The Boards
The Boards is an Invite only, Private Message Board, hosted on DISCORD.
FEATURE SUMMARY & MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS
Feature Summary
Membership is by invite only.
This alone will drastically reduce continuous toxic abuse.
The Boards has both automatic and manual effective moderation features. Refer to the Moderation Features page.
NOTE: While The Boards is a non abusive message board, the Open Board allows for robust discussion on all topics, unless it breaches the TOU. Refer to the Terms of Use page for details.
As usual, there is a very easy to use internal private DM (Direct Message) feature, allowing you to email other members (unless you are blocked).
DM allows users to have private chats with one another. These messages are intended to be private communications between the people concerned and are not visible to other users on the same server or on any other servers.
You can also set up DM groups for chatting. There are three ways to create a group DM, which allows multiple people to send direct messages to each other. Note that all participants in a group DM must be on your friends list, but they do not have to be friends with each other.
When joining The Boards, a robust automatic and manual procedure will help ensure those few undesirables are excluded from the community. Refer to the Joining Process page for details.
To reduce the administrative workload – each person will only have one chance of becoming a member.
During the verification process – no personal identification information is provided to The Boards Admin.
You can choose from a number of membership options available, as summarised below.
A short Feature List is available on the; About Discord, The Boards, Pros & Cons – Emojis page.
A more comprehensive Feature List is beyond the scope of such pages, so I will include a PDF link below in the very near future.
Membership Options
Become an active member and enjoy your participation in the community.
There is no expectation for members to stop using the NZD Message Boards.
You are welcome to try out The Boards, then depart if it does not suit.
If your departure is site related, any contructive suggestions on site improvements are encouraged.
Become a member of The Boards, but not participate for the time being.
In that case, your profile is moved to the hidden Hibernate Board, until you decide to participate.
Send Admin – an DM request in both cases.
Decide not to proceed any further than this website.
Thank you for reading these pages.
Your eligibility to join The Boards, is dependant on the whether you have previously engaged in;
Continuous toxic and excessive abuse, or participated in Threads and encouraged such posters.
As a Thread Author, you have enabled, or encouraged the above type of abuse, and not moderated those posters.
Refer to the TOU page for full details.