Apple Support Communities Governance Policies - Pointer Please

Question

Hi - can anyone provide a link to the governance policies for Apple Support Communities? Yes, I mean the site we're on now: https://discussions.apple.com/
Many thanks.

Answer 1

- I believe https://discussions.apple.com/ is an Apple Inc. property.
You are correct.
C: can you provide a pointer or any other evidence?
Only the fact that it is part of Apple's web site. That's good enough for me. Do you have any reason to believe it is not?
C: Fair enough. How are Communities defined? What constitutes a new and valid discussion, or thread? Who determines the acceptability of specific posts? (Disclosure: I've had comments booted from the forum before.) If someone were to be removed from the forum (and I'm not planning on it), what are the criteria, who would make the assessments, and what are the possible outcomes?
Apple groups the communities according to their products, for reasons only they know. Maybe users find it convenient? A new thread is whatever is submitted by a user, subject to review by the forum hosts. If they find that the thread goes against the ToU they may remove it or edit it. Actually according to the ToU they can do anything they want. Our only recourse if we don't like it is to go elsewhere. Some users do so. Others threaten to do so (sometimes daily) yet are still here. Fortunately there are enough of us around to make this a useful community. I have both asked and answered questions here and I find both satisfying. I've even answered some incorrectly and been told so in no uncertain terms. I learned something. I have even had a post or two removed. Each time I was sent an email from the Apple Support Communities staff detailing why it was removed. They seem to be very forgiving as long as we try to keep within the guidelines given. People who try to be annoying (spammers, flamers, etc) don't last long. I've reported some and never seen their posts again.
C: How do you know this? Is the moderation of this forum outsourced? Regardless, who is this person and what is their outlook on a forum that constitutes considerable intellectual content? How are contributions valued?
I don't know all of it for sure. I suppose that Apple might outsource the communities but even if they do the responsibility lies with Apple. I have no idea what the real names of the hosts are but they have purple Apple badges when they do post in the forums. They do so rarely but it does happen. This particular forum ("Using Apple Support Communities") is the one I have most often seen them appear in. I'm not sure how to answer the last two questions here. The contributions to these forums are valued by the users themselves. I would guess that Apple probably keeps an eye on technical developments here, but have no way of knowing that for sure.
Yes! Every time I get another one of those little dots, Apple doubles my salary. It also triples my salary.
C: then let me in on the action, OK?
I'd guess that Link Davis is making a joke here. Double (and triple) of his Apple salary is still $0.00.