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Post by siofratural on Sept 19, 2014 15:26:03 GMT -8
Forum URL: landofsora.proboards.com/So I have recently created a role playing forum that is pretty much a free for all, as in you can use any OC as long as it's not copyrighted (such as Assassin's Creed fan characters, using locations and races from The Elder Scrolls, etc.). I wanted for this to be a place where advanced role players, people who write multiple paragraph replies, can find a place to RP freely and write to their heart's content. I started this forum up months ago after chatting with my long time RP partner, and only recently opened it a few days ago. I was then contacted by a person who advertised on my forum that Proboards only allows websites that are no higher then a PG-13 rating, and if I wanted to have a site rated anything higher, I would have to pay $10 a month or risk having my website banned. I was originally going to have this forum "Unrated" with an ESRB rating system (E, T, M, AO), with then group separated boards to ensure that no younger members who would view or look at a more mature thread (such as 17+ can view the M rated thread, etc.). I don't necessarily like restrictions since I created this site as a type of haven for people who love to RP whatever they want as long as they are able to RP happily with others and would also like to share their RPs to the public. Guests can only see E rated threads unless they become a member. So what I'm asking is, does Proboards have an "only PG-13 rated threads" rule anywhere? I searched everywhere before I started the forum as well as over the past few days, and I can't find this rule anywhere, nor this $10 a month thing. The only thing I see remotely mentioning age is in the Proboards Terms of Service: From how I understand it, you can't create or join a Proboards forum if you are under 13 years of age. That's about it. Again I searched everywhere, and still can't find these "PG-13 only websites" and "$10 a month for 14+ websites" rules anywhere. For now I put the forum as PG-13 even though I and a few friends/members don't like this restriction since they want to be free with how they RP, as originally I advertised this as an advanced roleplayer sanctuary where you can RP anything you want. It's a site for advanced role players who want to publically RP without the worry of word count or rating restrictions and that they can use any OC they want (unless it is what I mentioned earlier). Sooooo... can I get some clarity on this? I have even found unrated and mature role play sites hosted by proboards and some of these have been around for quite a while. I'm just super stumped, and SUPER bummed. :C
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Post by CheatAreZee on Sept 19, 2014 15:32:57 GMT -8
Hi siofratural, All content posted on ProBoards forums must be suitable for those aged as low as 13 years old, including hidden or password protected areas. You can find out more about what content is prohibited on our community guidelines page.
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Post by moonbeam on Sept 19, 2014 15:38:40 GMT -8
Forum URL: landofsora.proboards.com/if I wanted to have a site rated anything higher, I would have to pay $10 a month or risk having my website banned. This refers to the forums.net version of ProBoards (see the announcement thread at the top of this board). If you go with that, there's not the same PG13 content restriction.
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Post by David Clark on Sept 19, 2014 15:45:58 GMT -8
Just wanted to pop in and mention as well: [they said]...if I wanted to have a site rated anything higher, I would have to pay $10 a month or risk having my website banned... That's not really how it works -- if your forum is on the ProBoards service, adult content is not permitted even if you're a paying for one of our premium services like ad-free or custom domain linking. However, as of a few months ago, it is possible to transfer your ProBoards forum to our sister service Forums.net, which does not fall within the same family-friendly restrictions (but is a paid service with plans that do indeed start at $9.99 per month). Perhaps that's what the member was referring to, but to say that 'if you don't pay $10 a month your forum will be taken offline' certainly would not be describing the service well. If you've seen any forums that infringe upon the policies set forth in the terms of service and community guidelines, feel free to report those forums via the "Report Abuse" link found at the bottom of every page.
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Post by siofratural on Sept 19, 2014 15:47:59 GMT -8
I have read that before, but does this mean that even though I have group restricted boards (like anyone who is of a certain age group is added to a specific Member Group), I am still not allowed to have mature content even though it is group locked and prevents minors/non-members from seeing it? To me it'd be impossible for anyone to even see that content unless they signed up and lied about their age, which I know is a big no-no on the TOS.
EDIT: Oh wow people replied faster then I thought on this busy site, lol whoops. xD
Eh, I don't really wish to pay $10 a month for a forum I just started. I guess for now I'll just keep it PG-13 (to my disdaine), then if I finally get enough members I'll transfer it over to Forums.net. I'll have to do some research on there too.
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Post by siofratural on Sept 19, 2014 15:57:36 GMT -8
However, as of a few months ago, it is possible to transfer your ProBoards forum to our sister service Forums.net, which does not fall within the same family-friendly restrictions (but is a paid service with plans that do indeed start at $9.99 per month). Perhaps that's what the member was referring to, but to say that 'if you don't pay $10 a month your forum will be taken offline' certainly would not be describing the service well. So does this mean if I transfer my domain name to Forums.net, will I then have to start paying $10 a month right away? I'm sort of leaning against this, but I really put a lot of effort into the forum and really want it as a place where people can RP freely without age or post limit restrictions, so I'm thinking maybe I might give in to the $10 a month deal as I don't want Proboards to suddenly delete my forum without a reason given as I've read 25(a , as well as heard all the angry horror stories of forums suddenly disappearing.
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Post by CheatAreZee on Sept 19, 2014 16:02:28 GMT -8
There are a few different plans available for Forums.net, but assuming you go with the base plan there you would ineed be paying $10 per month, first payment due when you register. I want to mention that on Forums.net, while there aren't restrictions on content, people under the age of 13 still won't be able to register due to the COPPA Law.
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Post by siofratural on Sept 19, 2014 16:17:32 GMT -8
There are a few different plans available for Forums.net, but assuming you go with the base plan there you would ineed be paying $10 per month, first payment due when you register. I want to mention that on Forums.net, while there aren't restrictions on content, people under the age of 13 still won't be able to register due to the COPPA Law. Hmmmm... I think I might have to transfer over then, and I see that Proboard sites transferred over to Forums.net get 6-months free, which is nice since it'll allow me to see just how well my site goes. One question though, do all plug-ins also get transferred over too? I see it mentioned that some things might not work, and I hope this doesn't mean plug-ins are affected. Does all it really do is just change your forum's web address from "sitename.proboards.com" to "sitename.forum.net"?
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Post by CheatAreZee on Sept 19, 2014 16:27:29 GMT -8
Hmmmm... I think I might have to transfer over then, and I see that Proboard sites transferred over to Forums.net get 6-months free, which is nice since it'll allow me to see just how well my site goes. One question though, do all plug-ins also get transferred over too? I see it mentioned that some things might not work, and I hope this doesn't mean plug-ins are affected. Does all it really do is just change your forum's web address from "sitename.proboards.com" to "sitename.forum.net"? Just wanted to first dispel the "Proboard sites transferred over to Forums.net get 6-months free" part of your post. I'm not sure where you saw this, but it's not the case. If you choose the base plan, it will be $10 per month until you either change or cancel your plan. You are able to export your forums database after 6 months, however. Maybe that's what you saw? Everything from your forum is transferred over; posts, members, plugins, themes, and etc. About the only major difference you'll notice is that Forums.net does not use global accounts like ProBoards does
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Post by siofratural on Sept 19, 2014 16:33:50 GMT -8
Just wanted to first dispel the "Proboard sites transferred over to Forums.net get 6-months free" part of your post. I'm not sure where you saw this, but it's not the case. If you choose the base plan, it will be $10 per month until you either change or cancel your plan. You are able to export your forums database after 6 months, however. Maybe that's what you saw? Everything from your forum is transferred over; posts, members, plugins, themes, and etc. About the only major difference you'll notice is that Forums.net does not use global accounts like ProBoards does But it seems I read that wrong, whoops. So my forum has to be 6 months old to transfer? I think it's 4 month old now, so it looks like I might have to wait a bit before transferring. Alright, I'll keep the PG-13 rating restriction on my forum then until the move to forums.net. Thanks for clarifying everyone!
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Post by Joachim on Sept 19, 2014 18:15:37 GMT -8
No, the 'six-month contract' as I understand it is that you have to stick with forums.net for at least six months before you are able to a: export your data (if you'd want to move elsewhere) or b: (I -think-) if you want to switch back to Proboards, for which you'd have to clear out anything that isn't PG-13 from your site beforehand.
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Post by Baller95 on Sept 19, 2014 18:20:48 GMT -8
No, the 'six-month contract' as I understand it is that you have to stick with forums.net for at least six months before you are able to a: export your data (if you'd want to move elsewhere) or b: (I -think-) if you want to switch back to Proboards, for which you'd have to clear out anything that isn't PG-13 from your site beforehand. Yes, this is what it means.
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Post by CheatAreZee on Sept 20, 2014 8:06:42 GMT -8
You can switch back to ProBoards under the 6-month mark if necessary, just that you won't be able to export your forum data until after 6-months have passed
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