Community Guidelines
The following Community Guidelines are here to help you understand what it means to be a member of Epinions & Shopping.com.
What to do:
Treat others with respect
Epinions & Shopping.com are sites made up of real people with a real right to their own opinions. We know the
internet can sometimes cause people to act strangely (if you haven't noticed this, you've never been on Youtube)
but please remember that this is a community. Be polite, be respectful, and be accountable for your actions. Use
your words to build, not to tear down, and help us make Epinions & Shopping.com a vibrant and lively place for all.
Publish your own content
Respect the copyright of others. We want to hear your voice, not anyone else's! Write honestly, write based on
personal experience and don't take anyone else's opinions or writing as your own.
Moderate your content
Please write appropriately, with the aim of helping others by sharing information on things you may like, love,
or don't like so much and would like other consumers to avoid.
Promote your content
We encourage our community to promote their content. Share your reviews via Facebook, Twitter, or your personal
blogs. By linking, you can help send traffic to your page and grow your network!
Be part of the Community!
Help people make better buying decisions by sharing your opinions. Meet new people and gain new perspectives.
Discover you love something you may never have considered.
We ask that you please refrain from doing the following:
Don't post the following types of content
- Content that contains vulgarity, hate speech or threats of violence
- Content that contains contact or personal information about another individual without their permission
- Content that includes pornography
- Content that is reasonably likely to offend a person looking for information on that product or topic
First offense, you will we warned. Second offense constitutes account termination.
Don't upload anything that isn't yours
First offense, you will we warned. Second offense constitutes account termination.
Don't use the site to promote your personal agenda
Epinions and Shopping.com are built for people to help each other with decisions, trade ideas, and discuss life
stories. Don't bring this down by harassing or abusing members. We all know how one well-timed irresponsible
posting can start a comment war or offend the whole community, and we all know how much we want to avoid that.
Please control yourself, and we won't babysit you. However, if we receive a valid complaint about your conduct,
we'll send you a warning, but if you continue with this type of behavior, your account will be terminated.
Don't use Epinions & Shopping.com for commercial purposes.
If we find you spamming or using the site to sell your products or services, we will terminate your account.