CoasterBuzz - About This Site

About POP World Media

POP World Media, LLC is based in Brunswick, Ohio, USA. CoasterBuzz is our second serious effort to address a passionate vertical entertainment market on the Web. The first site was Guide to The Point, the number one most trafficked site on the Web covering Cedar Point amusement park. For more information about the company, visit http://www.popw.com.

Technical

CoasterBuzz runs on a custom-built server. Its heart is an Intel 2.4 GHz Pentium 4 with 1 GB of RAM. The site is served by Microsoft Windows Server 2003. The database is run by Microsoft SQL Server 2000, which stores all of the user data, forum posts, news and sites.

The server is physically located in Dallas, Texas, USA.

CoasterBuzz was developed to work on CliqueSite® Content, content management software and CliqueSite® POP Forums™ powers the forum. It was developed for sites using the .Net Framework, written entirely in C# using Visual Studio.Net.

Technical support questions should be directed to webmaster@coasterbuzz.com.

Advertising

CoasterBuzz has been mentioned in the LA Times, USA Today, The Motley Fool, Stuff, ABC Radio, ABCnews.com, dozens of local newspapers and TV stations. Want to target roller the amusement industry and coaster enthusiasts with banner advertising, e-mail news sponsorship or direct mail to club members? Contact sales@popw.com for demographic information and rates.

POP World Media, LLC makes no representation about the suitability or accuracy of statements or data on CoasterBuzz or its affiliated sites and all content is provided "as is" without any warranty, expressed or implied. POP World Media, LLC shall not be liable for any damages caused by the use of content on CoasterBuzz or any of its affiliated sites. Links from CoasterBuzz or its affiliated sites to other sites are provided for the convenience of its viewers. Links do not constitute endorsements by POP World Media, LLC and may be followed solely at the risk of the viewer.

Considering the real-time nature of the CoasterBuzz forums, it is impossible for us to review messages or confirm the validity of information posted. We do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message, and are not responsible for the contents of any message. The messages express the views of the author of the message. Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact webmaster@coasterbuzz.com immediately by e-mail.

POP World Media, LLC reserves the right to delete any message for any or no reason at all. You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless POP World Media, LLC and its agents with respect to any claim based upon transmission of your messages.

You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use CoasterBuzz to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise in violation of any law. You agree not to post any copyrighted material. You agree that all posts made to CoasterBuzz become the property of POP World Media, LLC.

You agree to use proper grammar and spelling in the forums.

POP World Media, LLC also reserves the right to reveal your identity (or whatever information we know about you) in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any message posted by you.

Advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are inappropriate on CoasterBuzz.

You agree when viewing pages on CoasterBuzz.com to not use any kind of ad-blocking software, and agree to be held liable for any damages or loss of revenue to POP World Media, LLC in the event you do use such software.

Our forums are closely monitored by our team of moderators to bring you fresh discussions on the amusement industry with less noise. Your participation in the forums is welcomed with encouragement! We do ask that you follow these few guidelines to help us maintain a fresh and fun environment.

1. Spelling & Grammar usage:
There's a difference between a typo (which we all make) and chat shorthand ("r ne of u lamerz?") People like to read real, spelled out words, with capitalization and punctuation. You don't have to add pointless emphasis!!!!!!!???????!!!!!!!!!!!! THERE IS NO NEED TO SHOUT, we can hear you just fine. Please utilize your shift and caps lock key properly. Respect for the English language is important, and that means chat shorthand is not welcome.

2. Use of objectionable words and offensive posts:
Coasterbuzz is dedicated to be a family-oriented site. Our audience ranges in age from teens up to our senior elders. Therefore, we strive to maintain a clean and fresh environment suitable for all ages. Our forums are equipped to replace highly objectionable words with “****.” This doesn’t mean that you can continue to include these words in your posts. Offending posts that insinuates this type of behavior will be removed and the offender may be banned from making any further posts in our forums.

3. Flaming
In our efforts to maintain Coasterbuzz as a family-oriented site, the art of flaming is strictly prohibited in the forums. We define flaming as the intent of the topic is to spark a flame war, objectionable retaliation, and the like. Examples of these topics would include; My park is better than your park.., or Park X sucks... etc. Offending posts that spark this type of flaming will be removed, and the offender may be banned from making any further posts in our forum.

4. Unacceptable topics of discussion:
The Coasterbuzz forums are dedicated to foster the discussions of roller coasters and the amusement park industry. Sometimes topics are brought up that are not in anyway related this. These topics are deleted, because there are other places on the Internet to discuss these off-topic subjects. We don't talk about world peace or curing cancer here, we talk about coasters (unless of course the peace or cancer is related to coasters). If you choose to talk about something not related to the subject matter of the forums, there are plenty of other sites on the Internet that will satisfy your needs. Examples of other unacceptable topics are those that lack merit (a 700 foot tall coaster with 19 inversions is being built at…), topics that have been brought up numerous times in the past (Cedar Point is running out of room… Superman: the Escape is not a coaster…), constant speculation about what [your park here] is going to get next year, questions that have no real answers (what are crowds like at... what will that park build...) and threads that contain best... favorite... top 10... worst... versus... most... are simply not interesting to read by anyone other than the person who started the topic. Don’t be surprised if these get closed or deleted as well. If your topic has any word ending in "-est," think twice about posting it. We also dislike anything along the lines of "first post" or an announcement about the number of posts you've made. It's not the quantity, it's the quality that counts.

5. Spamming
Spamming is forbidden in the Coasterbuzz forums. Spamming is defined by Merriam-Webster as “unsolicited usually commercial E-mail sent to a large number of addresses.” In the forums, spamming can take on another form as the promotion of a personal Website that contradicts the terms of service of Coasterbuzz. Promotion of your personal coaster Website can be done by contributing it to the Coasterbuzz database and posting news items whenever there are updates. Please note that including the URL to your site in your signature is acceptable, provided it is not surrounded by promotional language.

6. Editing your post
If you find that once you have submitted your reply or message to the forums and you notice a mistake, or left something out, you can click on “edit” above your post to correct the error. Making another post with the correction leaves that topic thread disorganized.

7. Noise
A noisy person talks so they can hear themselves be heard. They don’t really impress others at all. We discourage noise makers in the Coasterbuzz forums.

8. Quoted replies
Please note that the "reply" link on every individual post is intended to setup a quote of that post in the reply window. Please use this only if you wish to respond to a much earlier post in the thread. Even then, be sure to trim the parts of the post that do not refer to your response. Put your response after the [/i][/quote] tags, so it doesn't blend with the part you're responding to. If you're just making an additional post to the thread, simply enter it in the window at the end of the thread.

9. Signatures
The signature is a way to reveal a little about your personality and who you are. Please keep the signatures to three lines or less. As mentioned above, it's OK to put your site's URL there provided it is not used with promotional language.

10. Topic titles
Please think about the title you use when you start a new topic. Topics like "What if..." or "What do you think..." or titles composed only of a coaster or park name don't tell us much about what you want to talk about. Please use short but descriptive topics. Give people a reason to read them.

A true moderated forum isn't for everybody, and it takes some getting used to. Part of the reason this site was created was to foster discussion that wasn't like every other forum, namely the same tired "versus" debates and favorite lists. We, like most of you, have a passion... a love of amusement parks and coasters. This is our place to come and enjoy each other's company, discussions, debates and intellectual conversation about that passion. Your cooperation in our mission will result in a clean, fresh and fun environment!

You must be 13 years of age or older to register for CoasterBuzz, in accordance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA). DO NOT REGISTER UNLESS YOU ARE AT LEAST 13 YEARS OF AGE. We are not permitted by law to collect information about people under the age of 13 without proof of parental consent, and therefore choose not to accept registrations of those under the age of 13.

POP World Media, LLC, reserves the right to alter these terms of service or change site offerings (for general visitors or CoasterBuzz Club members) at any time. Your use of this site constitutes acceptance of these terms as revised from time to time, without notification of such revisions.

Privacy

We record your personal information (name, address, e-mail address) only when you voluntarily offer it. We do not sell or rent any information you submit to us.

Registration requires a valid e-mail address. This address is used only to send you your password, and to subscribe to our 100% opt-in mailing list, if you enable that option. Cookies are used in the forum solely for the purpose of letting viewers know about new posts since their last visit, and storing their forum password if they enable that option.

In the event a user violates our terms of service or breaks the law through the use of this site, POP World Media, LLC will volunteer any information we have about that user to the courts or law enforcement.

Additional advertising may be served by Burst! Media. Please see the Burst! privacy statement.

Our servers log URLs and times of access to each page of our site, the referring URL and the IP address or hostname of the computer making the request. We use this information only to monitor the volume of traffic to the site, except in cases where we suspect a user is abusing the site's resources. In such cases, we will attempt to identify the ISP of the user and let the provider know about the abuse.

CoasterBuzz, Personal Buzz, Roller Coaster Rollback, "Portal to The Thrill" and POP World Media are registered or pending trademarks of Jeffrey Putz and/or POP World Media, LLC. Park and coaster logos are trademarks of their respective owners. No portion of this site may be copied or redistributed in any form without the express written consent of POP World Media, LLC. Coaster and park data may be used freely by anyone, as these are publicly available facts (like street addresses). The presentation of the data, however, is covered under our copyright. All site contents ©2003, POP World Media, LLC, all rights reserved. Not affiliated with Pop World Ltd., UK.