Join compo.sr
Before you may join you must acknowledge our anti-spam measures and agree to our rules. Read through, then at the bottom sign off and & proceed.
Anti-spam measures
We have a number of very effective measures in place to eliminate spam. If you are only considering joining compo.sr to post spam links, you are wasting your time; consider how costly and ineffective it will be (for you, not for us):
- We block links in member profiles until members make a legitimate forum post, so stealth outbound links will not be effective
- Any link you post will be attributed with rel=nofollow, so will not help SEO at all
- Banned spammer accounts are reported to StopForumSpam, which will ban your IP address across many other online forums
- We will contact the owner of any site to which spammers have been linking, to warn them what disreputable companies have been doing in their name
- Spam posts are always deleted quickly, and the responsible accounts banned, so very few people will ever see them
- Suspicious new accounts are automatically shadow-banned from the forums with high accuracy, until manually approved
- Suspicious new accounts are automatically locked out of putting anything in their profile, so stealth advertising will not be effective
- You'll still need to solve CAPTCHAs for a while after joining, and bots will be effectively detected and publicly reported in multiple ways (Project Honey Pot, blackholes, ...)
- Most of the above processes happen automatically by our website software and thus require effectively no human time on our part; that's the true versatility of Composr CMS!
It's very clear to us who is and is not a spammer, so don't worry at all if you are not. If you are a spammer and this site is on a list of high-profile sites you're paid to spam, get that list adjusted as it is working against you.
Rules
Please follow these simple rules…
Decorum:
- No profanity (swearing) or sexualised language. Some people will be offended by it, and the forums are designed to be a comfortable environment for everybody.
- No violent/sexual/bigoted content. This website is not a free speech platform, it's a community. Do not paste public links to said content without clear warning about it.
- Stay polite and don't intimidate. If someone is not being polite, report the post, don't escalate the situation.
- Do not spoil the experience of others for your own petty reasons.
Rules for quality content:
- Do not double post.
- Do not 'bump' content unless at least full 5 days have passed since you posted it. If you need to find a quick response, try and get one in the chat room.
- Do not post spam. You may advertise your own Composr website and Composr-related services in a restrained way, but you may not advertise non-related products or services.
- Keep topics on-topic. Do not post "laundry lists" of unrelated questions in a single topic (even if it's your own topic), do not hijack other people's topics for unrelated discussion.
- Either write in clear English that is easy to understand, or post in your native language (we have automatic translation).
- Try and post in the most appropriate forum. You may have discussions completely unrelated to Composr, but only in the General Chat forum.
The obvious:
- Do not try and impersonate anybody else.
- Do not try and hack anybody, or spread viruses.
- Do not intentionally undermine the privacy of other users, e.g. doxxing.
- Do not do any kind of illegal activity, such as promoting illicit drug use, grooming children, or any kind of criminal incitement.
Regarding moderation:
- These rules may be enforced at the discretion of the moderators, with whatever punitive actions considered appropriate (warnings, post deletions, post edits, closing topics, bans, etc).
- Moderators also have the right to intercede for any reason if they feel it is important to maintain a quality experience for the users.
- Moderators have the ability to read private content, such as private topics and inline personal posts.
Liability:
- It is user's own responsibility to scan content for viruses, etc.
- Any user breaking intellectual property laws is personally liable for it.
- No warranties are provided.