniture you have, how big your home is or how you like to design your home.
  
  
• Rate my home topics or topics looking to rate various Gaia Homes are okay here. You are always free to get or give critiques of other users' homes on Gaia.
  
  
• Discussion of the Homes Arena. You are not allowed to advertise your arena entries in this forum, but you are allowed to discuss the current homes in the arena. If you like a home or would like to discuss the winners of the past week you can discuss it here.
  

Commonly Misplaced Threads

• Topics that are made for the purpose of making gold, chatting or otherwise random content belong in the Chatterbox.
  
  
• Topics looking to give feedback regarding features/items on Gaia Online belong in the Site Feedback forum
  
  
• Topics looking to sell home items belong in the Exchange.
  
  
• Topics looking to buy home items are best placed in the Wanted forum.
  
  
• Topics looking to discuss the Gaia Towns feature belong in the Gaia Towns forum.

FAQ

• Is bumping allowed in this forum?
  Only when your topic has fallen off the first page. Excessive bumping will be considered Spam.
  
  
• Can I advertise my Homes Arena entry here?
  You can only advertise your homes arena entry in the Chatterbox, your signature or areas of your profile.
  

[The Admin]

How to Report

Abuse of the report system will result in a warning or ban of your account.

Report a Post

Use the button when an individual post in a topic contains inappropriate content.

Reasons to Report a Post:


• The content of the post violates the Terms of Service or forum rules.
  
  
• The content of the post is off-topic.
  
  
• The member who made the post has a signature which violates the rules.

Report a Topic

Use the Report this Topic button at the bottom of the page when a topic is not appropriate for the forum.

Reasons to Report a Topic:


• The topic violates the Terms of Service or forum rules.
  
  
• The topic is in the wrong forum and should be moved to a more appropriate forum.

If you need to contact a moderator via Private Message, please use the "View Forum Moderator" link at the top of this forum to find a moderator.



Report Hacking, Scamming or Abuse & Harassment?

The Hacking, Scamming and Abuse or Harassment report forms can be found at the bottom of the forum index. When submitting a report, ensure that you fill out all fields and include as much relevant information as possible.

Report A Hacking
Use this form to report a Hacking. Hacking, on Gaia Online, refers to the unauthorized access of an account by someone other than the account owner. In most typical hacking cases, an unauthorized person enters an account which does not belong to him or her and takes items or gold from the account, often changing the account information so that the original owner can no longer access his or her account.

Report A Scamming
Use this form to report a Scamming. Scamming is when another member of Gaia takes your gold or items, or tries to take your gold or items, by making false promises of giving you rare items, get-rich-quick schemes, or by any other deceptive means. Scamming generally involves a situation in which two members of Gaia make an arrangement to trade gold, items, or a Gaia approved service (e.g. avatar art commission) with each other and then one of the parties involved in the arrangement fails to live up to his or her promise of an exchange.

Report Abuse or Harassment
Use this form to report ongoing Abuse or Harassment. If you are reporting harassment or abuse that is occurring directly in a thread, please use the "Report This Post" button instead.