232808
231412
Commenting Guidelines
Comments

Comments on Castanet stories are pre-moderated and reviewed to ensure they meet our guidelines.

Comments close one day after a story is published and are closed on weekends and holidays. We reserve the right to close comments at any time.

All comments appearing on the site are the opinion of the writer, not of Castanet.

You grant us non-exclusive rights to use your content, royalty-free, in perpetuity. Your content may be edited, published on Castanet owned or controlled platforms, included in our stories, and indexed by search engines.

Castanet has no obligation to publish your content.

Castanet has no obligation to remove your content.

Posting Guidelines

Keep it clean, keep it civil, stay on topic, be respectful and courteous.

Keep in mind that people are innocent until proven guilty. Post accordingly.

Be sensitive regarding the death or injury of a citizen.


Prohibited

Hate speech:
Content potentially exposing an individual or group to hatred or contempt on the basis of race, gender, age, national or ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, or mental physical disability.


Obscenity:
Pornography, vulgarity, sexually explicit content


Potentially libelous statements:
Threats, harassment, personal attacks, insults, defamatory statements.


Copyright infringement:
Content must be created and owned by you. Do not post entire articles. We reserve the right to remove any external link.


Criminal activity:
Suggestions or instructions to commit illegal acts, warez links.


Criminal activity:
Personal information, contact information, private dialogue.


Criminal activity:
Press releases or commercial/personal promotions.


If you violate any of these guidelines, Your Content will not be accepted and your account may be suspended or blocked.