EDC Bunker Community Rules

1. Treat other members with respect

Disagreement is fine. Personal attacks are not. Do not harass, threaten, intimidate, stalk, insult, or repeatedly provoke other members. Debate the topic, not the person.

2. No illegal activity

Do not use EDC Bunker to plan, encourage, facilitate, or promote illegal activity. Members are responsible for knowing and complying with the laws that apply to them, including laws governing knives, firearms, controlled items, shipping, possession, import/export, and sales. EDC Bunker does not provide legal advice.

3. Keep discussions appropriate

Do not post pornography, graphic gore, threats, malicious software, phishing links, scams, pirated material, or content primarily intended to facilitate unlawful conduct.

4. Stay on topic

Post in the most appropriate forum and do not intentionally derail discussions. Staff may move, merge, rename, lock, or remove content when needed to keep the community organized.

5. No spam or unsolicited advertising

Do not create accounts primarily to advertise products, businesses, affiliate links, websites, or services. Do not send unsolicited promotional private messages. Commercial sellers may be subject to separate vendor requirements. Material relationships and affiliate links should be disclosed.

6. One account per person

Unless approved by staff, maintain only one account. Alternate accounts may not be used to evade moderation, manipulate feedback, inflate activity, or mislead members.

7. Protect personal information

Do not post another person's private address, private telephone number, private email address, financial information, identification documents, or other sensitive personal information without permission.

8. Copyright and intellectual property

Only post material you have the right to share. Do not knowingly upload or distribute copyrighted photographs, artwork, documents, designs, software, trademarks, or other protected material without authorization or another lawful basis. See the DMCA / Intellectual Property Removal Policy for removal procedures.

9. Reviews and recommendations

Reviews should reflect genuine experiences. If you received a product for free, were paid, have an affiliate relationship, or otherwise have a material relationship with the seller or manufacturer, disclose it.

10. Marketplace activity

Buying, selling, and trading must occur in the appropriate Marketplace areas and is governed by the separate Marketplace Rules.

11. No impersonation

Do not impersonate another member, staff member, company, manufacturer, public authority, or other person or organization in a misleading way.

12. Staff instructions and moderation

Follow reasonable instructions from EDC Bunker staff. If you disagree with a moderation action, contact staff privately instead of creating public disruption.

13. Reporting problems

Use the Report function when content may violate these rules. False or abusive reports may themselves be moderated.

14. Account and content moderation

EDC Bunker may edit, move, lock, hide, remove, restore, or preserve content when reasonably necessary for moderation, organization, security, legal compliance, or operation of the site. Accounts may be warned, restricted, suspended, or permanently banned.

15. Rules are not exhaustive

No rule set can anticipate every situation. Staff may address conduct that clearly harms the community even if that exact behavior is not specifically listed here.

16. Changes

These rules may be updated as EDC Bunker develops. Continued use after an updated version becomes effective constitutes acceptance of the revised rules.