Popular Post blowingwind Posted May 24, 2005 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 1. No AttitudeOn the other hand, Nobody's perfect. Sometimes a normally nice guy may post something politically incorrect. If it's his little prejudice that's quite harmless, just give him your opinion politely. If it's just a slip of mind, let it pass and skip over it. Only when he shows consistent mean attitude ( like maybe more than 3 such postings ), then we'll all fire away 2. Basically ALL are welcome- young, old, big, small. fat, thin, black white and all colors of the rainbow. There's no commercial revenue pressure and no special interest group.3. The posting volume is expected to be small.Though posting in the wrong sub-forum will be frown upon by others, I will not be rushing to cleanup because skipping over these mess is easy when the volume is small.4. Commercial postings and even spammers are welcome. But too much spam will get that spammer banned. Just be sensible, maybe spam about once a month? beowolf, Zealouslogue, Alexmassag and 10 others 12 1 Be Happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blowingwind Posted May 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2005 Welcome back again guys. Smell the new furniture Relax and enjoy yourself. We welcome your participation and valuable comments. Please continue actively posting in this new forum.Be Happy Bingo1016 1 Be Happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lungker Posted June 1, 2005 Report Share Posted June 1, 2005 This is a forum started by BW years ago. In the first two locations, Geocities and EZboards, BW tended to leave the forums alone due to lack of time to micro-manage it. Nobody was assisting him then. Since moving to this site, he had appointed some moderators. Previously, the old site was a free for all, no controls type of forum, without any moderators. They were filled with garbage so much so many readers were turned off. When readership drop, so were interesting postings. We were constantly flamed that the forum was stale. Well, we certainly hope to do better this time around.We are listing some posting guidelines below. Please give due considerations to it when you post. This is not censorship or suppression of opinions. What we hope to see are postings that add value to the threads. We certainly do not mind one line query for clarification or direction lets say to a particular place, but numerous one liner posting directed at each other will start to make this forum look like a group SMS center. By all means post what you want, go ahead and express your opininons, flame or encourage if you have to, but please stick to the point of the original thread. We are simply asking for consideration and sensibility from our readers. The guidelines also include restrictions on racist or anti-religious comments, political discussions about Singapore politics and anti-social behaviour.One other thing, currently we are probably the only local forum that allows unregistered "guests" to post. The reason why all other local forums will allow only registered members to post is so they can maintain some semblence of control - not on the content but the type of postings. Spammers, troublemakers, unjustified flammers etc are much reduced when they are require to register. Conversely, it is also true, where genuine postings are also reduced. At this point in time, we do not see the need to require only registered members can post since we are not encountering such problems. This is a non-commercial site. We welcome one and all. As much as possible we promote pink business and even other local gay websites/forums. We just hope that this will become a place where BW readers can come and read and share some interesting stories or postings, learn something new, maybe laugh a little and go away thinking hey this place is quite fun to hang out. We will always be striving to achieve these goals and we hope our readers and contributors will help us too. We, the Admin and the moderators sincerely thank you all for your understanding.POSTING GUIDELINES1. Refrain from discussing about Singapore politics.Group political discussions in Singapore are restricted to political parties. We are not one of them. So please refrain from posting anything concerning political parties, elections, political figures, the judiciary etc. in this forum. However, comments on social issues especially regarding gay life in Singapore is encouraged.2. No racist and anti-religious commentsRacist and anti-religious comments about a particular religion is forbidden. We live in a multi-racial and multi-cultural society and we aspire to respect BWers of any races or religions. Racist or offensive religious comments will be removed immediately to protect the sensitivities of our readers. 3. Do not post libellous commentsDo not post information about a particular person or organisation you know is not true. Even if you do not know if the information is false, it is libellous to do so. Readers making such comments will be held legally responsible for their actions. Fair comments and opinions about people and organisations are allowed. 4. Anti-social behaviour.Anti-social posting behaviour undermines the board as a source of valuable information and puts off many members, thereby deterring their continued participation. Examples of such behaviour include(though not limited to): posts with large font and/or all in CAPS, making one line comments that has little information value, posting out of topic, making irrelevant comments, continuously posting mean and hurtful remarks to other posters, communicating one to one in a thread (please use the private message system for this) or making consecutive and repetitive postings. Threads in our forums should either be of gay, gay-appeal or have a significant level of interest from our readers.5. Respect for others' privacy.Do not post the private information eg. names, pictures, phone numbers, addresses, place of work of individuals without getting their approvals first. Exempted are people whose information are either expected to be in the public domain, eg. free-lance masseurs or therapists. Comments or postings of pictures of individuals already available in the national media is allowed unless libellous comments are made about them. Violators of the above guidelines are usually warned, and their comments edited if necessary. However, serious violations will warranted an immediate removal of the postings. Serial violators and trouble makers will have posting restrictions imposed on them.BW does not exercise editorial control over any posting or private message and hence cannot be held liable for any comments made by registered or non-registered users of this board. As much as possible, we will attempt to protect posters if they post something libellous or if they inadvertently broke the laws, by removing or editing the posting as soon as possible. However readers are reminded they are responsible for their own speech and comments. Just stay away from commenting about political issues, races, religions and making pointed references about people and we should be all right. Bingo1016 and BigBrother 2 Please play safely! Use a condom if you are having anal sex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 I am quoting Blowing Wind (the original admin of this forum) when he replied to the thread "Unregistered Guests" in the feedback section. Blowingwind @ February 08, 2006 11:58 pmThanks guys for the trouble to feedback here.BW has always traditionally allowed unregistered guests to post. You may not have noticed it but we had always have a big group of silent supporters here for years. They may be closeted ones. Or they may be at work. Or they may be sneaking a peep using computers at Internet cafes away from prying eyes at home. They may be here using computers at places where it is inconvenient to log in.For whatever reasons, we have always made it comfortable for them here for their silent support through all these years.Every posting should stand on it's own merit, doesn't matter if it's posted by registered members or not. Even my replies are not above scrutinies. If you don't agree to the posting, rebut gracefully or kindly skip over or ignore them. If they are nasty flame posts devoid of any merits, we'll delete them. I would prefer a more open place where we can be matured enough to accept some inconvenience to ourselves for the benefit of others.All other gay forums here in sg require registration to post, so we would like to keep our unique culture here of being more open. There were problems but none that we cannot handle.For those who know me through the years should know I am the permissive type of moderator. I dislike controlling or telling people what to think or to do. We have enough of that already in life. Just because there may be some troublemakers, the typical reaction of our society here is to control, more controls and control even those who are decent, well behaved people. It stifled the whole soceity as we already know and yet pretend that it's all for our own good.I hope to provide an escape corner here for people to be themselves.Be HappyReccently, there had been discussions about compulsorily requiring people to become members before they can post. The above statement from Blowing Wind have addressed the concerns raised by the discussions. All of us here, members or not are actually guests of this forum. Membership, which is free, does not accord you any more rights or priviledges, other than allowing you to place an ad in the "Personals" section and also so that other members can send you a personal message.Historically since the day BW (the forum) was started, guests had been allowed to post. It is not about to change. To continue to participate happily in this forum, kindly treat the above as the unofficial policy of this forum regarding unregistered guests.As of today, we are the only local gay leaning forum that allowed guests to post. We sincerely hope the continuation of this policy do not dissuade anyone from continuing to participate in the forum. amri and Bingo1016 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkuTube Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 I am consolidating all the previous threads regarding the new forum here, for easy reference:01. Admin: The First Monthhttp://www.blowingwi...?showtopic=969302. Testing Google Search on Blowing Windhttp://www.blowingwi...?showtopic=958203. Now That Blowing Wind Is A Privately Owned .org Domainhttp://www.blowingwi...?showtopic=952604. Obsolete Article.05. Obsolete Article06. Board's New Feature: IRC Chat Java Applethttp://www.blowingwi...?showtopic=936907. Admin : Removing "gay" From Title Bar Of Blowing Wind Gay Forumhttp://www.blowingwi...showtopic=1119008. Welcome To The New Board!, Latest BW Official Opening!http://www.blowingwi...?showtopic=933609. Tips On Using The New Forumhttp://www.blowingwi...?showtopic=935110. Decision: Blowing Wind - Moving Forwardhttp://www.blowingwi...?showtopic=925211. Blowing Wind Civic Community Messageshttp://www.blowingwi...showtopic=1014712. Blowing Wind Ads for Charityhttp://www.blowingwi...showtopic=11353 DarrenT, Bingo1016, echoss63 and 1 other 4 Click Here To Visit My Blog @ "The Blessed Life" *Let me live my life to be an instrument of 'Love', in how I speak and in how I see others* - May there be Love and Peace beyond all understanding - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkuTube Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 13. Member's Photohttp://www.blowingwi...showtopic=1105614. BW Forum 2008 In Reviewhttp://www.blowingwi...showtopic=1208315. BlowingWind Forum Upgrade 2009http://www.blowingwi...showtopic=1410516. How To Post Pictures Into BW Forumhttp://www.blowingwi...showtopic=1251017. Blowing Wind Forum Software Upgrade 2010http://www.blowingwi...showtopic=1766818. Bw Howto: Customise / Sex-Up Your Profile Pagehttp://www.blowingwi...showtopic=1768919. Mobile BlowingWindhttp://www.blowingwi...showtopic=1783920. Admin: How To Add / Remove Friends In Blowingwindhttp://www.blowingwi...showtopic=1965821. Admin: How To Delete Your Blowing Wind Accounthttp://www.blowingwi...showtopic=1988322. Announcing BW Massage Forumhttp://www.blowingwi...showtopic=2182323. Admin: Switching Between Normal And Mobile Skinhttp://www.blowingwi...showtopic=2367624. Admin: Registered Member Cannot Post / Pm / Update Statushttp://www.blowingwi...showtopic=29818 25. Admin: BW Chat (FAQ)http://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=39440 26. Admin: How to Disable Online Chathttp://www.blowingwi...showtopic=3298227. Admin: Loss Password (Self-Service)http://www.blowingwi...showtopic=3351028. Admin: Registered Members Unable To Receive Emailhttp://www.blowingwi...showtopic=38435 29. How To View Latest Posts First?http://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=46948 Bingo1016 1 Click Here To Visit My Blog @ "The Blessed Life" *Let me live my life to be an instrument of 'Love', in how I speak and in how I see others* - May there be Love and Peace beyond all understanding - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkuTube Posted December 4, 2011 Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 BW 2009 Changes 01. 100,000th Blowing Wind Post - Welcome And Thanks !http://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=12989 BW 2011 Changes01. Overview - Pls Read This Firsthttp://www.blowingwi...showtopic=28442 02. 200,000Th Post Of Blowing Windhttp://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=21122 03. New Directions for our Forumshttp://www.blowingwi...showtopic=2844404. Increasing PM Personal Messages from 100 to 200http://www.blowingwi...showtopic=2845005. Staying Afloat with BW Advertisement Drivehttp://www.blowingwi...showtopic=2844806. Bw We Lost Our Google Advertisement $http://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=27441 BW 2011 Upgrade07. Bw Forum April 2012 Upgradehttp://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=31523 jphose and Diaz 2 Click Here To Visit My Blog @ "The Blessed Life" *Let me live my life to be an instrument of 'Love', in how I speak and in how I see others* - May there be Love and Peace beyond all understanding - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HendryTan Posted May 5, 2012 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 1. This MAIN Forum of BlowingWind is for discussion of gay topics of general interest as written in our posting guidelines.2. To keep the forum streamline, ALL personal advertisement must be posted to the Personal Forum which is equally vibrant. This allows like-minded people to just repeatedly check one place for contact. We often see topics where in the midst of a discussion, we have a post to get the topic-starter/member to email/sms/skype that poster to meetup/contact/go-out-together etc Please do NOT hyjack the topic to post messages to email / call you. This will usually end out with "me-too xxx@hotmail.com", "can call me too yy@gmail.com", "I want too ...".For such purpose, please use Personal Messaging (PM) for private arrangement. 3. Please abide by this Guideline so to unclutter this Main Forum and make it more efficient for everyone to read.4. The moderators will PM to warn initial violators. REPEATED Offenders will get Membership suspended for various duration depending on how serious and how many times the offence is committed.We will also delete all those topics and posts. sporebo1, Bern, Bingo1016 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bern Posted June 7, 2013 Report Share Posted June 7, 2013 BW 2012 Changes 01. Bw Profile Add - Ht / Wt / Relationship / Rolehttp://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=29239 02. Facebook Style On-Page Chathttp://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=32591 03. 400,000Th Blowing Wind Posthttp://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=33125 04. Welcome Bern Our New Bw It Admin Cum Moderatorhttp://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=33520 05. Admin: More Cpu Juice For Bw !http://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=34553 06. Admin: Bw 3 Days 2 Outages And Moving Aheadhttp://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=37457 07. Blowingwind Forum - 2012 In Reviewhttp://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=37721 BW 2012 Upgrade 08. Bw Forum April 2012 Upgradehttp://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=31523 09. Admin: Removed Gravatar Supporthttp://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=31595 10. Bw Forum Upgrade / Maintenance Tonighthttp://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=32032 11. Admin: System Performance Problemhttp://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=32649 12. Admin: Server Load Too High Messagehttp://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=32798 13. Admin: Bw Site Problem These Last 2 Dayshttp://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=33771 14. Bw Database Problemhttp://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=35426 15. Bw Down For Database Full Rebuilt 5Pm Today [Completed]http://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=35465 16. Admin: Chat Optimisation [Completed]http://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=35726 17. Our Chat Software Is Upgraded (13/11/2012)http://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=36641 18. Admin: Bw Database Corruption - Posts Losshttp://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=37186 19. Admin: Bw Planned Upgrade (21/12/2012, 3:30Pm )http://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=37504 20. Admin: Bw Unexpected Outage (29/12/2012)http://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=37700 Join the official BW Telegram Group Chat: https://bit.ly/frmbw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bern Posted June 7, 2013 Report Share Posted June 7, 2013 BW 2013 Changes 01. Admin: New Profile Fields Addedhttp://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=37816 02. Poll : Would You Install A Bw Forum Mobile Applicationhttp://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=38043 03. Celebrating The 500,000Th Post Of Blowing Windhttp://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=39563 04. Forum New Feature = Best Answer Featurehttp://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=40592 05. [bw] Forum Blackout Official Statement (6/6/2013)http://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=41374 06. Forum Technical Helphttp://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=42016 07. Poll: Will You Attend This Year's Bw Anniversary Party?http://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=42970 08. [ B W ] 8Ighth Anniversary Party 2013http://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=43571 09. Forum New Feature: Bw Calendarhttp://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=44953 BW 2013 Upgrade 10. Admin: Forum & Chat Software Upgrade (20/2/2013)http://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=38936 11. Admin: Bw Status Missinghttp://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=39304 12. Admin: Bw Forum Maintenance Update (2/6/2013)http://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=41283 13. Admin: Forum Outage (25/07/2013)http://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=42218 14. Admin: Bw Backup Server + Maintenance Notice (15/08/13)http://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=42716 15. Admin: Chat Software Upgrade (3/12/2013) [Completed] http://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=46063 16. Admin: Blowingwind.org Spam Email Fightinghttp://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=46350&hl= 17. Suggestion For Moderators - On Pollinghttp://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=46562 18. Admin: Bw Outage Today 27/12/2013 07:06 - 11:31 Amhttp://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=46812 jj88 1 Join the official BW Telegram Group Chat: https://bit.ly/frmbw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bern Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 BW 2014 Changes 01. BW Supports Pink Dot http://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=52096 BW 2014 Upgrade / Announcement 02. Bw Offline 8 Feb 2014 15:41 - 20:51http://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=48079 03. Admin: Bw Maintenance Notice (11/7/2014) http://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=52671 04. Admin: Email Notification Adjustments (Especially Microsoft Mail) http://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=56442 05. Admin: Chat Software Upgrade (29/11/2014) [Completed] http://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=57653 Join the official BW Telegram Group Chat: https://bit.ly/frmbw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post G_M Posted May 9, 2014 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 Warning points are issues when someone violates BW rules <- Click to see Rules 1st offence : Written warning and -1 warning point 2nd offence : Those who does not heed warning and continues to break forum rules ever after warning, (on the same day) 1 week Suspension and -1 warning point. otherwise 2nd written warning and - 1 warning point. 3rd offence : 2 weeks Suspension and -1 warning point. 4th offence : If the member is a recalcitrant offender who don't heed warning and after 2 suspensions, immediate Ban, Otherwise, 3 weeks suspension and -1 warning point. 5th offense : No more warning, Immediate Ban from BW Forum Spammers who spam the forum by posting multiple ads or cross post in many folders will be Marked as spammer and will have their Posting disabled and can no longer post. All above warning and suspension are subjected to change as per the discretion of the moderators. The Moderators decision is final. Kolourful, zxcv, Bingo1016 and 4 others 6 1 http://www.facebook.com/gachimuchi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post G_M Posted October 30, 2014 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Dear Extremist & Those with Religious & Political Agendas, BW is a fun place to talk cock and sing song where everyone here enjoys a relax & shiok time. Those of you who like to post religious and political extremist topics please go somewhere else. Singapore is stress enough already, we don't need you to come and post all these stuff to stress the people here further. Please leave your religious and political views outside the door of BW. Go to TRS, EMS, or whatever religious or political website / forum / blog, etc. Ya, we are that kind of forum - I know what you are thinking. Now, fuck off and leave us in peace to talk cock and sing song. Your I-don't-have-time-for-this Mod, GM Bingo1016, Le0_, >:) and 2 others 5 http://www.facebook.com/gachimuchi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bern Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 BW 2015 Changes 01. [bw] Welcome Our New Section Moderators - Glyph And Amplifyhttp://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=61003 02. 1,000,000Th Post Of Blowingwindhttp://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=61103 03. Blowing Wind 1/0Enth Anniversary Party 2015http://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=62683 04. Here's Why You Should Attend Blowing Wind's Anniversary Partyhttp://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=65101 05. #bw10http://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=65249 06. BW 10 years in review http://www.blowingwind.io/bw10 07. What Changes Do You Wish To See For Blowing Wind? (Eg. User Interface, Additional Features, Etc.)https://www.blowingwind.io/forum/topic/62320-what-changes-do-you-wish-to-see-for-blowing-wind-eg-user-interface-additional-features-etc/ 08. BW New Interface 2016 + Polls / Comments / Q&Ahttps://www.blowingwind.io/forum/topic/71933-bw-new-interface-2016-polls-comments-qa/ BW 2015 Upgrade / Announcement 09. Admin: Bw Outage On Our Primary Host (30/5/2015)http://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=64116 10. Big Bug In Bw? [Fixed] https://www.blowingwind.io/forum/topic/64918-big-bug-in-bw-fixed/ 11. BW Upgrade 29/12/15 [Completed] Post Bugs Herehttps://www.blowingwind.io/forum/topic/71880-bw-upgrade-291215-completed-post-bugs-here/ kjboy 1 Join the official BW Telegram Group Chat: https://bit.ly/frmbw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Glyph Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 1. General guidelines meant for the forum shall also apply to the chat room.These include but are not limited to:No political / religious / racist remarksNo drugsNo sexual activities for money / "rewards"2. A chat room is, generally, an area on the internet where users communicate.Excessive text flooding / repetition impedes this primary function and is highly discouraged.3. The chat room is to be treated as public space and is moderated. Any decision made by the moderator is final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 I have posted a new topic before and often the posting was removed. Could the moderator indicate where we can find the guidelines on new topics? I could not find them. And if you merge the new topic into another topic, could you let the new topic stay for a day and leave a message somewhere to inform us where you have merged the new topic into? If not, we can't find the new topic. Thanks. youngmatureadult, nitetop and curiousconfused 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Glyph Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Generally speaking, if there is a subforum that specifically caters to your topic, then you should be posting in there. As with the case of Blowing Wind; Bulletin Board Main Forum (commonly known as General Discussion in other forums) Anything that does not infringe our guidelines and are not related to the other subforums may be posted here. Also where we make official announcements. Members' Lounge This is actually a subset of the main forum, but only members can post here. We're also much more lenient with what should or should not be here. Personals Personal classified ads that involves you looking for someone or something that doesn't revolve around monetary trading. Like the Members' Lounge, this subforum is viewable by all, but only members can post. Interest Groups IT Rest Room For the nerds and geeks. Also serves as our IT Help Center. Imperial Kitchen As the saying goes, "The way to a man's heart is through his stomach." Travellers Hut Planning a vacay? Not entirely sure where to go or what the culture is like at a specific destination? You might just find it here. Message & Grooming Services For professional home-based massage services. Only members can post. Fitness & Health For the fitsy witsy ones. Miscellaneous Services, Biz & Useful Web Links Basically BW's trading hub/information counter. Buy/Sell/Trade stuff here. Services that are legal may also be rendered. Only members can post. Archives Our History Museum. Only for viewing purposes, do not touch anything here. I repeat, do NOT touch anything here. The Flaming Room Because the internet decided that there shouldn't be a dislike button. Test Forum For the newbies to test post formats, BBCodes, etc. That said, for the sake of coherency, a temporary link is sometimes made when a topic is moved. For merged threads, look out for '(Compiled)' in its title to indicate it as such. As a Guest, you may find yourself unable to fully access certain functions within BW, so it's inevitable that some of your misplaced topics were moved or removed. If you have a topic that fits into any of these "Only members can post" subforums, do sign up for an account with us. I also took the liberty to pin this as a reference for others who may have the same question as you do. For any other enquiries, feel free to do so in our IT Rest Room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkuTube Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 To add on to what Glyph had mentioned above, I am certain that there are Members that found themselves with warning for posting in the wrong section. One example is when Member posts of personal nature (viz looking for sex), where it is rightfully so to be posted in Personals, but have it posted in the Main Forum. The fact that there is already this thread, which the Mods hope all members are to read (and adhere) it, it is only proper that warning is issued. Click Here To Visit My Blog @ "The Blessed Life" *Let me live my life to be an instrument of 'Love', in how I speak and in how I see others* - May there be Love and Peace beyond all understanding - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bern Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 BW 2016 Upgrade / Announcement 01. Admin: More Disk, More RAM and Hopefully Faster BlowingWind Access https://www.blowingwind.io/forum/topic/74207-admin-more-disk-more-ram-and-hopefully-faster-blowingwind-access/ 02. Blowingwind.org domain name problem [Solved] https://www.blowingwind.io/forum/topic/75257-blowingwindorg-dns-renewal/ 03. BW Maintenance + DB error (19/5/2016) https://www.blowingwind.io/forum/topic/76234-bw-maintenance-db-error-1952016/ Join the official BW Telegram Group Chat: https://bit.ly/frmbw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_M Posted September 2, 2016 Report Share Posted September 2, 2016 All posting with Guest nick Power Tongue & Peh Xinyi Will be removed from This Forum The reason being that the idiotic guests posting behind these 2 nicks will cause disruption to the discussion and bitch fight. All members are to report to Moderator if they see Guest posting with the above 2 nicks. Thanks Whoopsie, Yas1950, yuquidam and 1 other 4 http://www.facebook.com/gachimuchi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_M Posted June 11, 2018 Report Share Posted June 11, 2018 We had received copyright owner claiming their copyright photos in our forum, we have promptly removed said photos from our forum. We do not encourage users to post copyrighted material, and we will remove the infringed materials once the owner notify the mod. If you are unsure of the legitimacy of the photo or material, be on the safer side, don't share them. http://www.facebook.com/gachimuchi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_M Posted November 26, 2018 Report Share Posted November 26, 2018 5 hours ago, Milktea125 said: Today at bedok mrt. Jc guy didnt zip up Do Not post pictures of innocent bystanders in a gay forum, without their permission unless you are prepare to answer to the authorities under the PDPA act. Any more such violations and your account will be suspended. How would you like it if your pic is seen in gay forum. http://www.facebook.com/gachimuchi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_M Posted November 27, 2018 Report Share Posted November 27, 2018 On 11/10/2018 at 11:10 AM, riverrobles said: <image removed by mod> What did I say about copyright pictures and the Privacy law's of Singapore before? For disobeying the rule, you get 1 week suspension. The next copyright infringement and breaking of the PDPA ruling will get you banned. What Can I Do If Someone Takes a Photo of Me in Public and Publishes It? by Victor Looi / August 13, 2018 You may feel disconcerted after realising that someone has taken a photo of you in public and has published it without your consent. What you should do is: Keep the publication in which your photo appeared, if the photo was published in a physical medium like a magazine, leaflet or poster; Take a photograph of the publication in which your photo appeared, if the photo was published in a physical medium but you are unable to or are not allowed to keep the publication with you; or Capture a screenshot of the webpage on which your photo appeared, if the photo was published online. Next, you should try your best to ascertain the identity of the person or company who took and published your photo. Once you are able to do so, you can request that the other party remove the photo expeditiously. Should that party not comply with your request and/or should you seek compensation from him as well, you may then consider taking legal action. Breach of Data Privacy If the other party had taken and/or published the photo without your consent in his capacity as an employee acting in the course of employment with an organisation, you may sue his employer, i.e. the organisation, under the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA). However, you must have incurred any losses or damages directly arising from his actions. Alternatively, you may submit a complaint to the Personal Data Protection Commission, which may then investigate whether there was any non-compliance with the PDPA on the part of the organisation. Harassment You may be able to sue the other party for harassment under the Protection from Harassment Act in the following circumstances: If the other party had intended to cause “harassment, alarm or distress” to you, and therefore published “threatening, abusive or insulting words” (along with the photo), which led you to feel harassed, alarmed or distressed, unless he can show that he had acted reasonably. If the other party published “threatening, abusive or insulting words” (along with the photo), which led you to feel harassed, alarmed or distressed, unless he can show that he had acted reasonably or that he had no reason to believe that you would have heard, seen, or otherwise perceived the words in question. If the other party published “threatening, abusive or insulting words” (along with the photo), with the intention of causing you to believe that unlawful violence would be used against you or a third party, or whereby you are likely to believe that such violence would be used against you or a third party, unless he can show that he had acted reasonably or that he had, in the latter scenario, no reason to believe that you would have seen, heard, or otherwise perceived the words in question. Also, you may apply to the District Court for a protection order or lodge a Magistrate’s Complaint at the Community Justice Tribunals Division (CJTD) to stop the harassment. Defamation If the other party who took a photo of you published the photo together with written statements, you may be able to establish a claim in defamation against him due to the defamatory nature of those statements. This is provided: You can prove that the requisite elements of the tort have been fulfilled; and The other party is unable to rely on any defence recognised under the law. For more details on these elements and defences, refer to our guide on defamation. Passing Off While image rights are not recognised under Singapore law, you may consider suing the other party for passing off if your photo was used without your consent by the other party for commercial purposes. To establish a claim for passing off, you need to fulfill 3 requirements: You must have goodwill associated with any goods or services that you supply to the public. The other party must have made a misrepresentation that caused or was likely to cause the public to believe that his goods or services were instead your goods or services. You suffered or are likely to suffer damage because of the misrepresentation. The UK case of Fenty and Others v Arcadia and Others [2015] EWCA Civ 3 provides some guidance as to how the Singapore courts may in future safeguard the commercial use of individuals’ images via the tort of passing off. For instance, to fulfill the goodwill requirement, a claimant should have operated an extensive endorsement business such that he has acquired significant goodwill with regard to the types of goods or services that he has been endorsing. Meanwhile, to satisfy the misrepresentation requirement, the claimant should have been misrepresented as having endorsed the defendant’s products or as being responsible for the products’ quality. Evidently, this avenue of seeking redress, i.e., the tort of passing off, is more appropriate for celebrities or well-known people who are known by the public (or a significant section of it) for doing endorsements for businesses. If you are someone who has previously authorised numerous businesses to use your image for such purposes, you may be able to satisfy the goodwill requirement. Also, provided you fulfill the other 2 aforementioned requirements as well, you may succeed in a claim of passing off. — Previously, if someone took a photo of you in public and published it, there was little that you could do other than rely on the bases of harassment, defamation or passing off should the facts allow so. Now, with the enactment of the PDPA, you may have a stronger claim against the other party on the basis of a breach of data privacy, provided that party had acted in the capacity of an employee of an organisation. thickpec 1 http://www.facebook.com/gachimuchi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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