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Welcome!
You have found Model Horse Blab, an online community for
model horse hobbyists. Blab is a fun and open-minded community
for hobbyists and anyone wanting information on model horses. We
discuss all mediums and types of model horses, as well as a few
other topics. Beginners and experts, all are welcome! |
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Blab maintains the principle of respectful but honest expression of
opinions, with the least possible moderator intervention. Members are
expected to show tolerance for a wide diversity of views, on topics
focusing on model horses and also ranging from pets to current events.
Blab’s membership is primarily adult, although youth 13 and up are welcome.
All members are expected to conduct themselves with maturity and poise.
Please read the FAQs-Rules and click the Forums link to learn more.
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Unregistered viewers casually browsing Blab can read
some of the forums, but cannot initiate posts. Several forums on
Blab are not viewable to unregistered viewers, including the Youth
Forum. Once registered, users have free access to all forums with *
under the title. Forums without an asterisk are restricted to paid
members. See the FAQs regarding Memberships for more information.
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Blab paid membership features your own Blog, Gallery
space for uploading your photos, and use of Blab's Chat Room. Paid
members can select their own colors for their Profile Page, use
their own avatars (small pictures under the user’s name in their
posts) and profile pictures, and other customizable ID features.
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Model Horse Blab was started in September of 2003,
and today has over 1,000 active members from several countries.
Blab discusses a wide range of hobby topics.
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Blab welcomes youth members 13 and up.
Most members are adults, and often discuss adult topics
in open forums. All members are expected to show maturity
in adult conversations. Parents, please
click here
for more information. |
Blab has a Youth Forum where expectations are more relaxed and
access is restricted to members 18 and under and a few adult mentors
and staff. Members 18 and under also have access to all the free and/or
paid forums, depending on their paid membership status. Please note
that the free, all-access forum "General Off-Topic " attracts
adult-oriented discussion. More egregious language is not allowed in
youth-accessible forums, but light swearing is allowed.
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Parents are encouraged to browse the forums and decide
what level of participation is appropriate. Requests for customized access
are gladly granted – that is, permitting access only to certain forums.
Please use the "Contact" link above. |
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As noted above, Blab has over 1,000 actively visiting hobbyists,
having grown apprx. 30% from 2008 to 2009. Blab offers advertisers
an economical means to reach this target audience, through banner
ads and occasional participation in special promotions.
Please use the "Contact" link above.
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This site recognizes the privacy concerns of members and the
importance of protecting personally identifiable
information collected for site purposes. As a general policy, personal information
required or voluntarily submitted is not used for other than
internal management purposes. It is not shared with outside entities.
Blab maintains reasonable and appropriate safeguards to ensure the security of such information.
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This site collects non-personal user information (for example, IP addresses.)
An IP address is a number given to a user's computer by a Web Server. Examples of
information provided by an IP address include service provider, type of
browser and type of system used. This site may use this information to
make the site better and more responsive to the user's needs.
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This non-personal information is not shared with third parties for marketing,
advertising or research. An IP address is not used to obtain personal information.
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Revision
Date: This document was last
revised on Sep. 28, 2009. |
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Copyright 2005 Model Horse
Blab. All rights reserved. |
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