Description Of Forum Levels and Associated Posting Permissions

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    In order to provide the highest quality of posting and interaction, user accounts at EpicureanFriends are organized according to the following levels:

    01 - Level One = "Provisional" (New Registrants and Dormant Accounts) -- New Registrants are limited to posting in the "Welcome" forum. At present new registrants are required to respond to a Welcome email and post first in the Welcome forum to confirm that they are real people. Dormant accounts are those that have not posted within the last two years. (Level Three member accounts do not go dormant). Dormant accounts can be reactivated by posting in the Welcome forum or messaging an Administrator.

    02 - Level Two = "Introductory Level Members" -- Level Two members are invited to post in the main forums and are invited to attend our regular Zoom meetings. Level One is promoted to Level Two after a sufficient time and number of posts, and/or after attending a "new member meet-and-greet Zoom."

    03 - Level Three = "Full Members" -- Level Three Members have the ability to post in any forum including a special Level Three forum, and are invited to join our Wednesday night study Zoom and our Twentieth Gathering Zoom.

    04 - Moderators

    05 - Administrators

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    For an overview of the type and quality of posts we are looking for, please read this description of the type of posts we are in need of:

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    Posting quality that we hope to see here on the forum

    Here is an update to let you know that the forum is in need of posts that are of a certain quality. What might that mean?...here are some guidelines:

    1) New registrants - In your Welcome thread - you can tell us a little bit about:

    • how you found the forum
    • what got you thinking about studying Epicureanism
    • what aspects of Epicureanism interest you the most
    • what you have studied or read so far about Epicureanism (articles, books, YouTube)
    • any previous study of other philosophies
    • what country or region
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    Kalosyni
    July 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM

  • Cassius August 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM

    Changed the title of the thread from “Forum Levels and Permissions Granted” to “Description Of Forum Levels and Associated Posting Permissions”.

Finding Things At EpicureanFriends.com

What's the best strategy for finding things on EpicureanFriends.com? Here's a suggested search strategy:

  • First, familiarize yourself with the list of forums. The best way to find threads related to a particular topic is to look in the relevant forum. Over the years most people have tried to start threads according to forum topic, and we regularly move threads from our "general discussion" area over to forums with more descriptive titles.
  • Use the "Search" facility at the top right of every page. Note that the search box asks you what section of the forum you'd like to search. If you don't know, select "Everywhere." Also check the "Search Assistance" page.
  • Use the "Tag" facility, starting with the "Key Tags By Topic" in the right hand navigation pane, or using the "Search By Tag" page, or the "Tag Overview" page which contains a list of all tags alphabetically. We curate the available tags to keep them to a manageable number that is descriptive of frequently-searched topics.