Microsoft Project "Popfly" -- Code of Conduct

Thank you for participating in a Microsoft-sponsored community. We hope that you find “Popfly” useful and fun. So that everyone has the best possible experience using it, we have established this baseline code of conduct. Please take a moment to read it. We welcome any comments or feedback you may have concerning the code of conduct. Please let us know how you feel by giving us your suggestions.

Activities in Popfly are governed by:

• This Code of Conduct;
• The Site Terms of Use; and
• The Contribution Agreement.

Community Expectations of You

Microsoft is committed to making this site a great place to meet and interact with others from around the world. Your commitment to this code of conduct is important to ensure a positive experience for all participants.

• The Popfly community consists of people from different countries, cultures and beliefs. Please be respectful of others if writing about differing views.
• Avoid personal attacks, slurs, and profanity in your interactions, and don’t threaten, harass, stalk, or abuse other participants.
• Microsoft doesn’t condone illegal or unlawful activities. Don’t post any defamatory, infringing, obscene, or other unlawful material or information.
• New contributors may not know all the rules and etiquette, but are willing to learn.
• Don’t post advertisements.
• This is a public space. Don't post anything you don't want the world to see.
• Don’t infringe copyrights or other proprietary rights. Submit only original material that you create and own. (For example, be careful that you don’t submit material that is owned by your employer or another person.)
• If you reference, use or paraphrase another person's material, remember to cite sources.
• Don’t post any content or code that could harm (or is designed to harm) other users' computers or would allow others to inappropriately access software or Web sites.
• Don’t use information available through this feature to spam others.
• Be yourself. Don’t impersonate someone else or claim false credentials.
• You are responsible for your own actions while participating in this feature, including actions you take based on advice or information you receive from Popfly. Use your own judgment when evaluating the materials provided.
• Popfly is not designed as the primary place to store any materials. Accordingly, you should consider backing up any materials you post, and Microsoft is not responsible for loss, deletion, or alteration of any materials.

Reducing Spam Associated with Online Communities

Because of the increase in spam sent to posters in online communities, Microsoft advises you to avoid displaying your real e-mail address while participating on Popfly. Instead you may want to do one of the following:

• Avoid posting any e-mail address at all.
• Use a modified e-mail address that others will understand, but that spam tools can't automatically pick up. For example, if your actual e-mail address is "anonymous@talk.microsoft.com", consider using a modified e-mail address such as: "anonymous@talk.microsoft.com.invalid", or "anonymous@talk.microsoft.com.NO_SPAM".
• Use a secondary e-mail account that is separate from your primary account for your community contributions.

Microsoft reserves the right to immediately remove any posts that it deems inaccurate, inappropriate, offensive, or prohibited under this Code of Conduct. In addition, Microsoft reserves the right to eject or permanently ban a user who behaves in any manner it deems inappropriate, offensive, or prohibited under the Code of Conduct. Microsoft may make changes to the Popfly web site, the Terms of Use or this Code of Conduct at any time.