Today I have looked over the forums a few times. I personally look over these forums; seeing questions that people may have. I ask myself, if these people are asking questions and I do not not answer their question, am I Free Ridding? If I find something they might be talking about useful and take something away from their discussion, without personally being involved in it then someone might consider this free ridding.
I was looking around the forums for things I might not have seen before. I stumbled around a thread called "Posting Policys". It says "This is a moderated forum, members have no right to post anything." (Jarelj,The Commander, 05-16-06)
Here is what the thread states:
"The posting policies on RiderForums.com are very simple. This is a moderated forum, members have no "right" to post anything. The text below is the site policy that is required to be accepted during user registration. If you registered prior to this text being on the registration page, please consider this your notice of the site policies. All members are required to adhere to this policy as a condition of membership. If you disagree with the policies and would like your account removed, please notify the Administrator. "By clicking the Agree button, you warrant that you will not post any messages that are obscene, vulgar, sexually-orientated, hateful, threatening, or otherwise violate of any laws. The owners and Moderators of RiderForums.com Community have the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread for any reason." The "For Sale/Trade" forum is intended as a resource for members to buy and sell personal merchandise from/to each other. Each item for sale must have a price specified for the item - NO auctioning terms are allowed. Commercial merchandise is strictly forbidden. Conditions which will result in merchandise being considered Commercial include, but are not limited to:1) Items are "brokered" on the board and sold on behalf of a third party business or individual2) Items are offered in a "taking orders" fashion and/or where duplicate items are offered3) Items are being offered by any entity other than an individual member of this board4) Items are offered in an auction fashion (Links to eBay auctions are acceptable, as long as the item is an individual personal item being sold through a personal eBay account (non-commercial))5) Items are not directly related to motorcycles. All Commercial items must be offered through our affiliated product site, www.MotoSpecialties.com, or by an Authorized Vendor in the RiderForums.com Shops.** NO SALES OF ANY KIND are allowed to be solicited or consummated using the site's Personal Messaging system. Sending an offer to any member via PM will result in your immediate removal from the site ** The Administrator reserves the right to ban the sale of any item for any reason, and to remove any existing posts if it is deemed that the post is in violation of the site policies. If this happens, the Administrator will notify the poster of the deletion.If you have any questions about what you are about to post, or about the site policies, please contact the Administrator and clear up any confusion prior to posting so there are no misunderstandings." (Jarelj,The Commander, 05-16-06)
Another thing that I came across was a pre registration to keep spammers away. They state as follows
"Since we are trying to keep the spammers away. Once you register, you will receive a welcome e-mail. At that point, e-mail me or Kim . She's a busy girl, and it might take a while. I check for them several times a day. I'm having some problems with my e-mail account through my website. It's saying my mailbox is full, it's not, so disregard that. Just send one, and let us know your screen name, that's all we need, not your password." (BRP, Wed Mar 19, 2008 6:35 am)
The point is that this site has administrators who try and keep order among the community and keeping everything flowing.
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