Our community is built for anyone in the RV community or interested in the lifestyle. Everyone is welcome in the Good Sam Community. Please follow these guidelines.
- Stay respectful
Please be helpful, courteous, and respectful when engaged in conversations in the Community. We will remove any disrespectful comments toward another member as well as inappropriate language, insults, harassment, bullying, negatively provoking posts of any kind, and threatening language.
- Stay appropriate
Please keep conversations appropriate for this space. Do not post any comments or conversations that are obscene, defamatory, libelous, threatening, pornographic, harassing, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive, or that encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or is otherwise inappropriate. Refrain also from posting advertisements or solicitations of business, impersonating someone else, or any form of “trolling”.
- Respect your and others’ privacy
Please do not share any information about yourself or others you or they would not want the public to know. Avoid sharing any personal or contact information — including social media accounts — for yourself or others.
- Keep conversations on topic
Try to keep conversations on-topic in their respective forums. If you would like to suggest a new topic board, please post the idea on the Community Feedback board.
- Copyright Guidelines
Do not submit content that is copyrighted, protected by trade secret, or otherwise subject to third-party proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity rights, unless you are the owner of such rights or have permission from the rightful owner to post the material.
- Remember, this is a peer-to-peer community
Keep in mind that everyone’s experiences are different. We welcome differing opinions on processes, solutions, gear, and everything else, so please show respect even if you disagree with something you read here or have an alternative solution.
- Community monitoring
We rely on you and other members to help keep this community a positive and safe space for all! If you see anything that violates our community guidelines, please let us know by reporting the post.
- Not the place to sell your RV
We love when owners talk about how awesome their rig is, but this isn’t the place to sell your RV. Buying or selling RVs is not allowed on the platform.
We rely on you and other members to help keep this community a positive and safe space for all!
- No discussions of moderator actions
From time to time our moderators will take action on certain posts that violate our community guidelines. Please refrain from discussing those actions.
- No duplicate posting
Please refrain from posting the same post multiple times.
- No conversations of political or religious posts
We love to see conversations in our community, however, please refrain from posting about topics pertaining to politics or religion.
- No discussion of legal nature
Discussion of a legal nature is not permitted in the Good Sam community.
“Rules of the Road”
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Do’s |
Don’ts |
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Encouragement |
Discouragement |
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On topic discussions |
Off-topic discussions |
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Offering advice on topics where you are knowledgeable |
Offering advice on topics you are not familiar with |
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Being clear in your answers |
Being overwhelming and confusing |
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Being understanding and compassionate |
Engaging in arguments |
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Friendly language |
Rude or inappropriate language. Profanity. |
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Contributing original ideas to the conversations |
Repetitive answers, rephrasing what has already been said |
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Using correct grammar |
Overthinking what you say |
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Asking for clarification when you need it |
Assuming when you don’t understand |
