I. First of all, what is the TOS?

The TOS or Terms of Service, is a basic legal set of rules put upon the users of Gaia and when you joined Gaia Online, you have agreed to follow the TOS. The most important part of the TOS for us users (its all important but this is more) are the following:


Prohibited Conduct -- BY USING GAIA ONLINE YOU AGREE not TO:

1. "stalk", harass, threaten, or defraud other Gaia Members
2. send, post, or make available pornographic, threatening, embarrassing, hateful, racially or ethnically insulting, libelous, or otherwise inappropriate messages to other Gaia Members
3. make unsolicited offers, advertisements, proposals, chain letters, or send junk mail, to other Members
4. impersonate another person or access another Member's account without permission
5. fail to deliver payment for any purchases made on Gaia Online
6. share Gaia-issued passwords with a third party or encourage another Member to do so
7. misrepresent the source, identity, or content of information transmitted via Gaia Online, for example, claiming a created work as your own that is not yours
8. use Gaia Online for any illegal purpose
9. interfere with any security-related features of Gaia Online
10. intentionally interfere with the operation of Gaia Online or any Member's enjoyment of it, or intentionally post inflammatory statements to get responses ( "Trolling" )