AfricaTwin.fun Rules

Expected General Behaviour (extracted from our Terms/Disclaimer to which you indicate you agree to in your use of this site)

You agree to behave to the standard that the community here expects. This means no abusive behaviour toward other members, no racism, no sexist behaviour, no trolling behaviour (behaviour to deliberately bait other members), no negative behaviour to the site itself. Should you behave in a way that the community itself or management deem unfit your account can and will be deleted without notice. We are more than reasonable, and we have very broad tolerance both from management perspective and the community, but should you cross the line then you will be removed. This might sound harsh but we have only ever had to ban a few accounts. At the end of the day, behave like you would in ordinary public and you will be warmly accepted here. Community reporting tool - we operate a system whereby members are able to report troublesome profiles, providing a reason for this reporting. Through sophisticated algorithms looking both at the reporting and reported parties, our system makes a decision as to whether to ignore the report, warn the reportee or ban the account. The decision of this system is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

Content rules that apply to one area of AfricaTwin.fun apply to all. For example, taboo talk is not allowed it chat, therefore it is not allowed anywhere, including usernames, status, photos, etc.

AfricaTwin.fun operates smoothly by utilising the volunteer services of moderators. These moderators are members just like you and donate their time to keep this place a happy and thriving community. Any derogatory comments toward or harassment of moderators is a breach of our rules and may result in your account being gagged (silenced) or deleted.

Rules relating to judging of members and or content posted

Members are not permitted to call out (in blogs, status, forum, noticeboard, PM or anywhere else on the site) other members if they suspect:

That the member is not genuine or "fake"
That a photo or video is a "web pic" or in other words a photo lifted from another web site and posted here

In both these cases, if you suspect an image as being lifted from elsewhere on the web or a profile as being not a legitimate user, please notify a moderator (user with the black star badge) or report the image or profile with the report button. Moderators and admin staff will review the image and or account and make a determination of it's legitimacy.

Please note it is NOT against the rules for users to post content here that they have also posted also on other web sites.

Use of Multiple Accounts

You are only permitted to establish and use one account at a time on this website. If we discover that you are logging in using more than one account, we reserve the right to delete any and all accounts relating to you.This is at our full discretion.

Rules Relating to Unauthorised Advertising

A number of members have been using the site to advertise their products or web sites, and we do not condone this.

To clear up any ambiguity on this issue we are publishing the following rules regarding the use of this site to "advertise" a product or web site.

Members may not post advertisements or URL's on/in:

Their pictures or picture titles
Their videos
The forums
Any comments
Their own blogs (unless advertising the URL is not for commercial gain)
Private message "Spamming" (unsolicited mail)

We do not mind if you want to mention a URL in your profile, but your profile should not be written in any way that could be construed as advertising or an effort to persuade users to a particular URL.

Member names that constitute domain names are also not acceptable.

Exceptions to these rules may be allowed under certain circumstances at the discretion of management.

Status Update Rules

Status Updates must be just that i.e. short snippets of text that tell others what you are doing or thinking at that point in time. We DO NOT allow you to post URLS or advertisements of any kind in status updates.

Status Updates (and their comments) must NOT:

Mention anyone’s real name or phone number or address
Mention a URL or other web site
Mention any email address or external messenger app username
Mention an illegal activity or substance such as but not limited to drugs, crimes, terrorism, use of firearms.
Contain any derogatory comments regarding or directed to another member of the site
Contain any "hate speak" about any group or race
Contain any text designed to solicit people to view your profile.
Contain any accusations of other members posting web pics or being "fakes".
Any Update or Comment which mentions another member or even alludes to another member (such as by imitation or inference) is eligible for deletion at the discretion of the moderators
Contain any derogatory comments regarding or directed to the site administrators or moderators

Failure to adhere to the Status rules will result in your posting privelages being suspended or your account being deleted.

Forum Rules

The following rules defining what type of behavior is not acceptable on our forum.

Should you post anything that contravenes these rules your post will be removed without notice, and your ability to post on the forum may be removed.

On the AfricaTwin.fun Forum - unacceptable behavior is defined as:

Any derogatory comments regarding or directed to another user in the forum.
Harassment or intimidation of other users.
Any reference to drugs, terrorism, pornography, whether it be a link (internal or external) or discussion on such activities.
Any reference to other illegal or illicit activities not mentioned above, whether it be a link (internal or external) or discussion on such activities.
Any behavior that can be seen to be disruptive to the normal operation of the forum such as spamming links, text or spoofing usernames with alternative characters.
Any commercial discussion or promotion of any other website
Posting "hate speak" about any group or race
Spamming URLs for other sites
Posting images from the Photos section of ATF. (these need to stay only in the photos section)
Posting any NUDE images or illegal images.
"Bumping" of old threads to try and stir conflict or without adding any additional comment
"Hijacking" of threads with the intent to disrupt the thread discussion.
Claiming to be a member of any abrasive or illegal group/club .

Having any text in your avatar picture is forbidden. (with the exception of your member name)

All decisions are at the discretion of moderators of this forum and no discussion will be entered into.

Blog Rules

The following rules defining what type of behavior is not acceptable on your blog.

Should you post anything that contravenes these rules your blog post will be removed without notice.

On your AfricaTwin.fun Blog - unacceptable behavior is defined as:

Any derogatory comments regarding or directed to another user in the forum.
Harassment or intimidation of other users.
Any reference to drugs, terrorism, pornography, whether it be a link (internal or external) or discussion on such activities.
Any reference to other illegal or illicit activities not mentioned above, whether it be a link (internal or external) or discussion on such activities.
Posting "hate speak" about any group or race

All decisions are at the discretion of moderators of this site and no discussion will be entered into.

Picture / Video Posting Content Restrictions

Your pictures / videos are not welcome, and will be removed if they:

Contain any nudity or pornography
Are not owned by you or you are not entitled to post them
Are taken with a hidden camera, or where the subject is unaware they are being recorded.
Contain an email address, URL or URL's in the pic, title or comments
Are out of focus
Are otherwise of poor photographic quality (eg: very low resolution or over / under exposed)
Are digitally modified such as placing one persons head on another's body (facial blurring & color effects are ok)
Are photos of self harm or harm inflicted to others that involves obvious real injury to the subject
Depict any illegal activities or violates Card Association Standards.
Attempt to directly solicit the viewer to the user's profile.
Attempt to solicit commercial gain
Are Duplicates or reposts - members want to see new content not re-used pics. The occaisonal re-post is ok but if we see that you are continually/habitually re-posting photos or videos then those reposts may be removed.

Please be sure not to upload pics that contain any of the above - they will be removed.

There is no notification when photos are removed, if you feel your photos were wrongly removed contact support.