FabFree Guidelines

Do you want to be a member of the Fabulously Free in SL group?

Do a search in groups for the group called Fabulously Free in SL. (Use the phrase fabfree; you must also check the box ‘Mature Content’ and it is the only choice).  Join this group.  It is free to join.

Designers: Send a notecard and/or IM to Renee Lowenhart for a designer application if you would like a designer tag to send out gifts. (No BIAB or resellers)

Guidelines for Group Chat:

1. Group Chat IS allowed.  Please be considerate and respectful to the other members.  DO NOT gossip!  Discriminatory discussions involving racial, sexual, religious, political, views are disallowed.
2. Do NOT argue or belittle each other.  Just because you are experienced in SL does not mean that all members are.  Insulting a group member will result in immediate removal from the group.
3. If someone asks for help, please help if you can.  Replies such as “Have you tried the search button” are not helpful and unacceptable.
4. Sometimes group discussions become overwhelming.  The small bottom x should shut the group chatter until you relog.  Unfortunately there is no way for members to opt out of group chat completely without shutting the window.
5. Games such as Lucky Chairs, Midnight Manias, and Riot Vends are not allowed in the main group, please join Fabulously Lucky Chair group for this.  Many members consider Midnight Mania calling similar to Lucky Chairs.  Do NOT use the main FabFree group to call lucky letters or midnight manias!  Use the Fabulously Lucky Chair group so that those who do not wish to participate will not be subject to the chatter.
6. Most designers do not want hunt locations revealed.  We ask group members to respect the designers’ wishes regarding hunts.  Find friends to help with hunts and take the tips to private IMs.
7. Do NOT complain about a gift, period!  If any member complains in group chat about the “quality” or “quantity” of a gift it will result in immediate removal from the group!  If you think you can create something better, prove it and quit complaining!
8. Do NOT distribute items within the group without the approval of the original creator!  Distributing items you did not personally make contributes to content theft and you could find yourself with a DMCA charge.  Please, do not support content theft!
   Try reading the DMCA; that might illuminate some things for about passing copies of items without permision to do so: http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf
9. Designers MUST use notices to send information.  Using group chat to self promote a business seems desperate.  Besides, notices reach more members and gives all group members opportunity to discover your store.  If you do not have a designer tag, please contact Renee Lowenhart for an application.  (No Resellers, Business in a Box stores, or Full Perm Establishments!)
10. Do NOT advertise other blogs in the Fabulously Free in SL group.  It is offensive to the writers of the Fabulously Free in SL website and may result in immediate removal from the group.  Advertising other blogs is disrespectful to the writers who established FabFree.  There are links to other freebie blogs on the Fabulously Free in SL website.

**If a group member is abusing chat privileges contact one of the FABFREE Key Personnel (listed below).  Many times chat does not open, please contact a moderator or writer if inappropriate behavior occurs.  It is up to the moderators as to how situations will be handled.  Moderators have the option to disallow chat for an individual or the entire group.  Moderators may warn members before turning chat off.**

FABFREE Key Personnel:

FABFREE Key Personnel:

*FabFree Writers*
Renee Lowenhart
Farah Palmer
Whisper Swansong
Tarsis Gausman
Syler Morgwain

*FabFree Moderators*
Austie Pegler
Candace Morgwain
CCTV Giant
Cilia Shepherd
Ember Farina
FallinMy Webb
Fine Delight
Floatie Hock
Huxly Hudson
Isadora Fiddlesticks
Kallista Olivier
Laynie Link
Leila Dix
MoonRiver Darcy
Photos Nikolaidis
Pixieplumb Flanagan
Rowan Carroll
Sabryne Rhode
Scotti Rhode
Sheltered Heart
Teagan Blackthorne
treebee Withnail
Vespa Runner

*FabFree Owners*
Renee Lowenhart
Cherlindrea Lamont (retired)

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The following are examples of what is and is not allowed in group chat.

NOT Spam:

* Can anyone tell me how I can get to group notices?

* I found a great new freebie at FabFree HQ @ http://slurl.com/secondlife/MC%20East%20River/96/32/2

* I am helping a new player, where is the best place for male skins and a women’s AO?

* There’s an awesome hunt at BlahBlahBlah sim.

* Does anyone know the starting point for the OMGThisHuntWillKillMe Hunt?

* I saw this free hair the other and can’t remember the name of the store? It was a side braid that fell in front of the shoulder. Does anyone remember where?

* I missed the last notice and the group info wont come up right now.  Does anyone have the slurl to ThatFabulousStore?

* Help! I cannot seem to get my landmarks to load, if anyone is at House of Heart could I get a TP?

* I am at this party and they are giving out free stuff @ SomeFabulousPlace (This is only allowed by group members attending the party, NOT the host)

IS spam:

* Next 5 people to IM me get a free gift.

* Come mobvend with me @  LotsOfPeopleHere ((Fabulously Lucky Chair group is for this type of announcement))

* 3 lucky chairs @  SomeAwesomeStore
((Fabulously Lucky Chair group is for this type of announcement))

* X @  SomeAwesomeStore ((Fabulously Lucky Chair group for lucky chairs and any other chance games))

* 346 more people to win the awesome Midnight Mania gift @ SomeAwesomeStore ((Fabulously Lucky Chair group is available for this type of announcement ))

* Come on down to my club! Win money right now!  ((There are other groups for this type of announcement))

* FREE FULL PERM STOLEN CRUDE! HURRY! ((No Full Perm shops))

* Come rent my mall space. It is cheap. It is FREE. It is an amazin’ price you just can’t beat. ((Do NOT advertise land at all!)

* Selling my land, come buy it from me. Really cheap. Only $1000000L per sq m. IM me. ((There are groups for this type of announcement))

* FREE <adult act name here>. All the time. @XRatedNastyPlace. Our girls are HOT. ((There are groups for this type of announcement))

* Does anyone have L$50 I can borrow? ((This group is about free items not money))

* Blah Blah gave an object to my friend’s boyfriend’s mistress and it stole all of her money. This is not a joke. Do not accept anything from Blah Blah. They are nothing but a thief. Pass this message on to all of your friends so they don’t get scammed. ((These are usually fake. Simple, as in real life do not accept ANY items from strangers.))

You may find yourself banned from FabFree HQ because:
* You were griefing on the land.
* You were generating drama on the land. (We are a no drama zone.)
* You had a successful DMCA filed against you.
* Witnesses caught you selling and distributing stolen items or trying to steal items.
* You were threatening members of the group in chat.
* You support any illegal activities in SL.