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Use Terms. The following use terms are meant to help free creative thought and expression, and make sure that our message boards remain focused, respectful, and enjoyable.

  • Each message board focuses on a specific joys and challenges of grateful living. Gratefulness.org reserves the right to remove entries that are off-topic or otherwise disruptive. (See below for more detail).

  • We will tolerate dissenting views that are respectful and stay on-topic. Hence, the views expressed in the entries are those of the community members and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Gratefulness.org staff.

  • Message boards are public and the entries are accessible to Web Crawlers and Internet search engines. We recommend that you do not write your email address in the message body as this may invite spam. (NOTE: We never make public or share your email when we specifically ask for it.)

  • By posting on Gratefulness.org You acknowledge that Gratefulness.org has the right to use your post and your name elsewhere on the site or in any other medium (such as in a print magazine, press release, or grant proposal)

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Please check this page periodically as the terms may be revised for the protection of our valued members. If you come across a post that violates these terms, please contact the staff. We'll be happy to address your concerns.

Gratefulness.org will remove entries that:
* malign, vilify, defame, abuse, harass, or threaten others;
* advocate violence against or harassment of groups or particular individuals
* contain expressions of malevolent disrespect toward others on the basis of age, disability, gender, nationality, race, religion, or sexual orientation
* contain aggressive, repeated, or unwanted attempts to convert someone's religious beliefs;
* promote illegal activity or discuss illegal activities with the intent to commit them;
* solicit or promote the use of an illegal substance;
* contain copyrighted material, or consist substantially of material that has been copied from another publication;
* advertise or contain any form of solicitation, including URLs or hyperlinks;
* are substantially repeated in more than one forum;
* contain vulgar, obscene, or indecent language, information;
* that are visually distracting or disruptive;
* that contain a virus or other harmful component;
* substantially inhibit the ability of others to use and enjoy this website;
* that impersonate other members, staff, or moderators;
* that contain hyperlinks that lead to sites that violate any of these guidelines.
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