This forum is the perfect place to ask questions related to:

• Established Tribes Services:
  • How to best utilize the curated search feature.
  • Understanding the "Continuous Market Insights" and how to apply them.
  • General queries about your membership and benefits.
• Accommodation Search & Living in South Africa:
  • Questions about specific neighbourhoods or cities (e.g., "What's it like living in [Kempton Park/Pretoria/Cape Town] as a single person?").
  • Tips for viewings, negotiating rent, or understanding lease agreements (remember, we don't provide legal advice, but members can share experiences).
  • Advice on moving, settling in, or finding amenities in new areas.
  • General questions about rental market trends or challenges in South Africa.
• Safehouse Day Requests:
  • This is the dedicated channel for members to formally request donations of earned safehouse days. When posting a request, clearly state your situation, how many days you need, and your urgency. This allows potential donors to understand your needs and assess if they can assist. Remember, providing some context can help other members understand your situation better, but always prioritize your personal privacy.

Before you ask - please make sure to search for a similar question. You can search questions by their title or tags. It’s also OK to answer your own question.

Please avoid asking questions that are too subjective and argumentative or not relevant to this community.

When providing answers, please adhere to these guidelines:

• No Legal or Financial Advice: Do not provide specific legal or financial advice. Clearly state if your answer is based on personal experience rather than professional expertise.
• Respectful and Constructive: Maintain a respectful tone. Avoid personal attacks, insults, sarcasm, or any form of derogatory language. Disagree constructively.
• Accurate Information: While personal experiences are valuable, avoid knowingly spreading misinformation or outdated information. If unsure, state that your answer is an opinion or a suggestion.
• No Sharing of Private Information: Do not share any personal details about yourself or other members, including those requesting safehouse days, without explicit consent.
• No Spam or Self-Promotion: Do not use answers to promote your own business or services.
• Donation Pressure: Do not pressure members to donate safehouse days or guilt-trip those who choose not to. Donations are a personal decision.
• Emotional Responses to Safehouse Requests: While empathy is encouraged, avoid overly emotional or judgmental responses to requests for safehouse days. Focus on assessing the needs and providing support if you are able.

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When a question or answer is upvoted, the user who posted them will gain some points, which are called "karma points". These points serve as a rough measure of the community trust to him/her. Various moderation tasks are gradually assigned to the users based on those points.

For example, if you ask an interesting question or give a helpful answer, your input will be upvoted. On the other hand if the answer is misleading - it will be downvoted. Each vote in favor will generate 10 points, each vote against will subtract 2 points. There is a limit of 200 points that can be accumulated for a question or answer per day. The table given at the end explains reputation point requirements for each type of moderation task.

For the benefit of the entire community and to maintain a high standard of clarity and readability, Established Tribes reserves the right to allow designated moderators or trusted community members to edit posts (questions and answers) for the following reasons:

• Clarity and Readability: To correct typos, grammatical errors, or improve the phrasing to make your post easier to understand for everyone.
• Formatting: To apply consistent formatting (e.g., bolding, bullet points) to improve visual presentation.
• Removal of Sensitive Information: To redact any inadvertently shared personal or sensitive information that might compromise your privacy or that of others.
• Compliance with Guidelines: To ensure posts adhere to all forum guidelines, removing any inappropriate content, spam, or prohibited advice.
• Improving Searchability: To add relevant tags or keywords that make your post easier to find through the forum's search function.

Our goal in allowing edits is to enhance the overall quality and utility of the forum, not to alter the core meaning of your contribution. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation in making this a valuable resource for all Established Tribes members.

The goal of this site is create a relevant knowledge base that would answer questions related to Established Tribes.

Therefore questions and answers can be edited like wiki pages by experienced users of this site in order to improve the overall quality of the knowledge base content. Such privileges are granted based on user karma level: you will be able to do the same once your karma gets high enough.

If this approach is not for you, please respect the community.

Thank you for being a part of the Established Tribes community!