Post by Bramblefae on Dec 11, 2014 6:55:19 GMT -6
As an extension of The Dialogue Wheel, the forums here strive to be a welcome and safe place for folks to come and hang out. In that vein, we thought it would be good to set down some rules (more like guidelines, really ) now, so that as we grow, we can maintain that with a minimal amount of stress for everyone.
There are only a couple things that we have a Zero Tolerance policy about.
~ Hate speech will get you the banhammer. There are some words and ideas that have no room here, and you will be banned from the forums for using them, generally with no further comment. Let your common sense and maturity guide you about this, yeah?
~Any attempt to post real life information about ANYONE that is not you will get you banned. I believe the current, hip term is "Doxxing". Don't. At all.
If you see either of these things and feel that I haven't seen it, please please, PM me immediately, or ping me on Twitter. I mean it when I say there's zero tolerance.
Now for the other stuff. Things that won't get you banned (unless you persist ridiculously), but will get a warning, or a side eye, or something.
This is probably not the best place for intense character hate, and it's absolutely not the place for attacks on fans of problematic characters, so just don't.
Don't post massively huge images. I'll just end up deleting them from your posts. No one wants to scroll for three weeks to get past pictures. (obviously this excludes the actual picture threads)
You should also probably all know that I (Speaking just for me, here) have a pretty low tolerance of passive aggressive pokes at people and unnecessary drama. If I see someone consistently engaging in that manner, steps will be taken to correct that behavior because I'd like to think we're all grown ups here.
Also, if you've been attacked, threatened, made to feel unsafe in the forums or in PMs, PM me, please. Hopefully, this is something that won't happen.
To sum up- Don't be shitty.
There are only a couple things that we have a Zero Tolerance policy about.
~ Hate speech will get you the banhammer. There are some words and ideas that have no room here, and you will be banned from the forums for using them, generally with no further comment. Let your common sense and maturity guide you about this, yeah?
~Any attempt to post real life information about ANYONE that is not you will get you banned. I believe the current, hip term is "Doxxing". Don't. At all.
If you see either of these things and feel that I haven't seen it, please please, PM me immediately, or ping me on Twitter. I mean it when I say there's zero tolerance.
Now for the other stuff. Things that won't get you banned (unless you persist ridiculously), but will get a warning, or a side eye, or something.
This is probably not the best place for intense character hate, and it's absolutely not the place for attacks on fans of problematic characters, so just don't.
Don't post massively huge images. I'll just end up deleting them from your posts. No one wants to scroll for three weeks to get past pictures. (obviously this excludes the actual picture threads)
You should also probably all know that I (Speaking just for me, here) have a pretty low tolerance of passive aggressive pokes at people and unnecessary drama. If I see someone consistently engaging in that manner, steps will be taken to correct that behavior because I'd like to think we're all grown ups here.
Also, if you've been attacked, threatened, made to feel unsafe in the forums or in PMs, PM me, please. Hopefully, this is something that won't happen.
To sum up- Don't be shitty.