01. I'm a BV member. How Do I Log In?

1. Visit the Black Voices Boards Main page at http://blackvoices.com/boards and select the Login button located in the large blue box in the center of the page.

2. *If you're on the message boards you can also login using the gray "Sign In / Register" button located at the top right of the page.

3.If you wish to respond to a member and you are not logged in, when you click on the "Post a Reply" button you will be prompted to enter your user name and password. Once you enter the correct information you will be able to post.

02. How can I create a Black Voices account so I can post and create a profile?

1. Creating a BV account takes under two minutes. When you create a BV account not only will you be able to post in any of our message boards (we have almost 100!) but your profile is automatically created. However, while your profile does exist on BV, members will not be able to find you when they perform a search unless you go back and edit your profile to share more about yourself.

2. To create an account, visit the Black Voices Boards Main page at http://blackvoices.com/boards and select "Create a Free Profile". From there you can enter your desired screen name to start the registration process. Be creative. There are nearly two million BV member accounts. Once you create an account (and profile) a confirmation email will be sent to you. You must verify your new account before it is activated.

3. Another way to create a free account on Black Voices is to visit any message board and select the gray "Sign In /Register" button at the top right of the page. Follow the same instructions listed above in item 2.

03. How Can I Talk To Someone If I Need More Help?

Please send an email to BlackVoicesCS@aim.com. Your email will be received by our moderation team and responded to within 36 hours.

04. How Do I Access My Profile?

1. First Log in to your account on Black Voices.

2. If you are in the message boards, you can click on your screen name located in the top right of the page or click on your name to the left of the message board. Your profile should then display.

05. How Do I Edit My Profile?

1. With nearly two million profiles online there are plenty of friends to be discovered on Black Voices. To search for profiles, visit the Boards Main page at http://blackvoices.com/boards or visit any message board. Scroll down the page until you see a blue button located in the bottom left portion of the page. Click on it and the most recently edited profiles will appear.

2. To search for a specific scree name, click on the 'Search for Members' button. This will take you to a new page.

3. You can enter the user's name exactly as it appears online and select 'Go' or you can select your criteria and select 'Go' at the bottom of the page.

06. How Do I Search for Profiles?

1. To edit your profile, you must first log in.

2. Once you have logged in, your name will appear in the top left portion of the message board.

3. Under your name, click on the 'Edit Profile' link. Within this menu you can change what appears in your profile and make certain fields private.

07. How do I Block Email Responses to My Posts?

If you do not wish to receive email notifications of Black Wall messages posted to you:

1. Log in to your AOL Black Voices account.

2. Select the 'Edit My Profile' link under your name in the box to the left.

3. Click on 'My Forum Setting' at the top of your profile.

4. Check the "No" box next to "Would you like to be notified of message board posts addressed to you?"

5. Click the 'Update' button to the right of the check box.

This will stop all email notifications for all responses to any post you've made.

08. Why do some of the Posts have Asterisks (*****) Appear in Them?

That's our language filter trying to catch prohibited words. Unfortunately, the filter sometimes makes mistakes and censors words that are perfectly acceptable.

09. I Am Offended By A Message Posted On The Boards. Can You Please Have It Removed?

With any free online community, certain language or comments will be written which may offend some readers. If you feel a post violates our Terms of Service or Community Guidelines we ask that you report it so that a member of moderation team can review it for removal. You can report a post by selecting 'Report' located under the message in question.

10. How can I put someone on 'Ignore' so that I don?t have to read their posts?

We invite all members to control their experience. Any member can be ignored. By ignoring a member you block all private messages and posts written by this person. You must be logged in to take advantage of this feature. Click on the 'Ignore' link at the bottom of the author's post or click on the author's name to open their profile. Click on the 'Ignore Posts' link. Once this action is taken, you will not see the member's posts in the boards nor receive private messages from them until you unblock them. It takes up to five minutes to begin seeing the results of the Ignore feature.

11. Why Did My Post Get Deleted?

Posts are deleted at the discretion of our moderation team and may be deleted for various reasons. Your post either violated the Terms of Service or Community Guidelines and was therefore removed by our moderation team. Another reason your post may have been deleted is because it appeared in a discussion or thread which violated the Terms of Service or Community Guidelines and the entire discussion had to be removed, including your post.

12. How Can I Delete a Message that I Posted on the BV Boards?

Log in and click the "delete" button at the bottom of your post. You can also edit your post by clicking the "edit" button.

13. I Am Having Trouble Signing In To The New Message Boards

We've identified that some members who existed prior to the AOL/BlackVoices merger may experience some problems signing in. While we are working on this technical issue we ask that you email us at BlackVoicesCS@aim.com and provide your user name, the link you used to access the message board and when this last occurred. By providing this information you are helping us resolve the issue