The Weird World of AOL

If you dare to enter rooms with names like warez, freewarez, dive, or even hacker related subjects, your account will get the following warning.  If you enter the room a second time, your account will get killed.

Where else but AOL can you get into trouble by going into publicly available areas on their own system?

Subj: TOS Violation Report Date: 96-07-18 02:08:22 EDT From: CATWatch05 To: XXXXXX Dear Member, This e-mail has been sent to all of your screen names. If you have already read it under another screen name, please disregard this copy. A screen name associated with your master account recently entered the chat room warez. This chat room is reportedly being used to illegally trade software in violation of U.S. law and AOL's Terms of Service. In accordance with our Terms of Service, AOL reserves the right to treat as public any private chat room whose directory or room name is published or becomes generally known or available. Please be advised that members found in these rooms may lose their AOL membership without further warning. If you entered this room in response to offers of "free online time", "upgrades of AOL" or the like, you should be aware that these offers are fraudulent. AOL does not issue credit through private rooms, and upgrades of our software are only available in designated free areas of AOL. If you come across any of these false offers, we would appreciate it if you would report them to the Community Action Team (keyword: TOS). If you believe you have entered such a room by accident, please contact the Community Action Team as soon as possible (keyword:TOS). We remind you that the AOL community depends on our members abiding by our community rules. If you are unfamiliar with these rules, please take the time to read AOL:s Terms of Service, which is always available free online by going to keyword "TOS". If you have any questions or comments regarding this situation, please feel free to contact us at the screen name TOSEMAIL1. Regards, The Community Action Team America Online, Inc.

When using AOL, you should be very careful what you decide to name yourself.  You never know when you might offend someone.  On AOL, people get offended quite often.

Subj: Terms of Service Date: 96-06-04 14:40:30 EDT From: TOSNames1 To: FutureFUCT Dear Member: As this mail has been sent to all of your screen names, you may have already read it under another screen name. If so, please disregard this copy. After having reviewed the screen name FutureFUCT we have determined that it does not comply with our Terms of Service (which prohibit the use of vulgar or sexually oriented language, harassment, discussion of illegal activities, conducting commercial business, impersonation of other living persons other than yourself, and other activities that may impair the enjoyment of our members). We make every effort to consider what may be the personal preferences of the individual when reviewing screen names. However, we still request that you delete this screen name as soon as possible. Should the screen name not be deleted, we have no alternative but to take additional action which may involve account termination. A note of this incident was placed on your account history. Our records show that this is the first warning on your account, and we suggest you review the Terms of Service by going to keyword "TOS". If you have any questions or comments regarding this situation, please feel free to write. Regards, Gene Community Action Team America Online, Inc.