New Community Guidelines [ Edited ]

[JawboneMichelle]

Hi Jawbone Community!

We want your experience on the forum to be as positive and helpful as possible. As a result, we have updated our Community Guidelines. Please read below:

[JawboneAlex Administrator · Accepted solution]

Jawbone Community Guidelines

Introduction:

Welcome to the Jawbone Community! Jawbone provides this forum as a courtesy to its users and customers. This is a place to exchange ideas, tips, information, and techniques related to our products and services. Like any online peer-to-peer community, the Jawbone Community is most valuable when everyone obeys certain basic guidelines and rules for online behavior.

These guidelines are presented here to highlight what is expected from you and what you can expect from other participants. Your use is also subject to the Jawbone Website Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and the Forums Terms of Service. The Terms of Service are made available to you at the time you register and can also be found here. By accessing, registering and using the Jawbone Community, you agree to follow these Guidelines and the Terms of Service.  In case of discrepancy between these Guidelines and the Terms of Service, the Terms of Service will be deferred to. 

Account Registration:

If you are under 18 years of age, you must have a parent or guardian register for you in order to

ensure legal responsibility for any posts you make.

We are here to Help:

If you are new to the forum and are unsure about anything, the Moderators and Administrators are always happy to help. The Jawbone Community is monitored by Moderators, Community Managers, and Community Specialists who are identified by the role displayed next to their usernames. Please be respectful and follow the direction given by all of them.

Be Relevant and Appropriate:

For everyone's benefit, please make relevant posts based on the topic of the thread you are posting in. These forums are provided to encourage knowledge-sharing of Jawbone products and services with others.

Be Courteous:

Do your part to ensure everyone has a constructive and positive experience when participating on the forum. Please refrain from:

• Promotion or spamming: Jawbone forums are intended for problem-solving and idea-sharing, not promotion. Please refrain from posting anything that would constitute advertising, junk mail, spam, chain letters, or any other form of unauthorized solicitation.
• Disrespectful and/or unconstructive posts
• Illegal or offensive posts: Posts that are obscene or pornographic, abusive, inflammatory, illegal, libelous, or otherwise objectionable or injurious are not allowed. This includes inappropriate references to religion, politics, race, nation, gender, or sexual orientation.
• Personal attacks or harassment ("flaming") are not acceptable in the public discussions or private messages.
• Infringing on copyrights or intellectual property rights: Post only your own thoughts and/or material. Don't post anything that violates or infringes on any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other proprietary rights, and don't post URLs or links to websites or servers offering content or downloads that violate intellectual property rights.
• Posting inaccurate or harmful information: Do not post any kind of information that may intentionally or unintentionally mislead other forum users. Also, refrain from posting information, URLs, or links to websites or servers that contain software viruses or any other computer code, files or instructions that are designed to disrupt, damage, or limit the functioning of any software or hardware.
• "Bombing" the forum or individual threads with repetitive or meaningless postings, postings unrelated to the purpose of the forum, excessive cross-posting.
• Using the forum as a place to insight collective action against Jawbone or any other company.
• Discussions of moderator actions on the boards.  If you need to comment on a moderator action, please private message any administrator/moderator.
• Disregarding instructions from a moderator or an administrator.
• Posting a link directing users to any information or content that, if posted would constitute a violation of the guidelines or any State or Federal laws.
• Creating usernames to attack other users' identities; impersonating other individuals or falsely representing one's identity or qualifications; posts made under secondary usernames or other aliases for the purpose of either endorsing or denigrating others. Inappropriate or offensive usernames will also be removed.

Other Inappropriate & Unacceptable Behavior Includes:

• Discussing how to violate any policy or agreement entered into with Jawbone for any product or service
• Posting content which is created solely to “bump” an existing topic or to evade the word filter or site logic
• Double-posting or cross-posting
• Discussing participant bans or other moderator actions
• Discussing legal matters of any kind

*We reserve the right to remove any of this inappropriate material.

Super Users:

From time-to-time, Jawbone may designate certain members as a valued participant on the forum. A designation such as this does not create an employee, agency or independent contractor relationship between Jawbone and this member, nor does it make this member a Jawbone spokesperson. The designation simply allows other Jawbone Community participants to know which members have been helpful, have provided constructive advice and have set a positive example and tone. Opinions and advice provided by members are their own. Jawbone is not responsible for the content of Super Users’ posts.

Employee Participation:

Employees of Jawbone or companies that do business with Jawbone may participate in a personal capacity, or at specific times, as representatives of Jawbone or their respective employers.  Employees of Jawbone are subject to the appropriate Jawbone codes of employee conduct.

Removal of Content and Limitation of User Access:

Jawbone does not generally edit or monitor content posted by participants. However, Jawbone retains the right, at its sole discretion, to limit users' access to the forum and to remove material that, in Jawbone's sole judgment, does not comply with the current guidelines, the Terms of Use, or that is otherwise inappropriate, considered harmful, objectionable, or inaccurate. This also includes inappropriate posts or references to Jawbone’s direct competitors. Jawbone is not responsible for any failure or delay in removing such material. Moderators may take any action they deem necessary to support the guidelines, or the Terms of Use. This includes: editing or deleting material as well as banning individual users whose behavior detracts from the experience of other users or the purpose of the Jawbone Community.

Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability:

Jawbone Community participants like you provide most of the content that is available here. Such third-party content is the sole responsibility of the person posting the content. Jawbone does not control or endorse such content and is not responsible for this third-party content. Jawbone does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy, reliability, completeness, usefulness, non-infringement on intellectual property rights, or quality of any content that appears on the forum, regardless of who originates that content.

You expressly understand and agree that you bear all risks associated with using or relying on the content. Jawbone will not be liable or responsible in any way for any content, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in the content, or for any losses or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of or reliance on any content. Always make sure to consult proper product documentation as to not void warranty.

Remember to use common sense when providing or receiving assistance from other forum participants. Also, use caution when posting any personally identifiable information. Personally identifiable information includes but is not limited to - physical and/or email address, age, phone number, product serial number or credit card information. Furthermore, if any user asks you for personal information e.g. an account number, address, password or credit card number, do not provide it. 

Changes to these Guidelines:

We may periodically modify or supplement these guidelines. You are responsible for regularly checking back for revisions. All amended terms become effective upon our posting, and any use of the Jawbone Community after such revisions have been posted signifies your consent and agreement.

Thanks for being here and welcome to the Jawbone Community!