OpenMinders.com - Where OpenMinded Adults meet

Rules & Regulations


To maintain the quality of OpenMinders.com and to ensure accessibility for a wide audience, OpenMinders.com has formulated some guidelines to which you should adhere in order to use the site.

Login name:


You will have to choose a login name during the sign on procedure.

Your login name:
  • Must be between 3 and 25 characters long.
  • Must not contain any single or double quotes.
  • Must not contain any spaces.
  • Your login name is strictly personal and will not be visible to other members.
  • Please choose a login name that is easy for you to remember!
If the login name already exists within the system you will have to change it. In most cases adding a number to the end of your login name will solve the issue, for example: ul4me0010.

Nickname or Alias:


During the sign up procedure you will be asked to enter a Nickname. Your Nickname is the name that will be visible to other OpenMinders.com members and is the name that will identify you on the site.

For your Nickname the following rules apply:
  • Must be between 3 and 25 characters long.
  • Must not contain any single and/or double quotes.
  • Must not be anything that could offend other members; which includes the following but is not limited to the following::
    • Foul language.
    • Product names.
    • Surnames.
    • Cursing.
During the sign on procedure you will be notified if your chosen Nickname already exists. If this occurs, you will be asked to choose another name. In most cases simply adding a number to the end of your Nickname will be sufficient.
Because your Nickname will be visible to other OpenMinders.com members, it will be checked prior to your profile becoming visible to other members.

Please note: Any function in which you are able to contact other members will only be available when:
  • Your nickname has been approved.
  • Depends on the type of membership

Password:


During the sign on procedure you will be asked to enter a password. Your login name together with your password will provide access to the site. You can change your password from the My Settings page.

Keep your password safe and don't share your password with anyone else.
If you have lost your password you can retrieve it from the logon dialog. Enter your login name and click on the link to retrieve your password. Your password will then be sent to your email address.

The following rules apply for your password:
  • must be at least 6 characters
  • must not contain single or double quote marks
  • must not contain any spaces
Please note: Please choose a password that you don't use anywhere else for online services for maximum security.

Email Address:


During sign on procedure you will be asked to enter a valid email address. This email address will only be used to communicate between OpenMinders.com and yourself. To validate that the email address you have provided is really yours, we will send you an email containing your login name, your password and a link with an activation code. Before you are able to logon and use OpenMinders.com you must click the link in this email to activate your OpenMinders.com account. This only has to be done once.

If you change your email address you will be sent another email with a new activation code for the new email address and will be required to re-activate your account. Your account will remain inactive until you choose to re-activate te account. Inactive means you will not be able to send messages to other members.

It is allowed to use a Gmail and/or Hotmail account when subscribing to OpenMinders.com.

Please note: Apparently Hotmail changes the link in the email message rendering the activation code invalid. Members, who experience problems when trying to activate their account via the link in their MSN hotmail web browser, will have to copy and paste the link with the activation code directly into the url address bar of their browser.

Personal Adverts:


As part of your personal profile we provide you with the opportunity to enter some free text, including brief descriptions of:
  • your own personality
  • what you are looking for
You can change your personal adverts at any time via the menu option "My Settings" - "My Profile II". OpenMinders.com will firstly screen each change in your personal adverts and when approved they will automatically become visible for other members. On the "My Profile II" page an indicator will tell you the status of your personal adverts,
  • A green indicator - message is approved and visible for other members.
  • An orange indicator - message has been changed.
  • A red indicator - message has been rejected.
Please note that each of your personal adverts is limited to a maximum of 1024 characters.
After making a change do not forget to save it by clicking on the disk icon in the top left hand corner of this page. The status indicator will then immediately change.

All personal adverts must not contain any of, but is not limited to the following:
  • Product names.
  • Person details (phone numbers, email addresses etc).
  • Racial expressions.
  • Political expressions. 
  • Foul language and swearing.
  • Words or sentences different from the English vocabularly.
  • Any form of advertising.

Photos:


All members can upload up to a maximum of 5 photos. All photos can be changed at any time. You can change and upload a photo through the "My Photos" page.

For each photo the status indicator will provide information regarding the status of that picture:
  • Green - photo has been approved and is visible for other members.
  • Orange - photo has been changed and is waiting approval.
  • Red - photo has been disapproved.
A portrait photo can be made from any approved photo. During the approval process your profile will not be shown as members have indicated to only view profiles from members with a valid photo.

Nudity and Sexual Content:


Nudity and sexual content is allowed as long as it does not contain any extremities. All nude and erotic content will, after approval,  be placed in your Private Photo Collection and can only be viewed on request from other members. You can manage who has or has requested access via the Messages > Private Photo page after logon.

Videos:


Only a member with Full Member status is able to upload a video message. A video message can be created if you have a webcam, a mobile phone with video capability or a digital still or video camera. Please consult your instruction manual of the device on how to record a video message and how to transfer this onto your computer. You can change your video message at any time through the "My Video" page.
 
Because of the wide variety of video file formats OpenMinders.com might convert and edit your video file into a more general accepted format.

Please find some restrictions and tips for uploading a video messages below:
  • Only personal messages spoken in English will be accepted. 
  • Because video files will become very large please keep your message short and to the point.
  • A video file may not exceed 5Mb. With a standard webcam recording of 240x320 pixels and 25 frames/sec this will give you about 1 to 2 minutes of video. 
  • Please note that uploading a video file might take considerable time. This all depends on the file size, your internet connection and the amount of traffic on the internet.
Same as with photos every video message will be screened before being published.

Internal Email System:


Eventually the goal of the site is to contact someone you like based on his or her profile, photos, personal message and/or video message. Full Members will be able to send personal messages via the internal email system to other members.
In order to send  personalized messages you must first become a Full Member.  A Full Membership is valid for a number of days and we have different periods.

Please note that we will NOT automatically extend your membership after a period has expired. All information will be maintained and accessible after your membership has expired.
All internal messages can be viewed and send from the "My Messages" page. 

You will be asked to use the internal mail system in a decent manner and should never offend anyone you try to contact.
If for some reason you don't want to receive any more messages from a certain member then you can block this member.

Finally:


We, from OpenMinders.com, try to do everything possible to keep the site accessible for a broad audience and therefore we will not tolerate any behaviour that does not comply with our behaviour rules and conditions. If you suspect that someone is not behaving in a reasonable manner please report this person via email at abuse@OpenMinders.com so we can investigate the issue and take appropriate action.