Forum Rules

The main goal on this forum is courteous, considerate conversation.  

- Information herein is not a substitute for the advice of a qualified health professional and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.  This forum is intended for educational purpose only and in no way to or intended to substitute for professional medical advice, to contradict medical advice given, or for medical care of any kind. The moderators give no guarantee for accuracy of its content.

- Off topic posts are not permitted. Off topic is any subject that is not primarily about broccoli, BroccoSprouts®, Brassica® Tea, Sulforaphane Glucosinolate (SGS™) or isothiocyanates. This includes: product advertising, and discussion of any religious, sexual, political, or lifestyle discussions; etc.

- There is to be NO posting about products other than BroccoSprouts, or Brassica Tea, BroccoMax or Vitalica.

- Please do not post in ALL CAPS, or post without some punctuation, etc. ALL CAPS is the forum equivalent of *shouting*, and such posts will be removed without notice, as they are difficult for others to read, and hard for people to comment on and help with.

- Keep your posts legible.  If your posts are difficult to wade through, most people won't, and you will get fewer responses. For example, if the above sentence reads, "Ûr p0sts r v hãrd ² rëãd ppl dont Û get < rësponzz" a lot of people will skip over it after the first 3 'words'. This also applies to posts that are lacking in the punctuation and capitalization that would make it easier for others to understand. That certainly doesn't mean you can't post how you like, only that others are more likely to pass it by if it is hard to read.

- You must make every reasonable effort to ensure any factual information you post is accurate (or make a statement indicating otherwise).

- Please, no cross posting (posting the same, or nearly the same, message in different forums). It fragments the discussion, and people don't want to respond on the chance that someone else may have responded already in the other thread. As a result, many people will ignore any post that has been cross-posted.  If you are not sure what forum to post in, pick one. The moderators will move it if necessary.

- Foul language is not permitted under any circumstances.

- Advocating or counseling illegal or immoral acts is not permitted.

- "Trolling" is posting messages for the primary purpose of eliciting an emotional response from other users, rather than to solicit or offer factual knowledge. It is not permitted, and will be treated very seriously.

- Flaming other users, or any other display of disrespect, is not permitted, and will be treated very seriously.

- You MUST have a working email address in your profile at all times. If your email bounces, your access to the forums will be increasingly restricted, and could result in your registration being deleted.

- eBay auction links are NOT permitted under any circumstances.

- AOL email addresses are not allowed on the forum, due to AOL's excessively strict anti-spam policy.  If you have an AOL email address, please register a free email account through Yahoo!, Google Hotmail, MSN, etc. We apologize for the inconvenience.

- Signatures must be shorter than 5 lines long and must not contain more than one image, and this image must not be larger than 500 pixels wide by 75 pixels high. This is to avoid obscuring the actual content of a thread. Some signatures may be removed even if they meet the above requirements, if they are obscene or otherwise detract from the forums in the opinion of the moderators.

- These rules may be added to, edited, or changed. Check them regularly.

Forum Etiquette

The main goal on this forum is courteous, considerate conversation.  

Sometimes people will post on forums and get few, if any, responses. The top reasons why they don't get responses are:

1) Thread subject doesn't indicate the nature of the post. The more vague the subject heading, the less likely someone will respond.

2) Post tone and history. If you have been rude or aggressive in the current or previous posts, some people are likely to remember this and ignore your present and future posts. If your username rubs people the wrong way, they may decide to answer someone else's post as well. That's just a fact of life in a social environment like these forums. So post with this in mind.

3) Cross-posting. Posting the same, or nearly the same, message in different forums. It fragments the discussion, and people don't want to respond on the chance that someone else may have responded already in the other thread. As a result, many people will ignore any post that has been cross-posted. If you are not sure what forum to post in, pick the one you think makes the most sense, based on the issue you are having. The moderators will generally move it if necessary.

4) Posting in another user's thread. This is fine if you want to discuss their issue with them, but if you want people to respond to your issue, start a new thread. This prevents your issue from being mixed up with theirs.

5) Your posts are difficult to read. If your posts are difficult to wade through, most people won't, and you will get fewer responses. For example, if the above sentence reads, "dÛdë Ûr p0sts r v hãrd ² rëãd ppl dont Û get < rësponzz" a lot of people will skip over it after the first 3 'words'. This also applies to posts that are lacking in the punctuation and capitalization that would make it easier for others to understand. That certainly doesn't mean you can't post how you like, only that others are more likely to pass it by if it is hard to read.

Penalties will range from nothing if accidental and minor, to a ban from the forums for more serious and/or repeated breaches. The moderators alone will decide the response, and their decisions are final.